‘While the future cannot be predicted, it absolutely can be redirected’: young people hit Parliament to call for action
Climate change, demographic shifts, and new technologies will dramatically change childhood in the coming years, while Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds acknowledged governments needed to reflect young people’s ‘voices and your wants for the future.’
Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in public service at court for class-action certification hearings
The multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleges systemic anti-Black discrimination in the federal public service resulted in lost wages and pensions for Black government staff.
Sanewashing, denial, and hate-mongering: the new normal in the U.S.
About half the voting populace seems ready to cast a presidential ballot for a criminal who has trod on every notion of decency in American public life.
By attacking the Jewish National Fund, the government sends a clear message
A country that prides itself on moral values and welcoming diversity no longer seems to extend those values, rights, and safety to the Jewish community.
‘The trust has been broken’: accountability for racism in PCO requires resignations, says Black Class Action lead Thompson
The Privy Council Office can’t be relied on to get its own affairs in order after a damning internal report detailing a culture of racism and workplace discrimination, says a coalition of federal employees and civil society groups.
Why Emancipation Day matters
Aug. 1 is an occasion to reflect, educate, and engage in the ongoing fight against anti-Black racism and discrimination, which has roots in slavery.
Systemic change needed to recognize harms of antisemitism in the public service
Unfortunately, the Employment Equity Act Review Task Force’s utter inability to earnestly interface with the challenges that are innate to Jewish identity and to empathize with the plight of Jewish people is not a unique phenomenon.
Exclusion of Black anti-racism activists from Supreme Court meeting ‘very concerning,’ says former GG, as Black caucus co-chair wary of ‘scary’ creep against progress
Parliamentary Black Caucus Chair MP Michael Coteau says Canada can’t ‘slow down’ on anti-racism progress as UN Decade for People of African Descent extended another five years.
It’s 2024, and Black MPs are still being tokenized
In the confines of large organizational structures like political parties, diversity still remains a tactical device.
The Islamophobic silence is deafening
If one compares the empathy for Israelis and empathy for Palestinians, there is no comparison in public relations, communications, and posturing.
