This category showcases the timeline of Canadian Lawyer, Social entrepreneur and public figure’s publications in the field of Politics.
Peace Plan: From a life on the streets of Toronto to a spot in law school, Mark Persaud is attacking the biggest challenge Of his life the only way he knows how: With everything he’s got. By Sheila Dropkin If someone were to make a film about Mark Persaud’s life, although the story would resemble […]
Alumni Profiles Osgoode Hall Law School of York University Alumni Magazine (Winter, 2007 Issue) Peace Prize nominee Remembers Life on the Streets Each morning when Mark Persaud, ‘91, LLM ‘01, enters his closet to get dressed, he sees a simple blue shirt hanging there – a reminder of his humble beginnings in Canada when he
A Canadian Life Committed To Justice Samuel Getachew, The Huffington Post 09/26/12 12:17 Long before Mark Persaud became the Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal winning activist, the noted Toronto lawyer spent many trying days as a new immigrant on the streets of Toronto, homeless. He opens up on the early days as an immigrant, his law
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JEWS, SOMALIS LAUNCH MENTORING PROGRAM By Paul Lungen, Staff Reporter – November 6, 2008 The Jewish-Somali Project launched last week at a Toronto high school. Announcing the initiative were, from left, James Morton, Mark Persaud, Bernie Farber, Howard English and Digal Haio. TORONTO — Its proponents didn’t quite bill it as a light unto the
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Getting By Giving By Linda Spark, Canadian Immigrant Magazine, April 2007 Issue Turning adversity into a rewarding experience has become a way of life for Mark Persaud. In 1988, during a time of civil unrest, Persaud and thousands of others fled to Canada from his home country of Guyana. He was allowed to leave with
PM, leader pay tribute to Persaud By Jasminee Sahoye The Caribbean Camera: June 4, 2009 He fled Guyana 25 years ago with just $80 for a safer and better life and even though it has not been an easy path for Mark Persaud, his contributions to fostering social cohesion among communities have not gone unnoticed.
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Harper Says Defections Prove Tory Appeal – January 12, 2007 By Allan Woods – Ottawa Bureau The second defection of a former high-ranking Liberal to the Conservative party in less than a week illustrates that the Tories are winning over ethnic voters across Canada, and particularly in the Toronto area, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.
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