PRECEDENT-SETTING COMPLAINT OF RACE AND GENDER IDENTITY BIAS FILED AGAINST RENTAL BOARD JUDGE

Montreal, June 26, 2013--- A precedent-setting civil rights complaint could significantly advance the fight against intersectional discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, language, and gender identity in Quebec.
BLACK NEWSPAPER DELIVERY MAN VIOLENTLY DETAINED, CUFFED AND CHAINED BY MONTREAL POLICE

Montreal, June 18, 2013 --- Excessive use of force by law enforcement authorities on Black persons continues as a Black man in his late 50s was violently detained, handcuffed and ankle- chained by the Montreal Police while delivering newspapers downtown last April.
WORKING MOTHER FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST FORMER EMPLOYER FOR FAILURE TO ACCOMMODATE CHILD CARE NEEDS

Montreal, June 17, 2013--- In a case that could change how local employers treat their employees having child care needs, a working mother of three has taken her former employer, a well-known Montreal-based international company in the entertainment industry, to the Quebec human rights commission, for having failed to accommodate her child care and family obligations, and fired her as a result.
DÉCISION HISTORIQUE : UN FONCTIONNAIRE DE RACE NOIRE REMPORTE UNE VICTOIRE SUR LA DISCRIMINATION SYSTÉMIQUE DANS L'EMPLOI À LA VILLE DE MONTRÉAL

Montréal, 11 juin 2013 --- Après 11 années de lutte, un professionnel d'origine haïtienne vient d'obtenir une décision judiciaire qualifiée d'«historique » au Québec contre son employeur, la Ville de Montréal, pour racisme systémique dans la promotion aux postes de gestion.
A FIRST FOR QUEBEC: BLACK CITY PROFESSIONAL WINS MAJOR COURT CASE AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM IN EMPLOYMENT

Montreal, June 11, 2013 --- After 11 years of struggle, a professional of Haitian background has won a major precedent-setting legal battle against his employer, the City of Montreal, on systemic racism in promotion to management positions.
MISE AU POINT : LE CRARR NE FAIT PAS PARTIE DE LA COALITION QUI DEMANDE AU VÉRIFICATEUR GÉNÉRAL D’EXAMINER LA COMMISSION DES DROITS

Montréal, 6 juin 2013 --- Dans un communiqué de presse émis aujourd’hui par un regroupement d’organismes de défense des personnes âgées, le CRARR a été identifiée incorrectement comme faisant partie d’une coalition qui « ont saisi le Vérificateur général d'une plainte contre la Présidence et la direction des plaintes et des enquêtes de la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse pour violation de leurs obligations légales ».
DEUX POLICIERS SUSPENDUS POUR ARRESTATION ILLÉGALE ET USAGE DE LA FORCE INJUSTIFIÉE D'UN ENSEIGNANT NOIR

TWO POLICE OFFICERS SUSPENDED FOR TEN DAYS FOR ILLEGAL ARREST AND UNJUSTIFIED FORCE TOWARDS BLACK TEACHER

Montreal, May 30, 2013 --- The Police Ethics Committee has ruled that two Montreal police officers who intercepted, violently dragged out, arrested and then fined a Black Lasalle teacher who was in his friend's car while waiting for take-out food in front of a Caribbean restaurant, must each be suspended for ten days without pay.
« VALEURS QUÉBÉCOISES » ET CONNAISSANCE DU SYSTÈME QUÉBÉCOIS : LES AUDITIONS CONTINUENT DANS LA POURSUITE D’UN MÉDECIN DHCEU CONTRE L'UdeM

POURSUITE CONTRE L' UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL PAR UN MÉDECIN FORMÉ À L'ÉTRANGER : AUDITION DÈS LE 22 MAI

L'audition débutera à 9 h 15 chaque jour.
SOUTH ASIAN FREELANCE JOURNALIST EXPELLED FROM HOTEL, FILED RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINT

Montreal, May 16, 2013 --- After being forced to leave for no reasons, a South Asian Canadian freelance journalist has filed a civil rights complaint against a downtown hotel and two security guards.
LE MINISTRE DE LA JUSTICE INTERPELLÉ AU SUJET DES PROBLÈMES DANS LES ENQUÊTES SUR LA DISCRIMINATION RACIALE

Montréal, 10 mai 2013 --- Le ministre de la Justice du Québec, M. Bertrand St-Arnauld, a été formellement interpellé par le CRARR au sujet de sérieux problèmes dans le traitement de plaintes de discrimination raciale à la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ).
PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCY ERASED COMPLAINT OF BLACK WOMAN ASSAULTED ON CITY BUS

Montreal, May 10, 2013 --- A Black woman in her 40s who was pushed and yelled at by a bus driver and who immediately filed a complaint with the Montreal Transit Authority (MTA) is shocked to find out recently that her file, including the videotape of the incident, seemed to have been erased from the record.
BLACK BUS RIDER FILED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT AFTER BEING DETAINED AND FINED AFTER CASINO TRIP

Montreal, April 30, 2013 --- A Black senior citizen, who was charged last year by two Montreal Transit Authority (MTA) inspectors for riding a bus without paying her fare, has filed a civil rights complaint against the agency.
TWO POLICE OFFICERS TO FACE ETHICS HEARINGS OVER VIOLATIONS OF DETAINED YOUTH'S RIGHTS

Montreal, April 24, 2013 --- Two Montreal police officers will face hearings before the Police Ethics Committee for violations of a biracial girl's civil rights during her interrogation at a local youth detention center.