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Fighting to get police out of Winnipeg schools
Scott Neigh | Cam Scott, Irene Bindi, and Daniel Friesen talk about the work of Police-Free Schools Winnipeg.
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A grassroots freedom school for African Nova Scotian youth
Scott Neigh | Wendie Wilson and Rachel Zellars talk about the African Nova Scotian Freedom School.
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Trudeau announcing support for Black entrepreneurs at a press conference in September 2020. Image: CanadianPM/Twitter
Canadians are using the term 'racialized' incorrectly
Yafet Tewelde | The normalizing of whiteness through the conflation of all non-white groups under the term "racialized" is endemic to how racism operates in Canada.
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Director Cheryl Foggo and rodeo champion Fred Whitfield as John Ware. Image: Shaun Robinson, used with permission
'John Ware Reclaimed' is empowering and uplifting
Doreen Nicoll | Cheryl Foggo's documentary, "John Ware Reclaimed," shatters incorrect notions of who Black people are and were historically.
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Adelaide Maphangane stands beside an empty water hole in the district of Mabalane, Mozambique. Image: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/Flickr
Are tar sands expansion and Canada's high carbon emissions anti-Black?
Bianca Mugyenyi | As attention is focused on climate-change-fuelled fires ravaging California and Oregon, a series of "natural" disasters have swept through parts of the African continent.
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How do Black youth find their voice in the criminal justice system?
Lidia Abraha | Black youth face a number of challenges navigating the world, but how do they fare in a system that's historically set them up for failure?
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Unions fighting anti-Black racism
Victoria Fenner | The Canadian Labour Congress held a webinar on June 10 to talk about what the union movement is doing to fight anti-Black racism and what they need to do in the future. An encore presentation.
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Police violence is a public health crisis, so why aren't there health-based solutions?
Lidia Abraha | Doctors gather to address systemic anti-Black racism by police, and how that impacts the public health sector.
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Resistance and resurgence -- confronting anti-Black racism in Canada
Victoria Fenner | A replay of a webinar by Feminists Deliver on June 8, 2020, featuring a panel of Black women activists talking about a wide range of subjects relating to anti-Black racism in Canada.
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'Above the Law' explores one man's story about police anti-Black racism
David Peck | In 2013, Godfred Addai-Nyamekye suffered a vicious attack at the hands of a Calgary police officer. A new film explores his story and the need for police accountability.
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Police officer at a Toronto Black Lives Matter demonstration in June, 2020. Image: Mitchel Raphael
Changing public institutions also requires changing the people who build and maintain them
Francis Carbonu | As law enforcement and public institutions face scrutiny following incidents of police violence, we might gain insight into the true omnipresence of injustice by hearing stories from our peers.
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At the Kwekwexnewtxw Watch House and the Kinder Morgan Tank Farm in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. August 25, 2018. Image: Sally T. Buck/Flickr
July 1 is a time to reflect on Canada's colonial and genocidal legacy
Doreen Nicoll | This July 1, take time to reflect on how Canada can create an inclusive, caring country that incorporates all voices into its post-COVID-19 recovery.