Reading Time: 4 minutes Identifying Canadians by race on their everyday documents is divisive and discriminatory
Author: Rima Azar
Mount Allison University Professor Rima Azar is a Senior Fellow with the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy and feels a strong identification to Canada. Born in Lebanon during a civil war, Azar developed a lasting appreciation for the freedoms of Canada, particularly free speech. An accomplished academic in the field of health psychology, she often discusses her views on political and social issues on her personal blog, Bambi’s Afkar, from her unique perspective. However, in a now-settled case, she was the target of cancel culture and was suspended without pay for seven months.