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by Shan Qiao in Toronto Governments and bureaucrats need to focus less on numbers and more on starting real conversations that tackle critical problems, like…

Commentary

The Many Problems with the Term “White”

NCM Anonymous October 9, 2015 No Comments Anita Bromberg Canadian Race Relations Foundation discriminiation Privilege race racialized racialized communities Rubin Friedman STUDENTS universities white white privilege

by Rubin Friedman in Ottawa and Anita Bromberg in Toronto Posters promoting a “White Student Union” appeared on campus at a number of Canadian universities…

Health

Debunking the Racialization of Disease

NCM Anonymous September 21, 2015 No Comments Aboriginal AfricanCanadian Diabetes disease Ethnicity Lucy Oneka media Poverty race racial bias racialized racialized communities

by Lucy Oneka in Toronto There is an ever present bias in the historical theories of racialized people being more susceptible to disease, and these…

Politics

Race Affects How Media Cover Canadian Political Candidates

NCM Anonymous July 13, 2015 No Comments candidates Erin Tolley Journalism media media coverage newspapers POLITICS Priya Ramanujam race visible minorities Visible Minority

by Priya Ramanujam (@SincerelyPriya) in Scarborough, Ontario With October’s federal elections inching closer, there will be a steady stream of coverage in mainstream newspapers across…

Commentary

End Carding: Time for Police Chief to Get on Board

NCM Anonymous June 9, 2015 No Comments Bill Blair Black Black Men Black Youth Blacks carding Charter of Rights and Freedoms John Tory Mark Saunders Patrick Hunter race Racial profiling racialized communities racism rights Toronto Toronto Police Toronto Police Chief Toronto Police Services

by Patrick Hunter (@pghntr) in Toronto A huge wave, represented by about 50 high-profile Canadians, rocked Mayor John Tory’s proverbial boat this week. The “wave”…

The EKOS Poll: Are Canadians Getting More Racist?

NCM Anonymous March 13, 2015 No Comments CANADIANS EKOS research Frank Graves Immigration Multiculturalism niqab race racism

by Frank Graves Canada has been singularly successful as a multicultural nation. While Europe and America have torn themselves apart over issues of immigration and…

Commentary

One Question People Should Stop Asking in the Workplace

NCM Anonymous February 19, 2015 No Comments diversity employment Ethnicity immigrant race workplace

by Vicky Tobianah (@vicktob) in Toronto It was the second day of my new job and my new co-worker turned to me and asked me…