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‘Fredy’ Takes on Racism in Quebec

NCM Anonymous March 11, 2016 No Comments Elvira Truglia French Montreal Play Police Quebec Racial profiling racism Shooting shootings theatre

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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Racial Profiling: New Ways to Address Old Issues

NCM Anonymous February 19, 2016 No Comments Danica Samuel discrimination First Nations human rights Islamophobia Newcomers Ontario Human Rights Commission Racial profiling racism Renu Mandhane

by Danica Samuel in Toronto Policy makers, journalists, professors and lawyers are putting their best ideas forward to find the right solution to tackle the…

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Carding Ban Clouded By Doubt

NCM Anonymous October 30, 2015 No Comments Bill Blair black community Black Youth carding John Tory Patrick Hunter Police Racial profiling racism Toronto Police Service

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…

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Racial Profiling By Police Will Not Be Tolerated: Community Leaders

NCM Anonymous June 10, 2015 No Comments black community carding Danica Samuel John Tory Mark Saunders Racial profiling Toronto Police Services

by Danica Samuel (@danicasamuel) in Toronto After months of defending carding, Toronto Mayor, John Tory has made a 360, calling for a permanent ban on…

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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”…

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Ending Police Carding Is Just Step One

NCM Anonymous June 8, 2015 No Comments Black Black Men Black Youth Blacks carding criminalize criminialization desmond cole John Tory Priya Ramanujam racial Racial profiling racialized racism Say Word Toronto Toronto Police Toronto Police Chief Toronto Police Services

by Priya Ramanujam (@SincerelyPriya) in Scarborough “I’m afraid for my son to grow up.” The words come via a 23-year-old woman, who sits with her…

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A Black Chief of Police for Toronto

NCM Anonymous April 26, 2015 No Comments AfricanCanadians Bill Blair Black black community carding Jamaican Mark Saunders Patrick Hunter Racial profiling racism Toronto Police Chief Toronto Police Services

by Patrick Hunter (@pghntr) in Toronto The largest municipal police service in Canada has a new chief. A first for the City of Toronto, Mark Saunders…

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Obama remarks bring racial profiling to the fore

NCM Anonymous July 25, 2013 No Comments bias ethnic minorities Obama Ottawa Police Racial profiling White House

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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