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ADVISORY - BACK TO SCHOOL: YOUNG BLACK STUDENTS GOING TO DOWNTOWN CLUBS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR RACIAL PROFILING
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.
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CRARR TO LAUNCH STUDENT CIVIL RIGHTS INFORMATION PROJECT FOR MCGILL AND CONCORDIA UNIVERSITIES
Montreal, September 3, 2010 --- In recent months, CRARR has been seized with a growing number of complaints involving racialized students, especially those attending McGill University and Concordia University, who claim to have been racially discriminated against and profiled by law enforcement officers, STM inspectors and private security guards.
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CRARR SUPPORTS CONCORDIA STUDENTS' CALL FOR INQUIRY INTO PREDATORY RENTAL PRACTICES DIRECTED AT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
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.
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SECOND QUARTERLY CASE REVIEW: MORE THAN $30,000 IN SETTLEMENTS FOR VICTIMS, 41 NEW CASES
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:
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HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL TO CASE OF BLACK INSPECTORS BY CALLED THE N-WORD BY DRIVER
Montreal, August 27, 2010 --- The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal will hold a hearing into the case of a Black inspector of the Montreal Transit Corporation (MTC) who was called the N-word by a driver of a towing company. The hearing will take place on Monday, August 30, 2010, at 9:30 AM, at the Montreal Courthouse, Room 13.03.
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MARGUERITE-BOURGEOYS SCHOOL BOARD IN COURT FOR ANOTHER CASE OF ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION
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.
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BLACK MAN ORDERED TO COVER UP OR LEAVE AMUSEMENT PARK BECAUSE OF BOB MARLEY T-SHIRT
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.
Read more about the case:
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CRARR'S DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT MAY EXPAND PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS' CIVIL RIGHTS IN QUEBEC
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.
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HEARING RESUMES IN THE CASE OF AGNAOU v. DEPUTY MINISTER OF JUSTICE
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.
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ANOTHER POLICE ETHICS DECISION THAT REJECTS RACIAL PROFILING CLAIM: A TROUBLESOME PATTERN OF DERACIALIZATION
More information to come. Due to the Police Ethics Committee's conclusion regarding the racial profiling aspect of the complaint, which it dismissed due the Police Ethics Commissioner's inability to prove it, a more critical analysis of the decision will be forthcoming.
Read:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Laval+cops+guilty+abuse+racism+panel+rule...
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WANTED: 100 MONTREALERS FOR DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY
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.
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MONTREAL SCHOOL BOARD APPEALED HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL DECISION IN THE FILIPINO FORK AND SPOON CASE
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.
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INCREASE IN REQUESTS FOR HELP FROM VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
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.
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COURT DECISION ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S EXCESSIVE DELAY RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTION IN QUEBEC
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.
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DRIVING WHILE BLACK IN LONGUEUIL: BLACK MAN STOPPED FOR HAVING A “QUÉBÉCOIS” NAME
Montreal, July 27, 2010 --- The City of Longueuil is the target of racial profiling complaints after its two police officers stopped, in 2009, a Black man driving his wife, his step-daughter and two other family friends in his BMW near Montreal.
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CRARR TO HOLD INFORMATION SESSION FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS ON THE DISCRIMINATORY ITAR RULE
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.
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CRARR JOINS COALITION TO SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT EQUITY IN THE FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE
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.
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CRARR FILED SYSTEMIC RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST MAJOR DEPARTMENT STORE
Montreal, July 22, 2010---An Asian male supervisor who was fired by a major department store after two years of employment due to arbitrary job evaluation criteria and reasons, may set in motion a systemic inquiry into the store's employment practices.
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DRIVING WHILE BLACK IN NDG: BLACK FATHER DRIVING A JAGUAR ARRESTED FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE CAR PAPERS
Montreal, July 20, 2010 --- A 46-year-old Black Montrealer was arrested and handcuffed by two police officers after being intercepted last month while driving a Jaguar in the Notre Dame de Grâce (NDG) district of Montreal.
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CHINESE AND OF LESSER WORTH: CRARR TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST EMPLOYER FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THREE CHINESE WORKERS
Montreal, July 19, 2010 --- A Montreal small business is facing several human and labour rights complaints after the owner paid his three employees of Chinese origin less than non-Chinese workers doing the same job.
