CRARR MET WITH UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES
Montreal, October 22, 2009 --- CRARR hosted a meeting with Ms. Gay McDougall, UN Independent Expert on Minority Rights, during her official visit to Canada.
LE CRARR REÇOIT L'EXPERT INDÉPENDANT DE L'ONU SUR LES DROITS DES MINORITÉS
Montréal, le 16 octobre 2009--- Les représentants et les partenaires du CRARR tiendront une réunion avec Mme Gay McDougall, Expert indépendent des Nations-Unies sur les droits des minorités, lors de sa visite au Canada.
COURT DENIES APPEAL OF “BULLETS DON'T SEE COLOR” CASE
Montreal, July 16, 2009 --- The two White police officers who were sanctioned by the police ethics tribunal back in 2007 for having made racially discriminatory statements to Black persons during an intervention in a private West Island home were denied leave to appeal the decision by the Quebec Court of Appeal last week.
LA CONSULTATION PUBLIQUE DE LA COMMISSION DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE SUR LE PROFILAGE RACIAL : UN EXERCICE ESSENTIEL
Montréal, le 17 septembre 2009 --- Le CRARR applaudit la décision de la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse de tenir cet automne une vaste consultation publique portant sur le profilage racial et les relations entre les minorités racisées et la police à travers le Québec.
LE CRARR POURSUIT SA LUTTE CONTRE LE RACISME DANS L'EMPLOI : EMPLOI-QUÉBEC DIT NON AUX OFFRES D'EMPLOI AVEC LA MENTION DE L'ITAR
Montréal, le 23 juillet 2009 --- Le CRARR vient de remporter une nouvelle victoire contre le racisme dans l'emploi imposé par les règles américaines ITAR.
LA COMMISSION DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE RECOMMANDE 164 000 $ AUX 15 TRAVAILLEURS CHINOIS VICTIMES DE RACISME AU TRAVAIL
Montréal, le 23 septembre 2009 --- Quinze travailleurs manufacturiers d'origine chinoise se verront accorder un total de 164 000 $ en dommages pour avoir subi des actes assimilables à du racisme de la part de leur employeur, selon le verdict rendu par la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ) du Québec.
FIFTEEN CHINESE MANUFACTURING WORKERS AWARDED $164,000 BY QUEBEC HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR RACISM AT WORK
Montreal, September 23, 2009 --- Fifteen Chinese workers at a Montreal manufacturing company should receive $164,000 in damages for having been racially discriminated on the job, the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission ruled in a decision issued last week.
BLACK CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND DOWNTOWN PUB SETTLED COMPLAINT OF DENIAL OF ACCESS
Montreal, September 14, 2009 --- Concordia University student and rugby player Courtney Bishop and Sir Winstown Churchill Pub (SWCP) have reached a settlement over a civil rights complaint of denial of access to the bar on the basis of race.
CHINESE STUDENT VIOLENTLY ARRESTED BY THE POLICE SEEKS SUPPORT FOR REVIEW OF POLICE ETHICS COMMISSIONER’S DECISION
Montreal, June 17,2009 --- A Chinese student who was the target of police misconduct and excessive use of force against him seeks financial support from the community to pay for his judicial review of the Police Ethics Committee decision that rejects his complaint.
CRARR PURSUES THE FIGHT AGAINST RACISM IN THE WORKPLACE: EMPLOI-QUEBEC REFUSES JOB POSTINGS THAT MENTION ITAR
Montreal, July 23, 2009 --- CRARR has just achieved another victory against racism in employment imposed by the American ITAR regulations.
$20,000 FOR ANTI-GAY HARASSMENT : THE THIBAULT-WOUTERS COUPLE WON A SECOND IMPORTANT VICTORY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA
Montréal, Canada, May 19, 2009 --- The well-known Pointe-Claire couple has won a second legal victory in their struggle against homophobia and for the right to live in full equality and dignity, as the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission has recommended $20,000 in damages against their neighbor.
THE CITY OF MONTREAL LOST ANOTHER COURT CASE RELATED TO RACIAL PROFILING
Montreal, June 9, 2009 --- The Quebec Superior Court has thrown out a judicial review case brought by the City of Montreal against the Quebec human rights commission and CRARR.
“ANY NEGRO WILL DO”: CRARR CALLS FOR MEASURES TO PREVENT POLICE STOPS OF MEN OF COLOR BASED ON VAGUE RACE-BASED SUSPECT DESCRIPTIONS
Montreal, Canada, May 6, 2009 --- Authorities must enact measures to prevent the police from using vague, race-based, suspect descriptions to stop and arrest young Black and other racialized men even when they do not resemble the suspect or when the description is so general that every male of color can be subject to police stops.
ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH 2009: US REPRESENTATIVE AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY VICE-CHAIR MIKE HONDA VISITS MONTREAL
Montreal, May 18, 2009 --- US Congressman Mike Honda (D-Ca) visited Montreal on May 16, 2009 as guest of honor at CRARR's Asian Heritage Month activities.
MOIS DU PATRIMOINE ASIATIQUE 2009 : LE REPRÉSENTANT ET VICE-PRÉSIDENT DU PARTI DÉMOCRATE AMÉRICAIN MIKE HONDA VISITE MONTRÉAL
Montréal, le 18 mai 2009 --- Le Représentant américain Mike Honda (D-CA) a participé le samedi 16 mai dernier aux activités organisées par le CRARR pour souligner le Mois du patrimoine asiatique.
