Rivers of Hope is pleased to announce that we have received a 3-year, $85,000-per-year grant from Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Youth Opportunities Fund to challenge racism and Islamophobia in schools.

Recently, the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised that along with physical distancing, wearing protective masks slows the spread of COVID-19. Canada has made a similar announcement.

Every year, Muslims around the world celebrate the month of Ramadan with a combination of fasting, prayer and spiritual reflection.

The Canadian Council of Imams (CCI) has called upon the Federal Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier to initiate an investigation into the existence of Islamophobic practices in the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Charities Directorate and the CRA’s use of its privileges as a regulatory agency to deliberately discredit respected Canadian Muslim leaders.

On January 29th, 2017, six Muslims were murdered at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, a mosque in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood of Quebec City, Canada.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is deeply disappointed with the results of the Senate Ethics Officer Pierre Legault’s examination of Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu’s ties to far-right Facebook groups.

Author Graeme Truelove will be speaking in Ottawa (November 2, click here for details) and Toronto (November 16, click here for details) at book launches for his new work "Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North", published by Nightwood Editions.

It seems that 2019 is the year of youth activism. Youth have been speaking out against climate change, gun violence and our environment.

Russian troll activity on Twitter aimed at influencing public opinion has attracted a lot of attention in the United States and other western democracies. Canadians may feel it’s not an issue here. But a recent examination of Twitter data suggests there are reasons to be concerned as the country heads into a federal election.

On Saturday, June 22nd, Studio.89 held an event titled United Against Islamophobia in collaboration with Urban Alliance on Race Relations (UARR) in Mississauga, Ontario.