Articles, reports and news about the Black Lives Matter movement
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…
Survey: Racial discrimination in Federal Public Service
By CHARELLE EVELYN JUNE 15, 2020 Fifteen per cent of Black federal employees indicated they had been a victim of discrimination on the job in the past 12 months, compared to only…
Chavannes: If Black Lives Matter
If Black Lives matter, it’s time for true policy action and accountability. by Celina Caesar-Chavannes June 4, 2020 Over the past several days, in the midst of the protests related…
Ewart Walters: The Power of One
Anti-Black Racism and the Power of One By Ewart Walters The world suddenly woke to the deadly systemic anti-Black racism virus that has bedevilled Black people in America for more…
Anti-racism march focuses on Canada
Thousands demonstrate in front of Parliament Friday 5 June 2020 Downtown Ottawa was the scene of an event unprecedented in the history of the national capital, as thousands of people:…
No apology for assault by by-law officer?
Adam: An Ottawa bylaw officer assaulted a citizen. Where’s the apology? Mohammed Adam Jun 19, 2020 Mayor Jim Watson has ordered a “full review” of the incident involving a city…
Solidarity march for Abdirahman
Abdi died following violent altercation with police in 2016 Natalia Goodwin · CBC News Jun 20, 2020 Hundreds descended on the streets of downtown Ottawa Saturday in the second anti-racism rally in…