RACIAL PROFILING IN PUBLIC TRANSIT: MONTREAL BLACK METRO RIDER AWARDED $23,000 BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Montreal, February 5, 2012 --- A Black health care professional has been awarded $23,000 by the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission as a result of a racial profiling incident in a Montreal metro station in February 2010.
PROFILAGE RACIAL DANS LES TRANSPORTS EN COMMUN : 23 000 $ POUR UN USAGER NOIR DU MÉTRO DE MONTRÉAL
Montréal, 5 février 2012 --- La Commission des droits de la personne et de la jeunesse (CDPDJ) a accordé 23 000 $ à un professionnel de la santé de race noire qui a été victime de profilage racial dans une station du métro de Montréal en février 2010.
10 000 $ APRÈS CINQ ANS : UN AGENT DE SÉCURITÉ D’ORIGINE ARABE POURSUIT L’ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE POUR RACISME DANS L’EMBAUCHE
Montréal, 23 janvier 2012 --- Un homme d’origine marocaine à qui on a refusé un emploi d’agent de sécurité en 2005 à l’École polytechnique de Montréal et qui a eu gain de cause devant la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ), se verrait obligé de poursuivre à ses frais l’institution devant les tribunaux.
POLICE ETHICS TRIBUNAL REVERSES COMMISSIONER'S DECISION TO DISMISS LAVAL DRIVING-WHILE-BLACK COMPLAINT
Montreal, January 20, 2012 --- The Police Ethics Committee has reversed the Police Ethics Commissioner's decision to dismiss a Laval Black lawyer's complaint against two police officers for racial profiling, and ordered the Commissioner to cite the officers before it for race-based misconduct and unjustified interception of the man.
COURT OF APPEAL HEARING INTO THE GALLARDO-CAGADOC CASE: SERIOUS IMPACT ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE EXPECTED
Montreal, February 8, 2012 --- The Marguerite-Bourgeoys School Board appeal of the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal decision on the Maria Gallardo/Luc Cagadoc case will be heard on Thursday, February 9th, 2012, from 10:00 am, at the Court of Appeal of Quebec, 100 Notre-Dame East, in the Gilles Mignault Room.
GATINEAU'S CODE OF VALUES FOR IMMIGRATION: CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST THE CITY
Montreal, January 18, 2012 --- Kamal Maghri, a Gatineau resident since 2010, has filed a race discrimination complaint against the City of Gatineau for adopting and distributing a document for immigrants on values needed to integrate into Quebec society.
CODE DES VALEURS POUR IMMIGRANTS : LA VILLE DE GATINEAU FAIT L'OBJET DE PLAINTES DE DISCRIMINATION
Montréal, 18 janvier 2012 --- Kamal Maghri, un résident de Gatineau depuis 2010, a déposé une plainte de discrimination raciale contre la Ville de Gatineau pour avoir adopté et publié un document destiné aux immigrants concernant les valeurs que ces derniers doivent avoir afin de réussir leur intégration à la vie québécoise.
CITY DROPPED CHARGE AGAINST BLACK LASALLE TEACHER
Montreal, January 11, 2012 --- The City of Montreal's prosecutor dropped the penal charge against a young Black teacher who was violently dragged out of his friend's car by two Montreal Police officers in a Lasalle shopping center in 2010.
COURT THREW OUT CROWN'S APPEAL IN CASE OF ABUSIVE POLICE ARREST OF BLACK YOUTH
Montreal, January 13, 2012 --- In a ruling that came down two days ago, the Superior Court of Quebec dismissed the Crown's appeal of a Youth Court decision that acquitted a Black youth on the charge of obstruction of justice.
COURT OF APPEAL HEARING INTO THE GALLARDO-CAGADOC CASE: SERIOUS IMPACT ON ACCESS TO JUSTICE EXPECTED
Montreal, January 14, 2012 --- Montreal, January 14, 2012 --- The Marguerite-Bourgeoys School Board appeal of the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal decision on the Maria Gallardo/Luc Cagadoc case will be heard on Thursday, February 9th, 2012.
L'ÉNONCÉ DE VALEURS DE GATINEAU : LES IMMIGRANTS SONT ENCOURAGÉS À PORTER PLAINTE
Montréal, 23 décembre 2011 --- Les résidents de la Ville de Gatineau qui sont des immigrants ou des résidents permanents et qui se sentent traités à l'écart et discriminés par l'Énoncé de valeurs sont encouragés à contacter le CRARR en vue de déposer des plaintes de violations des droits de la personne.
GATINEAU'S CODE OF VALUES FOR IMMIGRANTS: IMMIGRANTS SHOULD FILE CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINTS
Montreal, December 23, 2011 --- Residents of the City of Gatineau, who are immigrants or permanent residents and who feel singled out and discriminated by the City's recently adopted Code of Values (“Énoncé de valeurs“) are encouraged to contact CRARR with the view to launch civil rights complaints.
NEW INTIATIVE: SEMINAR ON MEDIA POLICY AND DIVERSITY
As part of its public education mandate, CRARR will co-host a new initiative with faculty members of the Communication Studies Department (CSD) of Concordia University.
LE CRARR SE JOINT AUX PERSONNES HANDICAPÉES POUR DÉPOSER DES PLAINTES CONTRE LA STM POUR DISCRIMINATION SYSTÉMIQUE FONDÉE SUR LE HANDICAP
Montréal, 8 décembre 2011 --- À l'aube de la Journée internationale des droits de la personne, onze personnes handicapées réclament de la Société de transport de Montréal des services de transport en commun accessibles et 20 000 $ en dommages pour chacune, pour discrimination fondé sur le handicap..
CRARR JOINS DISABLED RIGHTS ADVOCATES IN FILING COMPLAINTS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MONTREAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Montreal, December 8, 2011 --- On the eve of the International Human Rights Day, eleven handicapped citizens are calling on the Société de transport de Montréal (Montreal Transit Corporation) to provide public transport services that are accessible to all, as well as claiming $20,000 each in damages for discrimination.
