Center for Research-Action on Race Relations

The Center for Research-Action on Race Relations is a Montreal-based independent, non-profit civil rights organization founded in 1983.

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Cette décision démontre qu’il existe encore des situations problématiques concernant les conditions de travail des cols bleus à Montréal-Nord », estime le directeur général du CRARR, Fo Niemi. al-Nord », estime le directeur général du CRARR, Fo Niemi.
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Clayton says her daughter reacted after another student allegedly said the “N” word to her face, at Lauren Hill Academy Junior Campus.
Nova says she “lightly” slapped him and was sent to the office where she was suspended for violence.

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Strangely, the OCPM pays inadequate attention to safety-related matters, such as the need to locate homelessness resources far from elementary schools, daycare centres and seniors’ homes; personal and property protection measures; and environmental health.https://t.co/0HQhpQVBMU

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“Racialized workers, when they (...) seek help from the human rights commission and the labor standards commission (CNESST), they are bounced between the two systems back and forth”, said CRARR executive director Fo Niemi.https://t.co/VuSxqX6yR2

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She added: “When I see his friends, I get overwhelmed — he would be 20 years old today. We would have had a big celebration. He loved life, he loved his friends and family.”https://t.co/RPD25O1P0q

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We celebrate the life of Jannai, gone too soon due to armed violence at school. He would have turned 20 yesterday. We speak your name as we commit ourselves to preventing school and youth violence in Montreal.https://t.co/LmaxfWH45M

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Niemi said making matters worse was a complicated voter registration process and a late notice for where polling stations will be located. Many only received their yellow voting notices in the mail at the end of last week or the beginning of this week.https://t.co/Tj2EUmE5RS

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A Chinatown Economic Development task force will be created to work on their plans. Three years ago, the City of Montreal introduced an action plan on Chinatown’s development from 2021-2026 but the business owners say it has produced little to no results.”https://t.co/Wds94QYKDD

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Business owners in Montreal’s Chinatown are taking the city's administration to task. They blame the city for hampering economic development in the neighbourhood and are calling for changes how it deals with merchants. Global’s Phil Carpenter explains.https://t.co/JmR4XIX3qy

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Chinatowns across North America, often located in downtown cores experiencing shifting demographics, are facing similar challenges in terms of public security and economic vitality, noted Fo Niemi, executive director of CRARR. https://t.co/QjiHYXih3t

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“[I]f the commissioner raises the bar very high to decide when a case should be sent to an investigation, then a lot of the situations that can inflict pain and other negative consequences of ordinary citizens will just basically be water under the bridge.”https://t.co/31OzBHUzeY

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Three Montrealers are denouncing the lack of consequences for police officers who they accuse of racial profiling. They say the rejection of their complaints by the police ethics commissioner sets a disturbing precedent. Global's Dan Spector reports.https://t.co/JYS23dcF1M

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The NDG resident, Nigel Berkley, has been stopped numerous times by Montreal police (SPVM) in his area.
The car is registered under his mother’s name, and he says that’s been what SPVM officers attribute to as the reason why he’s so frequently stopped.https://t.co/8rYbMWV0yV

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Niemi believes this is another case of racial profiling affecting Black drivers, but he also wants the courts to make police stops based on gender illegal.
But he also wants the courts to make police stops based on gender illegal.
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CRARR Forum Mothers United against Racism, held yesterday at Dawson College, with the support of Dawson Student Union https://t.co/cGfeRMz9W8

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“What happened to Jannai should not have happened,” said the teen’s godfather Kevin George after Monday’s sentencing. “You don’t send your children to school and find them dead at the end of school.”https://t.co/IPEUtAqo6Q

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"We've heard so many times, particularly at the City of Montreal, where people make complaints of racism or harassment or homophobia, they're not being taken seriously, and the problem is allowed to fester," said Niemi.https://t.co/W4z8SghmDT

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Lors du Festival de la lune d'automne le 17.09 dernier, l'Association des résident(e)s du Quartier chinois a organisé avec l'Association chinoise de MTL, le CRARR et le SPVM, une activité de distribution des gâteaux et des « fortune cookies » pour promouvoir la sécurité publique.

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Supporting victims of crime and seeking a more just justice system https://t.co/gc6Ve81e3b