discrimination

Patty Hajdu remembers encountering an angry — and racist — person at the doorstep.

When medical students begin classes at Queen's University this fall, they'll be taught for the first time about the school's decades-long ban on admitting black applicants to the program.

For years, members of Montreal's black community have told stories about the discrimination they've allegedly suffered at the hands of the city police: A black lawyer in a BMW, repeatedly pulled over. A man checking his cell phone on the street, questioned and eventually arrested. Seemingly routine police interventions that escalate to violence and even death.

Some victims of the federal government's gay purge were so devastated by the experience that even decades later they needed the help of a therapist to fill out forms to receive financial compensation, says the lawyer who led a successful class action.

Qualified black Canadians are being passed over for promotions to senior positions in the federal government due to systemic racial barriers, says Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes.

An advocacy organization says it wants to map hatred and discrimination across Canada in a move that is prompting warnings of caution from one civil liberties group.

Canadian politicians are banding together to address harassment, abuse and discrimination in sports, but details on their plans remain slim.

The federal government is consulting experts and community leaders ahead of a new national anti-racism strategy, but in a series of secretive meetings to avoid them turning into public shouting matches.

This legislation is nothing more than body-policing; something women around the world and throughout history have been subjected to and continue to be penalized for on a routine basis, writes National Observer columnist Toula Drimonis.

Threats have been made against her life, but the 55-year-old Honduran journalist shrugs them off as easily as she would an online troll. It’s all in a day’s work when you report on feminism, politics and human rights in a country ruled by corruption, organized crime and men.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says he will formally apologize for past discrimination against residents of Chinese descent.

The Trudeau Liberals are wading carefully into a national dialogue on combating racism and discrimination to ensure a national plan focuses on solutions, instead of sparking a contentious debate that could thwart federal efforts.

"The state orchestrated a culture of stigma and fear around LGBTQ2 communities, and in doing so, destroyed people’s lives," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday of Canada's harrowing "gay purge."

A "hellish" week of hard-fought negotiations sealed a deal to financially compensate members of the military and other federal agencies who were investigated and sanctioned because of their sexual orientation, says the lawyer representing them.

In the wake of a court challenge against a controversial Quebec law banning people from wearing face coverings while giving or receiving public services, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is actively studying ways in which it might also weigh in.