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/CNW/ - Black communities in Canada continue to live with the effects of prejudice, discrimination, and hatred—from unconscious bias to anti-Black hate crimes...
When the Canadian government got involved in First Nations' financial affairs, conditions in those communities were more likely to get worse. That's the main takeaway from a Canada’s National Observer investigation published this week unpacking how a decades-old federal policy has impacted First Nations, their infrastructure building and their path to self-governance. But when
Repealing all mandatory minimum sentences will lead to more justice for Black, Indigenous and racialized and other disadvantaged communities.
Moya Teklu (she/her) is the executive director and general counsel of the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) and an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Teklu has a long history of working to combat anti-Black racism in the justice system. At Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), she developed a plan that resulted in the delivery of clinic law services to hundreds
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.