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Pages tagged "Equity and Justice"


Securitization and the Muslim community in Canada

Posted on News & Blogs by Fahad Ahmad · July 17, 2019 12:07 PM

The recent passage of Bill 21 in Quebec, which effectively bans teachers and other provincial employees from wearing the hijab, continues in the legacy of discriminatory policy that is based on the securitization of Muslims in Canada. Put simply, expressions of Muslim identity are portrayed as a threat to security in Western societies, including Canada. Such Islamophobic overtures have been catapulted into the public discourse in recent years with the mainstreaming of right-wing political ideas that rest on the demonization of Muslims. As political leaders verbalize (unfounded) anxiety around cultural and political assertions by Canadian Muslims, the community continues to experience elevated levels of anti-Muslim hate and violence. The Quebec City mosque shooting is among the deadliest incidences of domestic terrorism in Canada. Hate crime statistics between 2016 and 2017 indicate a 151% increase in hate crimes targeting Muslims. 

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Humans have become data-producing machines

Posted on News & Blogs by Akwasi Owusu-Bempah · May 20, 2019 10:03 AM

Every Google search, credit card purchase, social media interaction, and doctor’s visit leave traces of information about you, where you’ve been, who you’ve interacted with, and what you like. What’s more, advertisers, data brokers, and government agencies can collect and analyze the digital breadcrumbs you leave behind as you go about your day. Welcome to the world of ‘big data.’

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“Between Two Joints, You Could Get Up and Do Something”*

Posted on News & Blogs by Will Prosper · December 17, 2018 3:27 PM

*Editor’s note: the original quote (“ent’deux joints tu pourrais faire qu’qu’chose, ent’deux joints tu pourrais t’grouiller l’cul”) is the refrain of a popular 1973 Robert Charlebois song, lyrics by Pierre Bourgault, entitled “Entr’ deux joints”.

According to Statistics Canada, the illegal cannabis industry was already generating 5.6 billion dollars in profits in 2017 and each Canadian was rolling the equivalent of 20 g of cannabis.

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There should be a fully independent public inquiry to prevent any repeat of the injustice done to Hassan Diab

Posted on News & Blogs · July 04, 2018 8:00 AM

This Article originally appeared in the Globe & Mail.

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Keep expectations high for antiracism consultations

Posted on News & Blogs by Brittany Andrew · April 16, 2018 11:33 AM

This article first appeared April 10, 2018 in Policy Options.

The Liberal government shouldn’t bend to critics of its antiracism consultations, but it should also know racialized Canadians expect meaningful change.

The federal government is about to embark on nationwide antiracism consultations. The initiative is not without its naysayers. The announcement of the $23-million plan in the 2018 budget has been critiqued by prominent Conservative MP Maxime Bernier and media pundits. Warnings to the government to “be careful” and to “keep a low profile” have cast a shadow over the process before it has even begun. If the Liberals intend to follow through on their statement of “standing up for diversity” and “building communities where everyone feels included,” backing down from the consultations and giving in to mainstream media and the right is not an option. Rather, their goal should be to ensure that the time of racialized Canadians and Indigenous people isn’t wasted by this process and that these consultations result in much-needed policy changes.

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For future gender budgets, we need good data at the intersections

Posted on News & Blogs by Angella MacEwen · March 28, 2017 2:39 PM

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It has been a week since Budget 2017 was tabled, a budget that undertook, for the first time in Canada, a gender-based analysis.

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Internal documents challenge government’s funding claims for Indigenous children

Posted on News & Blogs by Anna Stanley · March 02, 2017 3:16 AM

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It has been over a year since the federal government was found to be racially discriminating against First Nations children on reserve by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (HRT). 

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Whiteness trouble: the Left's challenge after Trump

Posted on News & Blogs by Jonathan Sas · November 15, 2016 11:22 AM

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The speed, scale and ferocity of racist attacks across the United States in the wake of Trump’s victory are revealing. Doubly revealing, in fact.

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Government action to curb solitary confinement long overdue

Posted on News & Blogs by Catherine Latimer · November 08, 2016 1:22 PM

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Making a prisoner spend four years isolated in a plexiglass cell under the constant glare of artificial light is a form of custody that shocks Canadian sensibilities. It is difficult to believe that such cruel treatment was imposed on Adam Capay in a Thunder Bay detention centre – but it was.

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Val Napoleon: On Indigenous law and the public imagination

Posted on News & Blogs by Broadbent Institute · October 12, 2016 12:24 PM

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On September 22 and 23, the Broadbent Institute hosted Progress Summit BC to chart a progressive path forward for the province in this critical election year. The first keynote was delivered by Law Foundation Professor of Aboriginal Justice and Governance at the University of Victoria, Val Napoleon. Watch her remarks and presentation below.

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