QUEBEC HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL DECISION ON RACIAL PROFILING: A RAY OF HOPE FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE RACISM
Montreal, April 23, 2012 --- The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal’s recent decision on racial profiling in Montréal is one of the most important milestones in the fight against racism and biased policing in Québec and in Canada.
OUR INTERNS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR 2016
CRARR’s strength lies on interns from law and social science programs from universities in Montreal and Ottawa. We acknowledge the invaluable contributions of our interns who collectively represent a rich, dynamic and diverse pool of talents for the advancement of our clients’ rights and freedoms:
Abbie Buckman
Anastasia Kalmykov
Amanda Farrace
Amanda Wurah
Amirah Arif
Anna Milner
Brandy deGaia
Cameron McKeich
Carla Dombowsky
Catheryne Houde Collins
BANNING HIP HOP AND RAP IN LIQUOR LICENSING: A SWEEPING ATTACK ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND BLACK CULTURE
Montreal, April 3, 2012 --- By requiring Montreal bars and clubs to stop playing hip hop and rap music, the Quebec liquor licensing board has achieved something which many authorities in the United States have tried but failed : ban a musical style closely associated with the Black community, institutionalize racial profiling and curtail freedom of expression.
LONGUEUIL BLACK BMW DRIVER ONCE AGAIN THE TARGET OF RACIAL PROFILING
Montreal, April 2, 2012 --- Joel Debellefeuille, the black South Shore BMW owner and driver who was stopped in 2009 by a Longueuil police officer for his French name, has once again been stopped by the Longueuil police while driving to his son’s daycare center two weeks ago.
MORE BLACK PUBLIC TRANSIT RIDERS DENOUNCE RACIAL PROFILING AND EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE
Montreal, March 29, 2012 --- There should be an inquiry into patterns of public transit racism by Montreal Transit Authority (MTA or STM) inspectors, said several Black Montrealers who have been the target of these practices.
NOUVELLE AUDITION SUR L’AFFAIRE JOEL DEBELLEFEUILLE ET LE PROFILAGE RACIAL À LONGUEUIL
Montréal, 13 mars 2012 --- La Cour municipale de Montréal entendra demain l’affaire M. Joel Debellefeuille, un homme noir intercepté par un policier de Longueuil en raison du fait que selon ce dernier, un homme noir ne peut avoir un nom québécois.
L’audition aura lieu le mardi 13 mars 2012, à 13 h 30, à la Cour municipale de Longueuil.
TABLE RONDE SUR LA CONVENTION DE L’OIT SUR LES TRAVAILLEUSES DOMESTIQUES ET SES RÉPERCUSSIONS SUR LE QUÉBEC
Montréal, le 8 mars 2012--- Ce vendredi 9 mars 2012, des intervenants communautaires clés, des défenseurs des droits de la personne et des universitaires se réuniront pour examiner les répercussions sur le Québec de la Convention concernant le travail décent pour les travailleurs et travailleuses domestiques de l’Organisation internationale du Travail.
ADVOCATES TO DISCUSS CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS AT ROUND TABLE
Montreal, March 8, 2012 --- Key community workers, civil rights advocates and academics will meet this Friday, March 9, 2012, to discuss the implications of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers for Quebec.
The event will be held at the John Molson Building of Concordia University, located at 1450 Guy (corner of De Maisonneuve West).
TABLE RONDE SUR LA CONVENTION INTERNATIONALE SUR LE TRAVAIL DÉCENT POUR LES TRAVAILLEURS ET TRAVAILLEUSES DOMESTIQUES
Veuillez consulter les documents joints ci-dessous.
$10,000 IN DAMAGES AFTER 5 YEARS: ARAB SECURITY GUARD PURSUES ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FOR EMPLOYMENT RACISM
Montreal, January 23, 2012 --- A Moroccan man who was refused a job as a security guard at the École polytechnique de Montréal and who won his case before the Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission (CDPDJ), may have to pursue his case against the institution out of his own pocket.
RACISME ET CRIME HAINEUX : UNE VOISINE BLANCHE DOIT PAYER 40 000 $ À UN COUPLE HAÏTIEN
Montréal, 10 février 2012 --- La Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la la jeunesse (CDPDJ) a accordé 40 000 $ à un couple d'origine haïtienne qui a été victime de harcèlement et de discrimination raciale de la part d'une voisine blanche.
WHITE NEIGHBOR MUST PAY BLACK COUPLE $40,000 FOR HATE CRIME AND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Montreal, February 10, 2012 --- A Black couple who lived in the Ahuntsic district of Montreal and who was repeatedly exposed to racial harassment and hate-motivated acts by a white neighbor has been awarded $40,000 by the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission.
SOME UNSUNG HEROES OF THE LOCAL BLACK COMMUNITY
Montreal, February 1st, 2012
As we mark Black History Month 2012, the Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR) would like to pay tribute to the many unsung heroes in our city: Black women and men of all ages, especially Black mothers and children, who combat racial injustice and inequality by standing up for their civil rights.
DEUX POLICIERS DE MONTRÉAL SUSPENDUS POUR CONTRAVENTION INJUSTIFIÉE DE DEUX HOMMES NOIRS À MONTRÉAL
Montréal 7 février 2012 --- Le Comité de déontologie policière a ordonné des sanctions à l’endroit de deux policiers de la Ville de Montréal pour avoir émis des accusations pénales sans justification contre deux frères, MM. Stevens et Danny Laincy.
TWO MONTREAL POLICE OFFICERS SUSPENDED OVER UNJUSTIFIED FINE FOR TWO BLACK MEN DOWNTOWN
Montreal, February 7, 2012--- In a decision rendered last month, the Police Ethics Committee has imposed sanctions on two Ville de Montréal police officers for issuing penal charges against brothers Stevens and Danny Laincy without justification; however, it did not consider the case to be one involving racial profiling.
