by Elvira Truglia in Montreal The death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, shot at the hands of police in Montreal North, inspired Fredy, a documentary play…
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“A Blow to the City”: Toronto’s Black Police Deputy Resigns
by Priya Ramanujam in Scarborough In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: celebrated deputy chief of the Toronto Police…
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Carding Ban Clouded By Doubt
by Patrick Hunter in Toronto It could be resistance or defiance of civilian oversight bodies, or just plain stubbornness. Either way, police organizations have been…
View More Carding Ban Clouded By DoubtIncreased Concern Over Policing Immigrants
by Leah Bjornson (@leahjuneb) in Vancouver, British Columbia An expert in policing suggests that more training is required to support law enforcement officers intervening in…
View More Increased Concern Over Policing ImmigrantsCanada Gives Millions to Check Security Threats
Canada has announced an additional P128 million (C$3>58 million) of security assistance to the Philippines to further support the Bangsamoro peace process and address regional…
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PULSE: The Caribbean – What You Didn’t Read in the Mainstream
by Eternity Martis (@iratemixedchick) in Toronto While Caribbean, black and ethnic media as a whole may never be mainstream, they offer a fundamental contribution to…
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Ferguson Riots: “We Should Confront our Stereotypes About Race”
by Daniel McNeil in Ottawa For better or worse, much of our Canadian media, culture and society can be understood as a response to the…
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Blinded by “Merit”
by Hamlin Grange (@HamlinGrange) in Toronto Few people would disagree that Blacks and other non-whites are treated differently than whites by the criminal justice system.…
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Obama remarks bring racial profiling to the fore
by Yaa-Hemaa Obiri-Yeboah U.S. President Barack Obama remarked unexpectedly on the Trayvon Martin case during a recent White House press briefing. His statement was eloquent, empathetic…
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