The Nagging Issue of Foreign First Names in France
In this essay, Justin Jarrette critiques French politicians arguing that all French citizens should have French first names in order to...
The Violence of Naming
In this essay, linguistic anthropologist Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein explores the power of names while also reflecting on her own...
The Names They Gave Me
Here is a beautifully written blog post describing what it is like to have one’s name mispronounced repeatedly throughout life and the...
Vancouver city council gives the green light for project to diversify street names
The movement to make place names in Canada a more conscious celebration of our plural society is growing. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup...
Should Canada change the names of streets and monuments that honour contentious figures?
So what do you think? How should place names be chosen or changed and who gets to decide? http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/should-canada-c...
Celebrate Your Name Week
I just discovered Celebrate Your Name Week and am sorry I missed it in the first week of March. Still, you can follow this guide and do...
Every name is a 'Canadian name'
What does it mean to have a Canadian name? http://www.cbc.ca/2017/every-name-is-a-canadian-name-1.4013531
Federal government to test 'name-blind' hiring process
"Research has shown that English-speaking employers are 40 per cent more likely to pick candidates with an English or anglicized name...
Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Canada stuck with erroneous names
Not having names written correctly on official documents creates more problems than you might think at first. Waiving the fees to correct...
Man's Last Name Banned from License Plate
Who controls the meaning of names? The "public" who reads or the person bearing the name? http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=108628...