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Shree Paradkar Race & Gender Columnist
  • Toronto
  • Toronto Star

Shree Paradkar, a Toronto Star race and gender columnist, is the 2018-2019 recipient of the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy. The author of Betrayed: My cousin's wrongful conviction for the murder of her daughter, Aarushi, she has been a journalist in Bangalore, Mumbai, Singapore and Toronto.

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Toronto Star

Focus Areas

  • Race
  • Gender

108 Articles
about 1 month ago
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Equating the Roald Dahl edits to book banning is living in a Willy Wonka fantasy world

Which of these is repressive censorship: Changing words in children’s books to make them more inclusive — or banning ...

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about 1 month ago
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Yes, the John Tory affair was the public’s business. But not for the reasons you may think

The news of Tory’s illicit liaison sparked heated debate: Should we care about this affair or is it purely a private ...

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about 1 month ago
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Laugh at the farcical scandals of John Tory and Doug Ford but the joke’s on the powerless

Alleged ethical breaches are sucking up all the oxygen, but it’s what these two have inflicted that should be the tru...

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about 2 months ago
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How the ‘Valentine’s Day is cancelled’ panic really got started at Waterloo Region District Schoo...

How the ‘Valentine’s Day is cancelled’ panic really got started at Waterloo Region District School Board

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about 2 months ago
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For Amira Elghawaby, surviving this witchhunt won’t be through civility — she needs to stick to t...

The reaction to the appointment of the federal representative for combating Islamophobia is a lesson in the cowardice...

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about 2 months ago
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Tyre Nichols’ brutal death — and these insidious talking points — show where we’re really at, yea...

The reaction to the Memphis incident and the video of it show how very little progress has been made, despite much ta...

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2 months ago
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‘A wake-up call’: Elite Granite Club discriminated against autistic member, human rights tribunal...

The club’s response to an incident in the changeroom with an able-bodied member led to a $35,000 payout.

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3 months ago
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Bullied. Threatened. Burned in effigy. Canadians among women facing ‘crimes of a digital age’ in ...

Filmmaker Guylaine Maroist says she and her co-director, Léa Clermont-Dion, interviewed a hundred people and experts ...

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3 months ago
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Professor’s firing over Prophet Muhammad art offensive — but not because of ‘wokeism’ or ‘cancel ...

The news that a private liberal arts university in the United States fired a professor for showing a painting of the ...

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4 months ago
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Here are the Harry & Meghan doc’s real lessons on racism

The prince’s comments should help lead us to retire the term “unconscious bias.”

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4 months ago
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Opinion | A four-year study has mapped out ‘The Canadian Islamophobia Industry’

Report describes an ecosystem that comprises media outlets, Islamophobia influencers and more

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4 months ago
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Opinion | A standardized test for social work is: a) necessary or b) unfair to marginalized groups

Incoming Ontario exam for social work professionals looking to practise may be a major barrier for communities seekin...

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