Nora Loreto

Quebec City

About Nora Loreto

Nora Loreto is a freelance writer based in Quebec City. She's the editor of the Canadian Association of Labour Media and her bylines appear regularly in magazines and online news sources. She also co-hosts a podcast with Sandy Hudson. Photo by Alex Tétreault

43 Articles

I helped found the I Remember January 29 Collective so Quebec never forgets

The act of remembrance is a critical part of resisting racism and Islamophobia in Quebec City, writes Nora Loreto.

The problem with reducing the sentence of Quebec City's mosque shooter

A charter challenge was inevitable for a law allowing judges to stack life sentences for mass killers. But using the Quebec City mosque shooter as the test case raises legitimate questions from the racialized group targeted in the attack.

Far-right extremists who emboldened the Quebec City mosque shooter still thrive today

The perpetrator of the 2017 Quebec City mosque attack — and his consumption of far-right media online — should remind us that social isolation and white supremacy are an explosive mix, writes Nora Loreto.

Time to reimagine the U.S. government

Even though the divided United States is so neatly summed up by the choice between Trump and Biden, the division isn’t simply partisan.

U.S. Election 2020

How Canada tries to hide its racism by pointing a finger at the U.S.

Deflecting criticism by referencing the United States has a long history in Canada, and it helps maintain white supremacy by calming people into believing that things in Canada aren’t so bad.

Montreal protesters galvanized by U.S. riots

Local activists say police violence against racialized Montrealers is a longtime issue.

Education, COVID and Quebec and why we shouldn’t open schools

The province with the highest number of infections, highest number of deaths and the highest number of hospitals and long-term facilities experiencing outbreaks will also be the only province where students could be going back to school before September.

Coronavirus in Canada