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By: Human Rights Legal Support Centre | Press Release: TORONTO, May 14, 2013 – The Toronto Police Service (TPS), the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB), and educator Dr. Clem Marshall have reached an agreement to settle his Human Rights Application. The terms of the settlement are confidential and neither the TPS nor the TPSB has admitted any liability. Dr. [...] The post Toronto Police and black educator resolve racial profiling case appeared first on The Canadian Progressive. We recommend:New York Times reconsidering the term ‘illegal immigrant’Associated Press Ditches “Illegal Immigrant”. And A Lesson For Jason KenneyFukushima’s victims show why Harper must update nuclear liability lawCanada, immigration raids and deportations are not entertainment!Jason Kenney: Thank Me For Cutting Refugee Health Benefits The post Immigrants: 70,000 People Tell The New York Times To Drop The I-Word [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive. By: Simon Fraser University | Press Release: Simon Fraser University archaeology professor George Nicholas is joining international scholars at a Vancouver symposium May 2 to explore the commodification of Aboriginal culture. “The abundance of souvenir totem poles and inukshuks in many shops locally often makes it difficult for tourists and locals alike to [...] The post Vancouver symposium explores commodification of Aboriginal culture appeared first on The Canadian Progressive. By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Over 70 community groups have signed a letter demanding the immediate cancellation of anti-immigrant reality TV show, Border Security. The letter is addressed to Public Safety Minister Vic… The post Over 70 Community Groups Demand Cancellation of “Border Security” Reality TV Show appeared first on The Canadian Progressive. 
 Activism, Advocacy, anti-immigrant, ARTS & CULTURE, BIG IDEAS, border security, Canada, Canada Politics, Canada Politics News, Cancel Border Security, CBSA, Citizenship And Immigration, Featured, Immigration, letter, Movements and Organizations, National Geographic, News, Progressives, protest, RACE CARD, reality TV, Vic Toews By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: An independent casting company is looking to recruit a CBC Kids Host of “any race except Caucasian”. The company, Larissa Mair Casting & Associates, has since… The post DISGUSTING: Casting Call For CBC Job Says Whites Need Not Apply appeared first on The Canadian Progressive. Residential schools engaged in “cultural genocide,” former prime minister Paul Martin said Friday at the hearings of the federal Truth And Reconciliation Commission, adding that aboriginal Canadians must now be offered the best educational system. “Let us understand that what happened at the residential schools was the use of [...] The post Paul Martin accuses residential schools of ‘cultural genocide’ appeared first on The Canadian Progressive. By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Over 100 actors, directors, producers, directors, technicians and other cultural professionals have signed an open letter demanding the immediate cancellation of anti-immigrant TV series Border Security. The letter is addressed to National Geographic, Force Four Entertainment, Shaw Media, Global BC, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), “and all other producers, financiers, [...] The post Over 100 Canadian artists demand cancellation of anti-immigrant TV show “Border Security” appeared first on The Canadian Progressive. Gone but never forgotten: First Nations women murdered in alarming numbers and little is done about it By: Ryan Bromsgrove | Vue Weekly: “She was just getting her life on track; she got married, she was settling down, she was really focused on keeping the family together, and she happened to be hanging out [...] The post Organizations hold forum on missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada appeared first on The Canadian Progressive. By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Last week “Accidental Racist”, the new duet by country singer Brad Paisley and rapper LL Cool J made a lot of people uncomfortable. Angry even. It caused an online backlash. A pop music critic with the Toronto Star said: ‘Accidental Racist’ makes Brad Paisley and LL Cool [...] The post NOT Offended By Brad Paisley and LL Cool J’s “Accidental Racist” Lyrics appeared first on The Canadian Progressive. By: Canadian Council for Refugees | Press Release: Today the Canadian Council for Refugees and other organizations announced the launch of a campaign designed to transform the conversation about refugees in Canada. Under the banner ‘Proud to Protect Refugees’, 4 April (Refugee Rights Day) will see the launch of new efforts to [...] The post In Canada, a ‘Proud to Protect Refugees’ campaign is launched on Refugee Rights