Institutional Racism

• Quebec to appeal ruling that was greeted as victory in fight against racial profiling

  Public Security Minister François Bonnardel says the government is appealing because it's unacceptable to deprive police of an important tool.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2022
  
• Montreal’s Concordia University issues apology to Black community for history of racism

  University president Graham Carr says addressing the institution's history of anti-Black racism is long overdue and a necessary step to move forward.

  Education

  Oct 28, 2022
  
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• Vancouver remembers Komagata Maru on 107th anniversary of ship denied entry

  The Komagata Maru steamship arrived in Vancouver on May 23, 1914 with hundreds of British subjects from India aboard who were sent back due to their ethnicity or religion.

  Canada

  May 23, 2021
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• Dispute over beach carving is one of many miseries at Royal BC Museum

  Things got worse when Jack Lohman — the museum's then-CEO who announced and then un-announced the discovery — was forced to resign over accusations of institutional racism.

  Commentary

  Feb 23, 2021
• RCMP officer sentenced for assaulting Indigenous man inside Alberta detachment

  An RCMP officer who was found guilty of assaulting an Indigenous man in Slave Lake, Alta., in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 months of probation in the community and will not be serving time in jail.

  Crime

  Jul 15, 2020
• Ontario non-profit tackling racism in justice system through education, enhanced reporting

  A new not-for-profit is working to provide better information to judges prior to the sentencing process 'in order to get to the right determination.'

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2020
• Indigenous, black people more likely to be stopped by Montreal police: report

  The report showed there is "significant, widespread and persistent disproportions" of racialized people who are stopped by police officers.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2019
• ‘Be white by 6 AM’: 50 years on, the ‘first’ black Mountie reflects on his decade in scarlet

  Hartley Gosline was the sole black Mountie in 1969. He quit after growing tired of feeling like he was singled out for being black.

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2019