News & Posts

13 June 2022
Canadian Muslim News

Canadian Muslim News Interviews ARC-NL On The Rise of Islamophobic Attacks in The Province

Sobia Shaikh
Rising Islamophobia in Newfoundland and Labrador A Conversation with Dr. Sobia Shaikh, Anti-Racism Coalition Newfoundland & Labrador
8 June 2022
French Canadian Press, CBC NB

ARC-NL Speaks About Islamophobic Attack in May

Jennifer Selby, Monika Dutt
ARC-NL members Monika Dutt and Jennifer Selby talk about the Islamophobic attack against two young adults
28 May 2022
Canadian Press

Muslim teenager in Newfoundland records screaming man hitting her 15-year-old sister

Addressing Islamophobia
Two Muslim sisters in St. John’s, N.L., are speaking out after a man approached them
26 May 2022
CBC NL St John's Morning Show

Racist Attack against young Muslim women in St. John’s

Sobia Shaikh
ARC-NL says there are more attacks on women of colour. We hear from young women who were a hit by a man shouting racist slurs.
26 May 2022
CBC NL

The Anti-Racism Coalition of Newfoundland and Labrador says attacks on Muslim women increasing

Sobia Shaikh, Addressing Islamophobia in NL
4 April 2022

ARC-NL Response to announcement providing MCP to all Ukrainians

ARC-NL Letter to GNL     PDF - 62 KB
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30 March 2022
March 29, 2022

ARC-NL Submission to Minimum Wage Review Committee

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21 March 2022
CBC NL Cross Talk

ARC-NL celebrates the Worldwide Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Sobia Shaikh, Eduardo Monteiro Araujo, Laurabel Mba
Listen to ARC-NL members and Carey Majid (NL Human Rights Commission) speak with Adam Walsh (CBC-NL Cross-Talk)!
1 March 2022

ARC-NL’s Submission to the Ministerial Committee on Anti-Racism, February 28, 2022

The Anti-Racism Coalition Newfoundland and Labrador (ARC-NL) calls on the Ministerial Committee on Anti-Racism (MCAR), acting on behalf of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (GNL), to address systemic racism and exclusionary practices present throughout government and across the Province.
9 February 2022
CBC NL, Meg Roberts

Anti-racism advocates call for educational reform after concerning immigration assignment

Raven Khadeja Anderson, Sobia Shaikh, Maria Dussan
9 February 2022
CBC NL

Anti-racism advocates skeptical that N.L. government committee will lead to real change

Sobia Shaikh, Jennifer Selby
4 February 2022
NL Elections Act

ARC-NL Submission to All-Party Committee to Modernize the Elections Act