Articles, reports and news about the Black Lives Matter movement
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…
Police officer blinded black man
Toronto officer guilty of assault after blinding black man 27 June 2020 An off-duty Toronto police officer has been convicted of assault after blinding a black man in an attack…
Robin Browne: Defund the police
Defund the police (but give the Chief a raise) by Robin Browne As I marched through the streets of Ottawa with hundreds of others on June 20, I said to…