Asian Communities

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• Canada considers gathering race-based COVID-19 data | CTV News | May 2020 |  https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/canada-still-only-considering-gathering-race-based-covid-19-data-1.4927648

• Long-term care staff experience violence | GlobalNews | April 2019 |  https://globalnews.ca/news/5150703/ontario-long-term-care-staff-experience-violence-reports/

• Understanding impact of COVID- 19 on the Asian community | PSAC | April 2020 | http://psacunion.ca/understanding-impact-covid-19-asian-community 

• Filling the gap in data on anti-Asian racism in Canada | CTV News | June 2020 |  https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/filling-the-gap-in-data-on-anti-asian-racism-in-canada-1.4982059

• Fighting the essence of scapegoating: Facing racist violence during COVID-19, chinese Canadians launch new website | The Star |  May 2020 | https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05/28/fighting-the-essence-of-scapegoating-facing-racist-violence-during-covid-19-chinese-canadians-launch-new-website.html

• Groups call on city to denounce racism towards Asian Montrealers | CTV News | June 2020 |  https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/groups-call-on-city-to-denounce-racism-towards-asian-montrealers-incidents-on-the-rise-1.4967411

• COVID-19 and the racism pandemic we need to talk about | SWRC | May 2020 |  https://shiningwatersregionalcouncil.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/COVID-19-and-Racism-Pandemic-SWRC-revised.pdf?mc_cid=67e7b99f7f&mc_eid=aa4c07e07f

• Anti- Chinese racism is Canada’s “shadow pandemic” say researchers say | Vancouver Sun | June 2020 |  https://vancouversun.com/news/anti-chinese-racism-is-canadas-shadow-pandemic-say-researchers

• Canadians of Chinese ethnicity report widespread racism over Coronavirus: Survey | Global News | June 2020 |  https://globalnews.ca/news/7091118/coronavirus-racism-chinese-canadians/

• Blame, bullying and disrespect: Chinese reveal their experiences with racism during COVID -19 | Angus Reid Institute | June 2020 | http://angusreid.org/racism-chinese-canadians-covid19/

• Don’t let racism flourish among the COVID-19 crisis | The Star | May 2020 | https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/05/02/dont-let-racism-flourish-amid-covid-19-crisis.html

• Racist message posted on historic chinatown building | CTV News | June 2020 | https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/racist-message-posted-on-historic-chinatown-building-1.4973079

• East Asian Canadians face a “disproportionate” mental health impact of COVID: - 19 | The Peterborough examiner | June 2020 | https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ts/news/canada/2020/06/19/east-asian-canadians-face-a-disproportionate-mental-health-impact-of-covid-study-says.html

• Not always overt: unmasking COVID racism | CBC | June 2020 |  https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/covid-racism-not-always-overt

• Calling out racism in Whistler | Pique Newsmagazine | May 2020 |  https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/calling-out-racism/Content?oid=15407533

• Canadians strongly opposed to calling covid-19 “Chinese virus” or “ Chinese flu” | CTV News | May 2020 |  https://bc.ctvnews.ca/canadians-strongly-opposed-to-calling-covid-19-chinese-virus-or-chinese-flu-poll-finds-1.4945437

• We need to address racism against Asian Canadians in ways that do not involve the police | Ottawa Citizen | May 2020 | https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/yee-city-needs-to-address-racism-against-asian-canadians-in-ways-that-dont-involve-police

• Senior woman of east asian descent was tripped by a female suspect and fell | Huffingtonpost | May 2020 |  https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/video-senior-tripped-burnaby-metrotown_ca_5eb96cc3c5b63f38ee7f947d

• Vancouver Chinese cultural centre defaced with hateful graffiti | CBC | May 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-chinese-cultural-centre-defaced-hateful-graffiti-police-1.5552340

• Hate crimes against the Asian community in Ottawa | CBC | May 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/police-investigate-hate-incident-covid19-1.5556686

• Racially motivated attack against an Asian man with dementia in Vancouver | CBC | April 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-police-id-suspect-racially-motivated-attack-elderly-asian-man-dementia-1.5542763

• Asian woman verbally harassed in Vancouver | CBC | March 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/racist-attack-no-frills-covid-19-coronavirus-mask-slur-1.5488923

• Asian Canadian women experiencing racism in BC | CBC | May 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/richmond-bc-clara-kan-racism-covid-19-1.5565451

• Anti-Asian racism on the rise in Canada’s biggest cities | CTV news | April 2020 | https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/anti-asian-racism-on-the-rise-in-canada-s-biggest-cities-amid-covid-19-crisis-poll-1.4913957

• Asian-Canadian boy attacked, blamed for ‘spreading’ Coronavirus | Global News | May 2020 | https://globalnews.ca/news/6980842/coronavirus-racist-attack-asian-boy-saskatoon/

• Spike in hate crimes in Canada concerns Asian Americans | Global News | April 2020 | https://globalnews.ca/news/6858850/these-asian-canadians-are-concerned-as-hate-crimes-spike-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

• Chinese Embassy in Calgary covered with hateful graffiti | CTV News | May 2020 | https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s-chinese-embassy-office-tagged-with-hateful-graffiti-1.4957251

• Far-Right Coronavirus conspiracies| Canadian Anti Hate Network |  March 2020 | https://www.antihate.ca/far_right_coronavirus_conspiracies 

• Two New Brunswick men charged with assault for coughing on others | CTV News | March 2020 | https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/atlantic/2020/3/26/1_4870505.html