Day appeared first on The Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis. It was revealed last month that Vic Toews, Canada’s Public Safety Minister, approved the raid, carried out for the Canada Border Services Agency’s reality television series.After the revelation, the BC Civil Liberties Association filed a formal complaint with the federal Privacy Commissioner on behalf of the migrant worker who was filmed. “Federal [...] The post Canada, immigration raids and deportations are not entertainment! appeared first on The Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis. This is how Lisa Lampanelli, the self-anointed Queen of Mean, described the following photo of herself with Lena Dunham, the creator of GIRLS: “Me with my nigga @LenaDunham of @HBOGirls – I love this beyotch!!” Your take? Racist? Sexist? The Canadian Progressive recommends: RCMP’s Misogynistic Response to Galliford Sexual Harassment Claim This Global Violence Against Women READ MORE By Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres | Feb. 18, 2013: “This (Human Rights Watch) report confirms frontline evidence of sexist and racist violence endured by Aboriginal women. Frontline centers have recorded and protested this violence over many years,” says Lee Lakeman for CASAC. Since 2001 CASAC has been focusing particular attention on these issues as a crisis READ MORE
aboriginal women, Advocacy, British Columbia, Canada, criminal justice, Featured, First Nations, Government, Guest Blog, Human Rights Watch, Missing And Murdered Aboriginal Women And Girls, police, Press release, RACE CARD, Racism, rape, RCMP, Report, sexism, sexual assault, Society, violence, War on Women Ensure Accountability for Police Misconduct, Indigenous Women’s Safety By Human Rights Watch (Press Release)| Feb. 13, 2013: VANCOUVER – Comments by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RMCP) on February 14, 2013, fail to address the core issue of a lack of security that prevents indigenous women and girls from filing complaints of police abuse, READ MORE
Aboriginal women and girls, Abuse, Advocacy, British Columbia, Canada, Featured, First Nations, Guest Blog, Human Rights Watch, Independent Investigations Office, Insecurity, Missing And Murdered Aboriginal Women And Girls, National Commission of Inquiry, National Public Commission of Inquiry, Police Mistreatment, Policing, Press release, RACE CARD, RCMP, rights, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, sexism, sexual assault, stephen harper, The Ugly Canadian, violence, War on Women, women's rights Liberal Opposition Day Motion compels Parliament to investigate missing and murdered Indigenous women By Liberal Party of Canada (Press Release)| Feb. 14, 2013: OTTAWA – Liberals will use a rare opportunity in the House of Commons to bring forward a motion calling on the House of Commons to investigate the crucial matter of missing and murdered READ MORE
Aboriginal Affairs, Bob Rae, Canada, Canada Politics, Carolyn Bennett, Committee, Conservatives, Featured, First Nations, Guest Blog, House of Commons, Liberal Leader, Liberal Opposition Day Motion, Liberal Party of Canada, Missing And Murdered Aboriginal Women And Girls, missing and murdered Indigenous women, parliament, Press release, Public Inquiry, RACE CARD, violence, War on Women By New Democrats (Press Release) | Feb. 14, 2013: The NDP is standing with aboriginal leaders, civil society, and Human Rights Watch to demand a national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada. “A national, open inquiry is the only way to get justice for the women who have been murdered as well as READ MORE
Canada, Canada Politics, Featured, First Nations, Government, Guest Blog, Human Rights Watch, Inside Ottawa, Justice, missing and murdered aboriginal women, Missing or Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls, National Inquiry, NDP, New Democratic Party of Canada, New Democrats, niki ashton, Press release, RACE CARD, RCMP, rights, sexual abuse, Status of Women Critic, War on Women Human Rights Watch report accuses Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers of excessive force, and physical and sexual assault of Aboriginal women and girls in northern British Columbia. By Human Rights Watch | Feb. 13, 2013: OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in northern British Columbia has failed to protect indigenous women and girls from violence, READ MORE
