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Concordia University associate professor Ted Rutland says the research he’s conducted indicates that no Canadian police department has had its funding reduced since the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 came with calls to 'defund the police.' 

The release of previously unseen Toronto police data that show disproportionate enforcement and use of force against Black residents is renewing calls to defund the police, two years after city council voted against such a proposal.

After a Toronto police report showing Black, Indigenous and other racialized groups are disproportionately affected by use of force and strip searches landed with a damning thud in those communities Wednesday, advocates are dismissing an apology from the chief of police and demanding immediate change in policing.

After damning numbers from Canada's largest police force proving what Black and other racialized communities have known for decades — that Toronto police have indeed used disproportionate force against them — the question now is what accountability might look like.

Disrupted schooling, learning loss will have effects long after pandemic, say education experts From switching between remote and in-person learning to juggling class quarantines due to school-related cases, students continue to grapple with a tumultuous education experience amid COVID-19. Education experts say disrupted schooling and learning loss will persist long after the pandemic wanes. Social Sharing