Articles, reports and news about the Black Lives Matter movement
Judicial hearing on Federation of Black Canadians
Judge Donald McLeod faces involvement in Black advocacy group By JACQUES GALLANTLegal Affairs Reporter 22 August, 2018 A Brampton judge is facing a discipline hearing over his involvement with a…
Jazz Fest cancels SLĀV show
Jazz Fest cancels, apologizes to those ‘hurt’ by SLĀV after widespread criticism Show featuring African-American slave songs accused of cultural appropriation CBC News · Posted: Jul 04, 2018 …
Toronto restaurant fined for racial discrimination
Toronto restaurant ordered to pay $10,000 after asking black customers to prepay for their meal DAKSHANA BASCARAMURTY PUBLISHED APRIL 29, 2018UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO Open this photo in gallery…
Black children in welfare system
Black and Indigenous children over-represented in Ontario child-welfare system: report Renu Mandhane, chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, called the findings deeply concerning. Black and Indigenous children appear…
Police guilty of racial profiling
Victim dropped police studies after arrest, human rights tribunal orders SPVM, officers to pay damages Montreal Police officers guilty of racial profiling Mar 07, 2018 Two Montreal police officers…
Robyn Maynard’s new book on Police
Robyn Maynard’s new book “Policing Black Lives” exposes racial injustice in Canada Monday 13 November Some 200 people from Ottawa’s diverse communities were at the Ottawa Public Library auditorium on…
OHRC launches public interest inquiry into Toronto police racial profiling
December 4, 2017 OHRC launches public interest inquiry into racial profiling and racial discrimination by the Toronto Police Service Toronto – The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) announced that it…
Montreal police fined in racial profiling case involving black teenager
By Amanda Jelowicki Anchor/Reporter Global News WATCH ABOVE: Quebec’s human rights commission has ordered the Montreal police department to pay a black man $17,000 for racial profiling during an…
“Black Experience” report shows glaring evidence of racial profiling
More than half of black residents in GTA have been stopped by police in public, new report says 79% of men aged 25 to 44 reported being stopped by officers…
Ontario to begin collecting data on students’ race and ethnicity
Ontario to begin collecting data on students’ race, ethnicity, hoping to boost achievement Move announced Thursday as part of the province’s new equity action plan By Mike Crawley, CBC News Posted: Sep 07,…