Aboriginal women and girls, Abusive Policing, Abusive Treatment, Advocacy, British Columbia, Canada, crime, Disappearances, Featured, First Nations, Government Abuses, Guest Blog, Highway 16, Highway of Tears, Human Rights Watch, Independent Investigations Office, Indigenous Communities, Insecurity, Missing or Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls, National Commission of Inquiry, National Public Commission of Inquiry, Press release, RACE CARD, Racism, RCMP, Research And Study, rights, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, sexism, sexual assault, Social Inequalities, The Ugly Canadian, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, violence, War on Women “The Bank of Canada considered celebrating gay marriages, black hockey players, and turban-wearing RCMP officers on its new plastic bank notes” By Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 11, 2013: And so the Harper Conservative-inspired whitewashing of Canada continues. Last summer, we learned that the Bank of Canada had nixed the image of an Asian-looking female scientist from READ MORE
0 Polymer Banknote, Aboriginal Art, Bank of Canada, Black Hockey Players, Canada, canada day, Canada Politics, Canadian Immigration Report, Caucasian, diversity, ethnicity, Featured, Focus Group, Gay Marriages, Inclusiveness, Institutionalized Racism, Jason Kenney, multiculturalism, Neutral Ethnicity, non-whites, opinion., Plastic Bank Notes, RACE CARD, Racism, Rob Ford, Roma, The Canadian Progressive, The Ugly Canadian, White Supremacists, Whitewashing The Canadian Progressive: Federal Court of Canada rules in favour of US war deserter Jules TindunganRefugee Protection Division ignored evidence that U.S. military justice system fails to meet basic fairness standards by War Resisters Support Campaign | Feb. 6, 2013: TORONTO – On Friday, February 1, the Federal Court of Canada released a decision granting United Stated (US) war resister Jules Tindungan a new hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB). READ MORE
afghanistan, asylum, Canada, Canada Politics, Citizenship And Immigration, Defence, Draft Dodger, Featured, Federal Court of Appeal, Federal Court of Canada, Guest Blog, Immigration and refugee board, Infantry, international law, Iraq, IRB, Jason Kenney, Jules Tindungan, Press release, RACE CARD, refugee, rights, United States, War Resister by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 4, 2013: “We’ve to acknowledge that Australia has a Black history”, an Aboriginal leader said last week as he “reflected on pain, and hope, of Australia Day”. Steve Widders is asking indigenous people in Australia not to forget a painful colonial past dominated by oppression, racism, dispossession, discrimination and alienation. READ MORE by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 3, 2013: Andrea Landry, a member of the Anishinaable people and Youth Executive of the National Association of Friendship Centre in Canada, recently attended a meeting for Indigenous youth at the UN Headquarters in New York. In this interview with UNTV Multimedia Producer, Mary Ferreira, Andrea explains how indigenous youth READ MORE
Activism News, Andrea Landry, Anishinaabe, Bill C-45, Canada, Ceremony, Colonization, discrimination, Featured, First Nations, Gender, Idle No More, Indigenous Identity, Indigenous Women, Indigenous Youth, land, murder, nations, RACE CARD, Racism, rape, stephen harper, tv, violence, War on Women, women's rights, youtube Hindus have termed Canadian government billboards in Hungary targeting Roma (Gypsy) asylum-seekers as highly inappropriate and blatant racism. by The Canadian Progressive reporters on Jan. 30, 2013 Hindus have termed Canadian government billboards in Hungary targeting Roma (Gypsy) asylum-seekers as highly inappropriate and blatant racism. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) READ MORE
billboards, Canada, Canadian Politics, Citizenship And Immigration, discrimination, Featured, Government, Harper government, Harper vs. Canada, Hindu, human rights, Hungary, Immigration, Jason Kenney, media, Prejudice, propaganda, RACE CARD, Racism, Rajan Zed, refugees, rights, Roma, stephen harper, The Ugly Canadian, xenophobia The CBC News is reporting that Gavin van der Linde, the mayor of Morris, a southern Manitoba town, is “furious over what he calls racist comments about aboriginal people in the latest edition of the community newspaper”. The editorial of the Morris Mirror’s current edition (PDF), penned by editor-in-chief Reed Turcotte, also labels Aboriginals and Idle No More activists ”terrorists”. READ MORE by Nikole Hannah-Jones | ProPublica: The four-bedroom house advertised on Craigslist sounded like just what Claire Rembis and her husband had been looking for. It sat on two verdant acres with plenty of room for their seven home-schooled children to run and play. And the $850 monthly rent was much cheaper than the prices for other homes READ MORE Maggie Padlewska of One Year One World interviews Attawapiskat First Nations Chief Theresa Spence on Victoria Island on December 11, 2012, during the first day of her hunger protest against the Harper government’s continuing abuse of First Nations. Chief Spence is demanding a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a representative of the Queen. She’s demanding that the government READ MORE |
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