Tamils

The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar (Tamil: தமிழர், romanized: Tamiḻar, pronounced [tamiɻaɾ] in the singular or தமிழர்கள், Tamiḻarkaḷ, [tamiɻaɾxaɭ] in the plural) or simply Tamils (), are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who trace their ancestry to the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Union territory of Puducherry or to Sri Lanka. Tamils constitute 5.9% of the population in India (concentrated mainly in Tamil Nadu), 15% in Sri Lanka, 6% in Mauritius, 7% in Malaysia and 5% in Singapore. Tamils, with a population of around 76 million and with a documented history stretching back over 2,000 years, are one of …

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Public Order Emergency Commission (Canada) · 7 December 2022 English

One was to provide strategic direction to the 16 management to the event that was taking place because of the 17 size and scope that it had grown to, and …

behind and we go back to, I 25 believe it was the Tamils had their protest. You close -- you 26 compress


RCIS: Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement · 25 April 2022 English

2022/4 Abstract Using the Political Opportunity Structure thesis as the analytical framework, this paper examines the political participation and representation of the South Asians and the Chinese in the Great …

congregate in Brampton and Mississauga, while Sri Lankan Tamils concentrate in eastern Toronto (mainly in Scarborough)


RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 20 November 2021 English

Since then, the Task Force has engaged over 700 individuals who have contributed 150 Informed Perspectives published in the Globe and Mail, Le Devoir, and elsewhere, and through the establishment …

in relation to diaspora and displacement among Tamils and other people on the move, international humanitarianism


MLI: Macdonald-Laurier Institute · 15 October 2021 English

They include the December 9th, 2019, “Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP): Enhancing Mid- dle Power Cooperation & Coordination” at the Canadian Embassy, the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Approaches to Investment …

Rohingya in Bangladesh and India, Afghans in Pakistan, Tamils in southern India, Bhutanese and Tibetans in Nepal


MLI: Macdonald-Laurier Institute · 15 October 2021 English

They include the December 9th, 2019, “Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP): Enhancing Mid- dle Power Cooperation & Coordination” at the Canadian Embassy, the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Approaches to Investment …

Rohingya in Bangladesh and India, Afghans in Pakistan, Tamils in southern India, Bhutanese and Tibetans in Nepal


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 30 September 2021 English

In Canada, women’s bodies are often at the centre of debates about religious pluralism, multiculturalism, and secularism. Women have long played a critical role in building and maintaining diasporic religious …

traditions, lan- guages, and migration histories. Shaiva Tamils from Sri Lanka, for example, utilize different marginalized within this coalition, such as Eelam Tamils or Indo-Caribbean people, may resist “South Asian” identity as import- ant for her community: “Sri Lanka Tamils identify as Hindu or come from a Hindu tradition political significance of Hindu identity for diasporic Tamils, rn remained ambivalent about Hindu identity for


ECW Press · 14 September 2021 English

The first women to assume the presidencies of two of Canada’s largest research universities — the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta — Piper and Samarasekera share …

famous Hindu Temple, Jaffna was mainly populated by Tamils who, following independence from the British in


RCIS: Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement · 19 February 2021 English

In his former po folio he a a io l de c ibed b de ac o a he Mini e of Cen o hip and Depo a ion and …

Understanding Everyday Meanings Among Sri Lankan Tamils in Toronto. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 48(2), 119


RCIS: Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement · 19 February 2021 English

In his former po folio he a a io l de c ibed b de ac o a he Mini e of Cen o hip and Depo a ion and …

Understanding Everyday Meanings Among Sri Lankan Tamils in Toronto. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 48(2), 119


AUP: Athabasca University Press · 19 February 2021 English

Millions of people are displaced each year by war, persecution, and famine and the global refugee population continues to grow. Canada has often been regarded as a benevolent country, welcoming …

shame. Cyrus Sundar Singh writes of the Sri Lankan Tamils 19 Refugees and Canada 19 who were found off by way of education and skills. The Sri Lankan Tamils understood they had no invitation. As many of


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