CRARR TO ASSIST ANTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR IN SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION CASE AGAINST CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Montreal, February 24, 2015 — CRARR’s intervention in a civil rights case has led the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission to decide this month to investigate a professor’s complaint of discrimination in employment at Concordia University.
GRANDDAUGHTER OF TAP-DANCER ETHEL BRUNEAU VIOLENTLY ARRESTED AND MAIMED BY MONTREAL POLICE
Montreal, February 18, 2015 — The granddaughter of the legendary Harlem-born tap-dancer and tap-dance teacher Ethel Bruneau, Majiza Philip, is taking legal actions against a Montreal police officer for having beaten so hard during a police intervention last November that her left arm bone was badly fractured.
ANGLOPHONE BLACK WOMAN'S RACE BIAS CASE REJECTED BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AFTER 5 YEARS
Montreal, February 14, 2015 — An English-speaking Black mother in the Cote Des Neiges district finally receives the decision from the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission five years after she filed a complaint about being denied a police ethics complaint from at the local police station.
The Commission dismissed her complaint due to lack of evidence of discrimination.
ANOTHER DISCRIMINATION CASE “FLIPPED” BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION INTO A RACIAL PROFILING CASE
Montreal, February 9, 2015 — The Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission has unilaterally changed another complaint of racial discrimination in policing into a racial profiling case after two years of investigation, without either the victim or CRARR – acting on her behalf – being consulted or informed in advance.
A TRIBUTE TO A TRUE CANADIAN CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, MAX YALDEN
Montreal, February 12, 2015 — CRARR wishes to convey its most heartfelt condolences to the family of Mr. Max Yalden, who passed away on Feb. 9 at the age of 84. Our country lost a true Champion of human rights.
JUNO-NOMINATED ARTIST FREDDIE JAMES FILES RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINT AGAINST THE MONTREAL POLICE
Montreal, February 11, 2015 — Freddie James, a Juno-nominated artist and leader of the Freddie James Project, is filing a civil rights complaint against three Montreal Police officers with racial profiling, excessive force and abusive arrest.
DISCRIMINATION IN OUT-OF-PROVINCE TUITION: MCGILL LAW STUDENT CHALLENGES QUEBEC'S REQUIREMENT OF CHILD FOR COMMON-LAW RELATIONSHIPS
Montreal, February 2, 2015 — Compelled to pay higher tuition rates because he and his spouse do not have a child together, a McGill law student has filed a civil rights complaint against the Ministry of Superior Education, Research and Science and McGill University for discrimination based on civil status.
CONTESTING RACIAL INEQUALITY: REVISITING THE HISTORY OF BLACK MONTREALERS' QUEST FOR JUSTICE
Montreal, February 2, 2015
BLACK WOMAN DEPLORES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S “FLIPPING” OF HER COMPLAINT OF POLICE BIAS AFTER FIVE YEARS
Montreal, January 25, 2015 — An English-speaking Black mother questions the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission’s credibility to protect the rights of victims of racial discrimination in policing when it arbitrarily changed the nature of her complaint after five years, without prior notice, ignored important evidence, and dismissed the case.
CRARR TO HELP FORMER CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEE IN ANTI-MUSLIM DISCRIMINATION CASE
Montreal, January 12, 2015 --- CRARR will lend assistance to Rose Tandel, the former Concordia University Gym employee who faced constructive dismissal from her job in 2013 due to discrimination and other questionable management practices she experienced following her refusal to obey her supervisor’s instruction, which she deemed to be against Quebec’s civil rights law.
UPDATE: COURT GAVE GREEN LIGHT TO BLACK GAY SOCIAL WORK STUDENT WHO TOOK HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO COURT FOR FAILING TO APPLY EQUALITY LAW
Montreal, January 9, 2015 --- The Quebec Superior Court today gave a green light to a Black gay social work student at McGill University who has taken the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission to court for dismissing his complaint by incorrectly applying the law on equality and setting a negative precedent on gay rights in Quebec.
7 000 $ À UN HOMME D’ORIGINE AFRICAINE POUR PROFILAGE RACIAL : LA VILLE DE GATINEAU DEVANT LE TRIBUNAL DES DROITS DE PERSONNE
Montréal, 26 décembre 2014 — Étant donné qu’elle a refusé de donner suite à une décision de la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ), qui lui demande de payer un homme noir 7 000 $ pour des actes de profilage racial et de mettre sur pied une formation à ses policiers, la Ville de Gatineau se retrouvera en 2015 devant le Tribunal des droits de la personne.
RÉACTION À LA DÉCLARATION DU PRÉSIDENT DE LA FRATERNITÉ DES POLICIERS QUALIFIANT LA DIVERSITÉ COMME UNE MENACE À LA SÉCURITÉ DES POLICIERS
Montréal, le 22 décembre 2014 — Le CRARR déplore vigoureusement la déclaration récente du Président de la Fraternité des policiers et policières de Montréal, M. Yves Francoeur, telle que rapportée dans plusieurs médias, à l’effet que les policiers ne sont pas en sécurité à cause « du caractère multi-ethnique de Montréal ».
STATEMENT ON MONTREAL POLICE UNION PRESIDENT’S QUALIFICATION OF DIVERSITY AS A THREAT TO POLICE SAFETY
Montreal, December 22, 2014 --- CRARR strongly deplores the recent statement made by Montreal Police Union President Yves Francoeur, as published in some Quebec media, that police officers are at risk because of the “multi-ethnic character of Montreal.”
AFRICAN AMERICAN VISITOR AND PROFESSOR SUING MONTREAL POLICE AFTER ABUSIVE ARREST ON CRESCENT STREET
Montreal, December 10, 2014 --- A local black professor has filed a civil rights complaint against officers of the Montreal police after he and his two African American friends were physically abused and arrested at a local pub on Crescent Street during the Labor Day week-end.
