Montréal, 9 septembre 2010 --- Une plainte de discrimination déposée par le CRARR au nom d'un immigrant hautement spécialisé contre Emploi-Québec pourra améliorer l'accès des nouveaux arrivants formés à  l'étranger aux programmes de formation professionnelle.

Montreal, September 9, 2010--- A civil rights complaint filed by CRARR on behalf of a highly trained immigrant against Emploi-Quebec, the provincial agency responsible for employment, can broaden newcomers' access to job training programs, especially where racialized groups with high unemployment levels such as the Black and Arab communities.

Montreal, September 5, 2010 --- As a new school year is about to begin, CRARR urges all university and college students, who are Black or Brown and male and who frequent downtown Montreal clubs and bars, to be very vigilant when approached by Montreal Police officers, especially those who are part of the department’s Eclipse squad.

Montréal, le 5 septembre 2010 --- Avec la rentrée scolaire, le CRARR invite les étudiants des universités et cégeps qui sont noirs ou bruns (d'origine arabe, latino, etc.) et qui fréquentent les clubs et les bars dans le centre-ville de Montréal, à  être vigilants lorsqu'ils sont accostés par la police, notamment ceux du groupe Éclipse.

RÈGLEMENTS

D'avril à  juin 2010, le CRARR a aidé les victimes de discrimination à obtenir des règlements d'un montant de plus de 30 000 $ en compensation et des mesures de redressement non monétaires. En voici quelques exemples :

SETTLEMENTS

From April to June 2010, CRARR helped discrimination victims obtain settlements amounting to more than $30,000 in compensation and non-monetary remedies. The following are a few examples:

Montreal, September 27, 2010 --- The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal has awarded $8,000 in damages to a Black inspector of the Montreal Transit Corporation (MTC) who was called the N-word by a driver of a towing company.

Montréal, 1er septembre 2010 --- Le CRARR s'est joint ce matin à  l'Union des étudiants de Concordia (Concordia Student Union ou CSU) pour demander aux autorités responsables du logement et des droits de la personne au Québec d'agir avec fermeté contre les pratiques abusives relatives à  la location de logement aux étudiants internationaux.

Montreal, September 1st, 2010---CRARR has joined the Concordia Student Union (CSU) this morning in calling on the civil rights and housing authorities in Quebec to take decisive action against abusive apartment rental practices by Montreal landlords directed at international students.

Montreal, August 17, 2010--- A civil rights complaint filed by CRARR last year on behalf of an Anglophone Black woman and her children, may expand the rights of all public housing tenants in Quebec, only if the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission investigates the complaint more rapidly and diligently.