Exploring equity, social justice and community safety with a humanistic lens
CBC News: Hate crimes reported to Ottawa police rise in 2022. 377 reports in 2022 compares to about 95 in 2017, 180 in 2020. This is not an encouraging news for those committed to address hate and violence in Ottawa. Some of the key strategies to address hate crimes and the status of our progress …
Transcripts Presentation at the Ottawa Police Service Annual Human Rights Learning Forum – December 08, 2022 Thanks so much to the facilitator today. I am sorry, I am off-site, so I couldn’t catch your name, but thanks a lot. I will give you a high-level overview of the United for All Coalition. So let me …
A stitch in time saves nine. Reading about the investments in anti-hate, community resilience-building measures in this story is astonishing. The little provincial and federal investments in this area here in Canada pale by comparison. Failing to adequately invest in what’s needed today for prevention initiatives will require way more to turn the tide tomorrow. …
A welcome step by Halton Police. Community and police forces are collaborating in preventative efforts. However, when it comes to enforcement, unfortunately, in the Criminal Code of Canada, there is no such thing as Hate Crime. Hate Crime doesn’t exist. No wonder why nearly a quarter million Canadians said they were victims of hate-motivated incidents …
This shows how institutions that supported slavery and racism in the past are being humiliated and disgraced today. The same will happen to the systems, structures and institutions that sustain the legacy of systemic racism in our age. From the pitiful response https://lnkd.in/edqrtM2b to the white supremacist movement to the exponential inequity https://lnkd.in/epuhSyX4 , what we see and hear …
Alberta updates Crown prosecutor’s manual to go after hate crimes Great progress indeed: “Prosecutors will now be explicitly directed that it would be in the ‘general public interest’ to prosecute a crime motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on the victim’s ethnicity, gender, religion and sexual orientation, among other markers of identity.” Other jurisdictions …