Reprinted from Dialogue. Interview by Juanita Julliet Singh On March 9, 2013, Aruna Papp established a record. She became the first Adventist Indo-Canadian woman to represent Canada as a delegate to the United Nations Conference on Global...
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Picking doctors by colour
In a recent position statement, the Canadian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists argued that immigrant patients’ expressed wishes to be treated by a doctor of their own sex, race, culture or religion — reportedly a common phenomenon — should not be reflected in...
The Advocate
Originally printed on ucobserver.org Aruna Papp grew up amid honour-based violence in India. Today she’s a world-recognized champion for vulnerable girls and women everywhere. Pin-drop silence. That was the atmosphere on a sleepy summer Sunday when Aruna Papp, a lay...
Change the Culture of Rape
The recent protests in India are very different from those of a generation ago, in the 1960s-70s, when protesters, mostly from the slums, shouted ‘Roti, Kapra and Makan’, which means “Bread, clothes and housing”. Today, India is an economic giant embracing...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Calling Out Honour-Based Violence
Today (Sunday, Nov. 25), is United Nations International Day to Eliminate Violence against Women. Creating awareness of the global epidemic of violence against women is crucial. But by taking an international perspective on the problem, as the UN has done, we risk...
Aruna Papp, MA, ADR, MEd.
Frontier Centre: I would like you to tell us a little bit about what is ‘Honour-based violence’? Aruna Papp: Honour based violence is a crime committed in the name of protecting or defending family honour. It is usually committed by family members who believe that...
A Policy Roadmap for Solutions to Suicide Among Young Women of South Asian Origin
Recently, I attended a memorial service for a 21-year-old South Asian woman who had committed suicide. A note addressed to her parents said, “I am unable to please you and be the kind of daughter you want me to be.” I left the memorial service determined to examine...
Awakening to Tragedy Among Young Female South Asians
Parliament needs to address the policy gap regarding the high suicide rate among young women of South Asian origin in Canada.
Media Release – Suicide Among Young Women of South Asian Origin: A policy roadmap for solutions
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy released today Suicide Among Young Women of South Asian Origin. The study is authored by Aruna Papp. Prompted by her frontline work as a counselor, Papp’s discussion draws attention to the general reality and hardship of...
Words Without Honour
On March 11, 2011, Quebec MP Justin Trudeau debated the government on its use of the word 'barbaric' to describe honour killings in a study guide for would-be Canadian citizens. It is worth restating Trudeau’s words here: "We accept that these acts are...
Preying On Hope: The case of fraudulent grooms
Tens of thousands of South Asian young females and their families are being duped by criminally-organized, fraudulent marriage suitors from Canada.
Canada’s New, Culture-Driven Abuse Of Women And Girls: Honour killings come from problems in culture
Back in June, in an “honour-killing” murder trial now known across Canada, Muhammad Parvez and Waqas Parvez pleaded guilty to the 2007 murder of 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez (their daughter/sister respectively). According to media reports, not one of the twelve people...
Culturally-Driven Violence Against Women: A growing problem in Canada’s immigrant communities
Executive Summary In a 1999 national survey of Canadian women’s experience of domestic violence, several disturbing patterns came to light; they included the fact that the highest prevalence of domestic violence against women was found in the homes of immigrants from...