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Orangeville, ON, Canada / 101.5 Orangeville Today Feb 25, 2021 4:53 PM Wrapping up Black History Month, Alethia O’Hara-Stephenson reflects on 2020 and what it meant for social justice movements locally. The chair of Shelburne’s Anti-Racism Task Force and president of Dufferin County Canadian Black Association says both the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd spurred frank conversations about racial inequality in Dufferin County.     While O’Hara-Stephenson says much has been done for racial inequality last year, including the establishment of the two groups she leads, we still hav...

Article content In the last year we have witnessed so many changes throughout the world. The pandemic has altered the way of life for many of us. Being stuck at home in front of our televisions, many people witnessed the hunting down and execution of Ahmaud Arbery, the suffocation of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer and the home invasion killing of Breonna Taylor. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Guest column: Black Council of Windsor-Essex striving for change Back to video In Canada, though less prominent, we had a young woman,...

Date Time ‘Anti-Black racism is a crisis’: University of Toronto scholar imagines a freer society Robyn Maynard, a PhD candidate at U of T’s Women and Gender Studies Institute, has studied – and participated in – social movements committed to Black and Indigenous liberation for more than a decade (photo by Stacy Lee Photography) For scholars and activists like Robyn Maynard, our current reckoning with anti-Black racism is long overdue – and not just in the United States. The protests that erupted around the world following George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis polic...

Kinga Borondy / melrose@wickedlocal.com Melrose city officials have been taking advantage of a presentation from the state Attorney General’s office to acquaint residents who have been appointed or elected to public service with information about civil rights. “The mayor (Paul Brodeur) thought this was important,” said Patrick Prendergast, Brodeur’s chief of staff. “The same overview of civil rights was offered to the City Council and the School Committee. The mayor wanted everyone to speak the same language when it comes to human rights.” The city’s Human Rights Commission host...

Posted: Feb 22, 2021 5:02 PM ET | Last Updated: February 22 Windsor police are mandated by the province to document the race of people involved in use-of-force incidents — according to the officer's perception at the time the event happened.(Dan Taekema/CBC) Black people and other visible minorities were disproportionately affected by Windsor police's use of force in 2020, according to statistics from the force's annual report. Despite only representing five per cent of the city's population, Black people make up almost 18 per cent of incidents where use-of-force tactics were implemented by...