Segregation

• B.C. teacher suspended after lesson in segregation leaves Grade 2 class in tears, confusion

  A Grade 2 teacher on Vancouver Island was suspended after a misguided attempt to teach kids about racism. 'All the brown kids, you go into that corner,' she instructed.

  Education

  Nov 23, 2022
  
• Danielle Smith addresses comments about unvaccinated being ‘most discriminated against group’

  Alberta's premier issued a statement Wednesday, after saying people who chose not to be vaccinated were 'the most discriminated against group I've ever witnessed in my lifetime.'

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2022
  
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• Mayor says town ‘not racist’ after allowing whites-only church in Minnesota

  Town leaders in Murdock, Minn., are defending their move to allow an explicitly whites-only church in the community.

  Trending

  Dec 22, 2020
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• Child advocate calls for changes to use of pepper spray, segregation in Alberta young offender centres

  Alberta's child advocate wants the province to decrease the use of segregation and pepper spray in young offender centres.

  Canada

  Sep 9, 2019
• How black train porters helped birth a multicultural Canada

  Trapped in grueling jobs marked by racism, sleeping car porters still managed to unite to lead a fight for social equality, for all.

  Canada

  Mar 6, 2019
• Racist threats continue at GM’s Ohio plant where nooses were found, says lawyer

  Just this week, one of the workers found a monkey doll and a racist drawing near his work station, said attorney Michelle Vocht.

  Crime

  Jan 18, 2019
• Civil liberties group asks Ontario’s top court for changes to solitary confinement rules

  The group says the federal government only introduced legislation that deals with solitary confinement last month, knowing it wouldn't pass in time to meet the deadline.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2018
• Ontario ombudsman reports increase in complaints about correctional services

  In his annual report, Paul Dube says he received 5,010 complaints about correctional facilities in 2017-18 compared with 3,998 in the previous fiscal year.

  Politics

  Jun 27, 2018
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• Ontario to end solitary confinement of inmates with mental illness

  Segregation for the mentally ill will only be allowed under exceptional circumstances.

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2018
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• Human rights commission wants Ontario to end segregation of people with mental illness

  The Ontario Human Rights Commission is calling on the provincial government to ban the use of segregation in its jails for people with mental illness, except in exceptional circumstances.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2017