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Governments and bureaucrats need to focus less on numbers and more on starting real conversations that tackle critical problems, like race, in ways that engage…

Commentary

The Many Problems with the Term “White”

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

Posters promoting a “White Student Union” appeared on campus at a number of Canadian universities recently. What are we to make of such a student…

Health

Debunking the Racialization of Disease

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

There is an ever present bias in the historical theories of racialized people being more susceptible to disease, and these theories have been perpetuated by…

Politics

Race Affects How Media Cover Canadian Political Candidates

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

With October’s federal elections inching closer, there will be a steady stream of coverage in mainstream newspapers across the country of the candidates vying for…

Commentary

End Carding: Time for Police Chief to Get on Board

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

A huge wave, represented by about 50 high-profile Canadians, rocked Mayor John Tory’s proverbial boat this week. The “wave” consisted of a former chief justice…

The EKOS Poll: Are Canadians Getting More Racist?

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

Canada has been singularly successful as a multicultural nation. While Europe and America have torn themselves apart over issues of immigration and race, we’ve been…

Commentary

One Question People Should Stop Asking in the Workplace

Vicky Tobianah February 19, 2015 No Comments diversity employment Ethnicity immigrant race workplace

It was the second day of my new job and my new co-worker turned to me and asked me that fateful question: “So, what’s your…