Montreal, August 20, 2010 --- The Marguerite-Bourgeoys School Board will appear once again today before the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal in another case of ethnic discrimination in education (class reassignment and harassment), in which an Hispanic-Iranian youth was awarded $20,000 by the human rights commission.

Montreal, August 19, 2010 --- A 32 year-old Black Montrealer was told ten days ago by security guards at La Ronde (Montreal's largest amusement park) to turn his tee-shirt inside out to hide a photograph of Bob Marley or risk expulsion.

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Montréal, le 6 août 2010 --- Le CRARR organisera une session d'information sur les règlements américains ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) qui sont imposés aux entreprises canadiennes dans l'industrie aérospatiale recevant des contrats militaires des États-Unis.

Ces règlements ont pour effet d'assujettir plusieurs citoyens et résidents permanents du Canada à  la discrimination fondée sur l'origine ethnique ou nationale.

Montreal, August 6, 2010 --- Hearings on the appeal brought by a federal Crown prosecutor against the Department of Justice regarding systemic discrimination in employment will resume from September 27 through October 1 at the Federal Court, located at 30 McGill Street, Montreal.

Montréal, le 6 août 2010 --- Les audiences portant sur le recours engagé par un procureur de la Couronne fédérale contre le ministère de la Justice pour discrimination systémique en emploi se poursuivront du 27 septembre au 1er octobre prochain, à  la Cour fédérale, située au 30 rue McGill, à Montréal.

Montreal, July 29, 2010 --- Since March, CRARR has received an increasing amount of requests for assistance from racialized individuals, who consider themselves victims of discrimination in employment.

Montreal, August 2, 2010---CRARR has joined forces with the Institute for Research and Education on Race Relations (IRERR) to give a final push to the groundbreaking 100 Montrealers for Diversity and Equality Campaign by the end of September 2010.

Montréal, le 29 juillet 2010 --- Depuis mars, le CRARR reçoit de plus en plus des demandes d'aide de la part des personnes racisées, notamment celles originaires du Maghreb, qui se considèrent être victimes de discrimination dans l'emploi.

Montreal, July 30, 2010 --- The Marguerite-Bourgeoys School Board filed this May with the Quebec Court of Appeal for leave to appeal a Human Rights Tribunal decision that found the School Board and two employees guilty of discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin.

Montreal, July 28, 2010 --- The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal’s latest decision is a disturbing indictment of the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission’s excessively long investigation and should send alarm signals about the state of civil rights protection in Quebec.

Montreal, July 27, 2010 --- CRARR will hold an information session on the discriminatory U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) that apply to the Canadian aerospace industry and that deny to Canadian citizens and permanent residents equal opportunity in employment.

Montréal, le 23 juillet 2010 --- Le CRARR a adhéré à  un nouveau mouvement national pour soutenir l'équité en emploi au sein de la fonction publique fédérale, qui a été créé suite à  la décision du Gouvernement du Canada de réviser cette politique.

La décision a été annoncée cette semaine suite à  la plainte d'une femme blanche dont la candidature a été rejetée en raison du fait qu'elle ne fait pas partie d'une minorité visible ou d'une nation autochtone.

Montreal, July 23, 2010 --- In response to the Conservative government's review of employment equity in the federal public service, CRARR has joined a national movement to support the principle, law and policy of employment equity in federal civil service.

Montreal, June 19, 2010 --- CRARR's input into the Senate Committee's examination of the state of employment equity in the federal public service was acknowledged in a major report released recently.