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Amrita Roy Chowdhury Majumdar

Amrita is an NCM-CAJ Collective Member, journalist and content writer, with nearly a decade of experience in content development and journalism in three countries. She started her career as a journalist with a leading daily, The Statesman, in India. She has also led content and editorial teams for several web content management firms. Amrita served as a Communications and Content specialist for some non-profit organizations like the American Red Cross after her move to the U.S. Based out of Toronto, she continues to follow her passion by reporting on human rights violations, education, crimes, inequality and community engagement. Amrita holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Print Journalism from Chennai, India.

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New project trains Peel settlement workers to identify signs of domestic violence in new immigrant families

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Health/Immigration/Local Journalism Initiative

McGill research group takes steps to get ahead of South Asian health inequities in Canada

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