Articles, reports and news about the Black Lives Matter movement
Healing project for Black community
Winnipeg project offers healing touch for Black community By: Julia-Simone Rutgers Black Winnipeggers who are looking for community support will once again have a place to share and learn with one…
Former Mountie sues RCMP for racism
Former Manitoba Mountie suing RCMP for systemic racism, discrimination Brett Forester Jul 14, 2020 Marge Hudson launched a proposed systemic racism class-action on July 7 Former Mountie Marge Hudson seen…
Racist poster at National Defence
DND launches investigation over racist workplace poster Supervisor who put up flyer with racial slur in 2016 suspended last week, CBC News has learned Amanda Pfeffer · CBC News · Jul 06, 2020…
I am Inuk and Black
Comprehending my identity as an Inuk Jamaican woman ‘It’s time I understand what it means to be Black and understand my father’s family’ by Miali-Elise Coley-Sudlovenick Contributed by Miali-Elise Coley-Sudlovenick…
Racism in Waterloo
Waterloo Region’s history of anti-Black racism has come to light By Victoria Rodney Wed., July 8, 2020 In many ways, Waterloo Region is ahead of the curve with respect to its…
Remembering Abdirahman’s 4th anniversary
Four years after Abdi’s death, group makes another call for police reform Aedan Helmer July 24, 2020 Now four years since the violent death of Abdirahman Abdi, a coalition of…
Cal Lawrence: Anger and the Black Lives Movement
by Calvin Lawrence I have empathy for the Black Lives Matter(BLM) movement. The movement comes from frustration, anger, and being abused as Black people. The defining emotion of all Black People…
Minister asks Trustee Blackburn to resign
Education mister Stephen Lecce says Donna Blackburn’s actions were ‘shameful’ and ‘racist’ CBC News · Jul 08, 2020 Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is calling on an Ottawa school trustee who confronted a…
Police apologize for false report
Ottawa police apologize after 911 call where white woman reports Black man in a park a Idil Mussa · CBC News · Posted: Jul 10, 2020 Ottawa police are apologizing for their handling…
School Board disciplines trustee Blackburn
Trustee Donna Blackburn banned from committee meetings, asked to resign Ryan Patrick Jones · CBC News · Jun 30, 2020 The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) formally disciplined Barrhaven/Knoxdale-Merivale trustee Donna Blackburn Monday for…