anti-black racism

Here is the status of calls to disarm, defund and reform Ontario police amid anti-racism protests

The growing outrage over anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian policing — reflected in higher use-of-force rates, higher arrest rates, over-representation in jails and prisons and failure to investigate crimes particularly when the victims are Indigenous women and girls — has renewed the public push… Read More »Here is the status of calls to disarm, defund and reform Ontario police amid anti-racism protests

From police shootings to protests over anti-Black racism: Toronto’s last three decades of racial controversy

The falling death of Afro-Indigenous woman Regis Korchinski-Paquet in the presence of police officers is sparking outrage and protest in Toronto as cities across the U.S. have meanwhile erupted in several days of anger over the shocking death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man… Read More »From police shootings to protests over anti-Black racism: Toronto’s last three decades of racial controversy