racism

A diverse crowd of protesters took to the streets of Montreal on Sunday, October 7, 2018, to march against racism and denounce the newly-elected Coalition Avenir Quebec government.

Political controversies do more than just temporarily embarrass party leaders. Repeated controversies can have a serious, long-lasting impact on the trust voters place in a party and a leaders’ sense of judgment and the candidates they choose.

Indigenous people continue to suffer from racism connected to hydroelectric development in northern Manitoba, the grand chief for the area said two weeks after a review found abuse and violence dating back to the 1960s.

Hate speech and the politics of division are creating a "dangerous path" for Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, August 20, 2018, as he vowed to steer clear of such roads and to continue calling out those who rely on "extremist" methods to make their voices heard.

Melissa Stevenson was just starting her career 18 years ago when a summer position at the Indigenous Family Centre in Winnipeg connected her to a youngster named Tina Fontaine.

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.

The controversial speakers, Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson, were in town to debate each other on Saturday evening. It was the first time that these two have met on stage.

Cree Elder Patrick Etherington went to see the bishop in 1986 at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moosonee, Ont. As a 30-year-old man, now a father, he walked straight into the local headquarters of the organization that had stolen him from his own parents.

Edmonton's annual Pride parade ground to a halt for more than half an hour on Saturday, June 9, 2018, when demonstrators upset that police officers were allowed to march in the event blocked its route.

Artists are reclaiming space in inner cities and on highways where many Indigenous women have suffered violence or disappeared.

Is it really such a surprise that when you feed a troubled mind a steady diet of far-right media junk food, the end-result will be a fearful, angry, suspicious person who looks to violence as a solution?

A new survey is offering some insight into how non-Aboriginal Canadians view their role in Canada's efforts to foster reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and accept responsibility for the historic injustices they have endured.

Justin Trudeau says it’s time Canadians acknowledged that racism and unconscious bias against black people exist in this country.

A disabled veteran, an Indigenous woman angry about racism and people worried about stalled oil pipelines had tough questions for the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a town hall meeting in Edmonton on Thursday night.

Amir Belkacemi addressed about a thousand people who braved the frigid cold in Quebec City on Monday night and asked them never to forget the tragic mosque shooting that killed his father and five other men.