Immigrant Voices
http://www.ryersonline.ca/articles/2322/1/Immigrant-Voices/Page1.html
Networked Streets Staff
Led by Professor Vinita Srivastava, students in the Master of Journalism program use multimedia to investigate the city.The JN 8202 Online Reporting class includes work by: Miriam Boon, Sarah Bridge, Hannah Classen, Riva Finkelstein, Amy Fuller, Joshua Hume, Jackie Johnstone, Daniel Kaszor, Rana Latif, Joseph Loiero, Adrian Ma, Jennifer MacMillan, John McGrath, Marit Mitchell, Morgan Passi, David Psutka, Andrew Wallace, Kristyn Wallace, Jennifer Walter and Ashley Walters.
By Networked Streets Staff
Published on 02/4/2008
Lee Zaslofsky trained as an infantry soldier in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
But when the army asked him to go to Vietnam in December 1969, he decided to desert the army and move to Toronto. He had witnessed the disillusionment of soldiers returning from harsh conditions in Vietnam and could not justify his own participation in a war he viewed as misguided.
Immigrant Voices
Lee Zaslofsky trained as an infantry soldier in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, but when the army asked him to go to Vietnam in December 1969, he decided to desert the army and move to Toronto. He had witnessed the disillusionment of soldiers returning from harsh conditions in Vietnam and could not justify his own participation in a war he viewed as misguided.
Students in Ryerson's Master of Journalism program have compiled a multimedia package on what sports, culture, love and politics mean to immigrants to Toronto.
Read more of Zaslofsky's story
Find out how a former soccer fan discovered hockey
Listen to Dr. Ronald Blake discuss black education in Toronto
Hear Arthur Simeon talk about life as a comedian in Toronto
Listen to Rabbi Zaltzman explain how he helped the Russian Jewish community integrate into Canadian life
Learn why it is simply unacceptable for Leonardo Zuñiga to return to Mexico
Hear a Romanian woman's story of love and immigration
Students in Ryerson's Master of Journalism program have compiled a multimedia package on what sports, culture, love and politics mean to immigrants to Toronto.
Read more of Zaslofsky's story Find out how a former soccer fan discovered hockeyListen to Dr. Ronald Blake discuss black education in TorontoHear Arthur Simeon talk about life as a comedian in TorontoListen to Rabbi Zaltzman explain how he helped the Russian Jewish community integrate into Canadian lifeLearn why it is simply unacceptable for Leonardo Zuñiga to return to MexicoHear a Romanian woman's story of love and immigration