Montreal, April 5, 2016 — Following yesterday's official confirmation that Mr. Jean-Pierre Bony has died from injuries caused by a plastic bullet that a Montreal Police officer shot into his head last week in Montreal-North, CRARR calls on the authorities and residents of the municipality who lived through the Fredy Villanueva tragedy to remain calm.

Montreal, April 1st, 2016 — A Jewish hairstylist, whose complaint of discrimination was upheld by the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission last October, is still waiting for his case to be brought by the Commission before the Human Rights Tribunal.

Montreal, March 28, 2016 — A medical student at McGill has filed a complaint against the University with the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission, citing discrimination based on disability and race and refusal to accommodate, which worsened his mental health and caused him to resign from the residency program.

Montreal, March 22, 2016 — The Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Council’s proposed change to its already contentious Membership Law may fly in the face of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international and domestic human rights laws.

Montreal, March 21, 2016 — On this International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which was proclaimed by the United Nations in 1966 to mark the 1960 fatal armed suppression of an anti-apartheid demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, CRARR urges Quebec unions and public authorities to commit themselves to three concrete actions to address racism:

Montreal, March 20, 2016 — With a panel discussion to be held next Monday to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21) and the start of the Quebec Action Week against Racism, CRARR will launch a series of public interventions on challenges faced by victims of racial profiling and discrimination when they turn to the Quebec justice system for protection.

Montreal, March 18, 2016 — Two international students from China have mandated CRARR to help protect them from civil rights violations, exploitation and predatory housing rental practices from a local landlord who took advantage of these students' lack of knowledge of English and Quebec rental laws and their vulnerable social condition.

CRARR is working with the Concordia Student Union's Legal Information Clinic to assist the students.

Montreal, March 17, 2016 — The Quebec Government and unions should walk the talk by taking concrete actions to end legislated discrimination against non-citizens in the Professional Syndicates Act (PSA) and to make discrimination based on citizenship status illegal in Quebec.

This is the call launched by CRARR with the support of eleven community organizations serving immigrants and minorities in Quebec.

Montreal, March 4, 2016 — As part of its advocacy work to protect and promote students' civil rights, CRARR will co-host a panel on sexual violence on campus, which will be held next Monday on the 7th floor of the Hall Building of Concordia University, located at 1455 DeMaisonneuve West.

Montreal, February 29, 2016 — CRARR is filing three new complaints of consumer racial profiling on behalf of three English-speaking Black shoppers who were stopped, accused of theft and detained in the last two months while shopping at two major stores in the West-end of Montreal.

Montréal, le 11 février 2016 — La première Journée Nelson Mandela au Québec est soulignée aujourd'hui à l'Assemblée nationale du Québec.

Le Québec a choisi de célébrer le jour de la libération de monsieur Mandela, le 11 février 1990.

Montreal, February 11, 2016 — Today marks the first official Nelson Mandela Day in Quebec.

A special event was held in the National Assembly this morning to highlight this important Day.

Montreal, January 18, 2016 — After receiving last week a mandate from “Cathy”, the Concordia University student who was violently assaulted by her boyfriend at her home and later harassed by him on campus, CRARR has been informed of her wish not to further act in her case.