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Back in Action Baby!

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That's right ladies and gentlemen, the blog is back and better than ever. After a few updates to the styling and a little fancy formatting built into the blogger website I have made this thing look pretty jazzy. In case you have been wondering what I have been up to since the last post, there has been a heck of a lot. First was my first couple of conference presentations ever. The first was on the initial migration process of Ugandan Asians refugees to Canada in 1972 at Western University. The second was at the CHA's (Canadian Historical Association) annual meeting at the University of Victoria in B.C. entitled, "Being Brown in Black Uganda: South Asian Identity in Post-Independence Uganda". That one was mainly about complicating the idea of a singular South Asian diaspora. Since many Ugandan Asians look South Asian (ie. brown) many scholars have ignored their attachment to Uganda as home. For example when my mom is talking about "back home" she's tal

The River by Imagine Dragons - Currently on Repeat

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I know it has been a heck of a long time since my last music post but I am going to do my best to keep songs coming at least once every two days or so :) Here's my current favourite off their album It's Time . That guitar riff during the chorus gets me every time!

Why am I NOT Canadian?

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I was born on Canadian soil. I have a Canadian birth certificate. I have a Canadian passport, a health card, driver's license and a social insurance number all issued by the Canadian Federal and or Provincial government of Ontario. By this point you must be wondering how Canadian can this kid get but the truth is very few so-called "Canadians" see me as Canadian. I'm always asked, "where are you from?" and when I reply I was born and raised in Canada it is immediately followed up with, "No no no, where are you really from?" No really, in case you didn't get it the first time I am FROM CANADA! Why is that so hard to believe? What makes it difficult for me to be seen as a Canadian? When people talk about celebrating Canadian diversity, multiculturalism, ethnic pluralism, and any other fancy term you want to use, what are they really talking about? When we consistently point to Canada's absence of identity why is there a clear distinctio