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1. ‘Paki go home’: The story of racism in the Gerrard India Bazaar

   19 Mar 2025 | Essay | Contributor(s):

   By Aqeel Ihsan

   For South Asian Canadians who migrated to Toronto in the 1970s, the only place for them to purchase and consume South Asian foodstuffs would have been in the area referred to as ‘Little India’,...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7770/?v=1

2. Ethnic food practices, health, and cultural racism: Diabetes risk discourse among racialized immigrants in Canada

   19 Mar 2025 | Essay | Contributor(s):

   By Eric Ng

   Type 2 diabetes is more prevalent among racialized immigrant groups in Canada compared to the general population. Hence, “ethnicity” is identified as a risk factor for diabetes, focusing on ethnic...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7771/?v=1

3. What Does it Mean to Be White in America: My Multi-Metamorphoses

   23 Oct 2026 | Article | Contributor(s):

   By Gil Fagiani

   Gil Fagiani is a storyteller by nature and by craft, both of which he employs in his essay My Muli-Metamorphoses, a version of which originally appeared in the anthology What Does it Mean to Be...

   https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/4623/?v=1