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'Shopping while olive': Racism at the mall
Mar 11, 2016Dalia ThaminShopping while not white is being treated in a bizarre -- often discriminatory and humiliating -- way in a store because of your looks, skin colour or accent.
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Exploitative practices of disabled workers persist across Canada
Mar 24, 2016Teuila FuataiThe "outdated" Alberta employment law permitting employers to pay disabled workers below minimum wage is set to be reviewed by the NDP government.
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From exploited to supported: Phasing out Canada's lowest wage work programs
Apr 26, 2016Teuila FuataiIn part two of her investigation into sheltered workshop programs exploiting intellectually disabled adults in Canada, Teuila Fuatai looks at what is next for the programs and...
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The price of acceptance: Immigrants with disabilities in a system of...
Apr 27, 2016Chavon NilesIlaneet GorenDenying people with disabilities the right to live in Canada reinforces the stereotype that disability is a "burden." We need to change this rhetoric and exclusion.
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Redress is overdue for targets of Canada's no-fly list
May 27, 2016Monia MazighIt has now been five months since we started hearing about Canadian kids affected by the Canadian version of the no-fly list and unfortunately, the situation hasn't improved...
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This is what NIMBY sounds like
Jun 28, 2016Cathy CroweThe NIMBY homeless variety is pure and simple discrimination. If we hear it, we should stop it.
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Trans health care in Canada: A provincial lottery
Jun 29, 2016Laura BrightwellThere have been some improvements to trans health care in Canada, but is it much to celebrate? We speak to experts and find out what is available across Canada.
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B.C. leads the way in trans health, but change is slow
Jul 5, 2016Emily BlakeLast year B.C. made a progressive decision to create a province-wide system for transgender health care, but progress has been slow to take place.
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Pussy, Pride and police: From bathhouses to Black Lives Matter
Jul 15, 2016Lyla Miklos"Pride is political. It always has been." Lyla Miklos' powerful essay on experiencing the Pussy Palace raid in 2000 and marching in Toronto Pride in 2016.
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Jul 21, 2016John GreysonDear Kathleen Wynne, You're right, it's your job. It's your job to stop the cops, stop the violence, stop the discrimination.
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Pride march for queer people of colour creates critical space for healing
Aug 5, 2016Lenée Son"Today was about giving us a space. Taking space in the city at Pride time," Fatima Jaffer. A lot of people don't feel comfortable at Pride, so this alternative space was created.
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With judges like Robin Camp, how impartial is Canada's justice system?
Sep 29, 2016Pro BonoShelina AliAn inquiry into the conduct of Federal Court Judge Robin Camp when he presided over a sexual assault trial raises some hard questions about the impartiality of the...
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Pearson security needs to respect the rights of nursing mothers
Oct 6, 2016Ethel TungohanCanadian Air Transport Security Authority personnel at Toronto Pearson International Airport should read up on their own guidelines about discriminating against nursing mothers.
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Human rights protections raise new questions for freedom of speech
Oct 7, 2016Rick SalutinA commitment to free speech doesn't reconcile easily with human rights codes that may compel respect and courtesy toward specific groups -- including their right to be addressed...
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Public apologies serve crucial role in democratic societies
Dec 8, 2017Monia MazighApologies are not monetary gifts or hollow words offered by teary politicians. They are gestures that define our history as a country and restore faith in institutions.
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Trudeau government still targets Muslims as threats
Jan 24, 2018Matthew BehrensJanuary 29 marks the first anniversary of the mass murder of six Muslim worshippers in Quebec City. As the date approaches, Justin Trudeau's government continues to unfairly...
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Passage of new law ends the debate: Israel now officially an apartheid state
Jul 20, 2018Corey BalsamSid ShniadWhile this new law doesn't change much in practice, it should lay to rest any remaining illusions about Israel's true nature.
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Police technology vs. civil liberties -- science fiction or current reality?
Sep 27, 2018Pro BonoMichael HacklUntil the institutional bias that exists in society is addressed, the use of technology will not help eliminate bias in police work.
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How anti-immigrant rhetoric shaped the Quebec election
Oct 12, 2018Monia MazighCAQ leader François Legault and his team ran much of their election campaign on the backs of immigrants, using polarizing language to pit "good immigrants" against "bad...
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Canada continues to deny sex equality to First Nation women and children
Jan 23, 2019Pamela PalmaterOn January 14, 2019, the UNHRC released their decision which found that Canada still discriminates against "Indian" women and their descendants in the registration provisions...
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