Tag: anti-black racism
almost 2 years ago
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How child welfare investigations play a role in overrepresentation of Black kids in children’s aid

A new report looks at how the children get through the door to the system and the role anti-Black racism plays in how...

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almost 2 years ago
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Opinion | Police stats confirm what we’ve known for a while, but that still doesn’t hold individu...

How often “the system” is blamed, the systemic culpability fingered, as if that toxic circulatory system is a separat...

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about 2 years ago
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Fewer than half of Toronto councillors have taken anti-racism training mandatory for city employees

Only 12 of 25 councilllors have taken the training since 2018, while 25,783 city workers have.

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about 2 years ago
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Crosstown LRT builder showed ‘implicit bias’ when it fired Black worker, says labour board

Labour board decision highlights the need for community benefits program, say advocates.

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about 2 years ago
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GTA school boards broken down by anti-Black racist incidents in new report from advocacy group

“Every child has a story and we’ve normalized that. We can’t do that anymore,” said Kearie Daniel of the Parents of B...

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over 2 years ago
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Most Black nurses in Ontario deal with racism. This task force of nurses has a way forward

“The whiteness of our profession is blinding,” RNAO president Doris Grinspun said, noting the lack of diversity is es...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Why I’m saying bye-bye to ‘BIPOC’ this year

Some are anxious to keep up with the terminology to signal support for anti-racism, but it’s a problem when they do s...

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over 2 years ago
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Court endorses use of anti-Black racism reports in sentencing

Social context reports can be essential for imposing a fair sentence, but judges must not make sentences too lenient ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Rename Dundas Street, Yonge-Dundas Square, says city staff report

The recommendation includes renaming other Toronto landmarks, including public parks that bear the name of a man said...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | ‘He cried for his mother’: Children bear tearful witness to the last moments of George ...

A series of minors testified at the second day of the murder trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Derek Chauvin may be the defendant, but it’s America that’s on trial in the killing of ...

Landmark trial begins for the former Minneapolis cop accused of killing George Floyd last year.

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about 3 years ago
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TDSB school was sent hate mail over anti-Black racism course. But for the teachers, it’s just ‘st...

A copy of a Star article about the school’s new course on deconstructing anti-Black racism was defaced with racist re...

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over 3 years ago
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Toronto announces plan to combat disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black communities

The city also announced that it has established the Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity to address a numbe...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Knock down anti-Black racism in medicine, two powerhouse advocates tell health-care sec...

For years, Black people have shared, with data scientists, governments, academics, journalists and each other, terrif...

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over 3 years ago
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65 years ago Collingwood’s first Black foreman died on the job. To this day his family asks: deli...

After Herbert Wilson’s death, acknowledgment from the town, whether through compensation or a search for answers, nev...

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over 3 years ago
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University of Ottawa students enter Day 5 of sit-in protest urging administration to take ‘concre...

Students at the University of Ottawa participated in the fifth day of their sit-in protest in a bid to push the unive...

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over 3 years ago
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A fraternity chat that threatened violence against Black students has forced another wave of reck...

Screenshots surfaced last week of students affiliated with the Delta Chi Fraternity participating in violent, racist ...

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over 3 years ago
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‘Culture of fear’ at York Region Children’s Aid Society hurt ability to help clients, report conf...

The 46-page report commissioned by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services to probe allegations of ra...

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over 3 years ago
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Video campaign shows how much Black history is taught in Ontario schools. Not much

The Ontario Black History Society launched its new video campaign #Blackedouthistory to show what would be left to te...

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over 3 years ago
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University of Ottawa professors just can’t stop using the N-word. Student and faculty outrage is ...

Over the weekend 34 professors signed a letter disagreeing with how a white professor who said the N-word in class ha...

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