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About Steven Zhou

Steven Zhou is a writer for the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM). He has worked for several years as a reporter, scriptwriter, and producer for CBC News, CBC-TV, CBC Radio, VICE News, and the Ottawa Citizen. His writings have been published in the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Foreign Policy, and the LA Review of Books.

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With hate on the rise, it’s a tough time to be a young Muslim in school

The growing number of Islamophic incidents in schools isn’t a pattern that can be understood in a vacuum, writes Steven Zhou.
Opinion | September 20th 2022

Toronto police need to answer for their actions

Toronto police need to answer for their actions at demonstrations where far-right and anti-facist activists face off. It's not okay to protect one group and leave the other vulnerable.
Opinion, Politics, Culture | September 21st 2018
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When Toronto Mayor John Tory describes those who carry out gun violence as “sewer rats” or “thugs,” what is lost?

It’s willful desensitization: the sheer amount of tragedy in the world forces our inundated culture to select exactly what we want to be the target of our outrage.
Opinion | August 20th 2018

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