systemic racism

A network focused on advancing the careers of Black technology workers is connecting promising young professionals to mentors at major Canadian companies.

B.C. First Nations people continue to be disproportionately impacted by the opioid overdose crisis during the pandemic. Though First Nations people comprise 3.3​ per cent of the province's overall population, they represent 16 per cent of all overdose deaths as of May 2020.

The party said it "will not provide a platform to normalize racism and discrimination," following comments by Dylan Perceval-Maxwell that accused his opponent of being "angry that a white person came up with an idea."

Indigenous leaders in New Brunswick say they are losing faith in Premier Blaine Higgs and his provincial government after a second meeting failed to produce an agreement for an inquiry into systemic racism and two recent police shootings.

Indigenous leaders in New Brunswick are renewing a call for an independent, Indigenous-led public inquiry to investigate systemic racism and two recent police shootings in the province.

Jenny Kwan’s comments come the day Vancouver city council is expected to deal with a motion put forward by Mayor Kennedy Stewart that would have him inform the Vancouver Police Board it was council’s priority to end the practice.

The president and CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has resigned following recent allegations of systemic racism, discrimination and claims of sexual harassment at the Winnipeg facility.

Meryam Haddad says that if the Green Party truly respects its members, it must discipline Dylan Perceval-Maxwell for a policy he proposed during Tuesday’s leadership debate that she had called out as racist and offensive, as well as for his reaction afterward that she believes made things worse.

Meryam Haddad said fellow contender Dylan Perceval-Maxwell proposed racist, offensive policy during the first Green Party debate Tuesday.

Black parents have always dealt with the added burden of talking to their children about racism but some are now struggling with whether to broach the topic sooner, says the founder of a parenting group.

Military police are investigating reports of a service member spreading racist pictures even as top defence officials apologize for their slow response to questions about systemic racism in the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces.

As three Conservative leadership candidates acknowledged the need to address systemic racism in Canada, a fourth, Erin O'Toole, wouldn't say whether he believes it exists.

"Perhaps I’m a wannabe anthropologist,” Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet told reporters in French on Parliament Hill.

Critics have a long list of suggestions for Education Minister Stephen Lecce and the school boards charged with turning government policy into practice.

A group of Black parliamentarians and their allies are calling on all levels of government to take action to reduce systemic racism in Canada.