Correctional officers at a Montreal jail allegedly used pepper spray on a 21-year-old inmate before he died of injuries he sustained while in detention. Sources indicate that Nicous D’Andre Spring was wearing a spit hood when agents pepper sprayed him. A spit hood is a restraining device made of mesh that is placed over a […]
Carl Luberisse didn’t anticipate a short drive to the depanneur would lead to racial profiling, hundreds of dollars in fines and the loss of his job. While on a lunch break this September from his job as a forklift driver at Bveggie in Laval, Quebec, the 41-year-old decided to get chips at the nearest convenience […]
Brice Dossa said he was “humiliated” and discriminated against after Montreal police officers handcuffed him for the theft of a car that ended up being his, and then didn’t have the key to uncuff him. “I could be attacked anywhere for no reason. I’m not a criminal,” said Dossa, who added he was never afraid […]
“Racialized communities know that randomness was never actually part of it,” said Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, executive director and general counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA). “Their communities were disproportionately stopped over and over again.” Lawyers fighting against racial profiling are applauding a Quebec Superior Court decision prohibiting police across the province from making […]
The President and CEO of the Federation of African Canadian Economics (FACE), Tiffany Callender, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ken Birch as Chief Operating Officer. With over two decades in the banking sector, Mr. Birch is uniquely placed to oversee FACE’s operations and strategic planning. About the appointment, Tiffany Callender, President & CEO […]
Concordia was formed in 1974 from the merger of Sir George Williams University and Loyola College In a first step toward mending its relationship with Black students, faculty, staff and the community at large, Concordia University has issued a public apology for its role in the historic 1969 student protests at its downtown Montreal campus […]
Quebec’s human rights commission has called on a suburban police force in the province to pay a young Black man and his mother more than $60,000 in damages, after arresting and detaining him and searching their home four years ago. Malik Spaulding-Smith, who was 20 at the time of his arrest in June 2017, had […]
Ensemble Montréal’s Lionel Perez was projected to win the mayoral race in Montreal’s largest borough, Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce. But toward the end of the night, things began to shift in favour of Kasoki Katahwa, who gradually chipped away at the lead as the votes were counted. “This morning, I woke up and was refreshing the page for […]
Noel Alexander, a prominent member of the local Black community who was synonymous with the organization he presided over for decades, has died. He spent 35 years as the president of the Jamaica Association of Montreal (JAM). In his role, “Prezy” — as he was affectionately called — promoted vocational studies, helped people acquire math […]
MONTREAL – McGill University’s board of governors has refused to table a motion endorsing racial justice at a recent meeting , angering staff and student groups who have been pushing the school to more decisively address racism on campus. The motion was drafted by Ehab Lotayef, a board member at the time, in consultation […]