• Vancouver-racist graffiti at Chinatown gate | CBC News | May 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vandals-chinatown-gate-1.5578200

• Increase in racist attacks against Canadian Chinese in Canada | New Straits Times | May 2020 | https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2020/05/595590/racist-attacks-surge-against-canadian-chinese-amidst-covid-19-pandemic

• Edmonton woman is a victim of racism | CTV News | May 2020 | https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/i-m-just-like-you-edmonton-woman-says-she-has-been-a-victim-of-racism-during-pandemic-1.4952080

• Markham man charged after hurling racial slurs at Asian Community | CBC | July 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/markham-racial-slurs-asian-community-1.5655905

 

 

Black Communities

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• Minorities in Canada report an upswing in racism since COVID-19 | Bloomberg | June 2020 |  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-09/minorities-in-canada-report-an-upswing-in-racism-since-covid-19

• People march against anti-Black racism across the GTA Saturday | City News | June 2020 | https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2020/06/13/more-anti-black-racism-marches-planned-for-the-gta/ 

• Combating anti-Black racism will “take more than a village” Black youth say | CP24 | July 2020 | https://www.cp24.com/news/combating-anti-black-racism-will-take-more-than-a-village-black-youth-say-1.5016402

• Real action Canadian Muslims can take to address anti-Black racism with themselves, Muslim organizations, and Canadian Society | Muslim Link | 2020 | https://muslimlink.ca/news/actions-canadian-muslims-anti-black-racism-george-floyd-anti-blackness

• Anti-Black racism in Canada: Causes, Impacts and Remedies | CFI Canada | June 2020 | https://centreforinquiry.ca/anti-black-racism-in-canada/

• How anti-Black racism on Canadian University Campuses robs us all | The Conversation | July 2020 | https://theconversation.com/how-anti-black-racism-on-canadian-university-campuses-robs-us-all-14092

• From taking a knee to taking a stand: Why anti-Black racism in Canada can’t be ignored | Global News | June 2020 | https://globalnews.ca/news/7044040/anti-black-racism-canada-americans/

• Companies aren’t comfortable talking about anti-Black racism. Here’s how to start | Global News | June 2020 | https://globalnews.ca/news/7077018/anti-black-racism-canada-companies/

• Marchers in Toronto call for end to systemic anti-Black racism on Emancipation day | CBC | August 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/emancipation-day-anti-black-racism-march-toronto-1.5671822

• Canadian business leaders launch national initiative to fight anti- Black systemic racism | CBC | July 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/anti-racism-bay-st-1.5647583

• The life and death stakes of anti-Black racism in health care | tvo50 | July 2020 | https://www.tvo.org/article/the-life-and-death-stakes-of-anti-black-racism-in-health-care

• No COVID-19 cases connected to huge Vancouver protests against anti- Black racism | CBC | July 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/no-covid-19-cases-connected-to-huge-vancouver-protests-against-anti-black-racism-1.5639883

• Canadian law firms pledge to fight anti-Black racism | Law.com international | July 2020 | https://www.law.com/international-edition/2020/07/29/canadian-firms-join-pledge-to-fight-anti-black-racism-378-147920/?slreturn=20200706135153

• Most Canadians want social media companies to do more about racism, hate online: Ipsos | Global news | July 2020 | https://globalnews.ca/news/7193541/social-media-racism-canada/

• Woman speaks out about alleged anti- Black racism at Kingston military organization | Global News | July 2020 | https://globalnews.ca/news/7153369/woman-speaks-out-anti-black-racism-kingston-military-family-resource-centre/

• Markham announces strategy aimed at combating anti- Black racism | Yorkregion.com | July 2020 | https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/10112007-markham-announces-strategy-aimed-at-combatting-anti-black-racism/

• Listen to Donovan Bailey | Maclean’s | July 2020 | https://www.macleans.ca/sports/donovan-bailey-systemic-racism-canada/

• Black filmmakers call out racism, inequity in the film industry | CBC | August 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1770974275561

• African Nova Scotian senator, activist unpacks local anti-Black racism for HRM council | Halifaxtoday.ca | July 2020 | https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/african-nova-scotian-senator-activist-unpacks-local-anti-black-racism-for-hrm-council-2546660

• Five charts that show what systemic racism looks like in Canada | CTV News | July 2020 | https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/five-charts-that-show-what-systemic-racism-looks-like-in-canada-1.4970352

• Yes Canada, we too have an anti-Black racism problem | The Globe and Mail | June 2020 | https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-yes-canada-we-too-have-an-anti-black-racism-problem/

• Addressing anti-Black racism in Canada requires concrete action, not empty gestures | The Hill Times | June 2020 | https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/06/22/addressing-anti-black-racism-in-canada-requires-concrete-action-not-empty-gestures/253436

• How nice are Canadians really? Reckoning with racism, police use of force tests long standing myths | Global news | June 2020 | https://globalnews.ca/news/7109213/canadian-myth-nice-racism/

• Anti-Black racism protests, vigils take place across Canada | CBC | June 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-anti-black-racism-protests-solidarity-rallies-1.5601792

• Statement from Black health leaders: Anti-Black racism is a public health crisis in Ontario | Muslim Link | June 2020  | https://muslimlink.ca/news/anti-black-racism-public-health-crisis-george-floyd-regis-korchinski-paquet-abdirahman-abdi-dandre-campbell-ontario-canada-health-crisis

• Community of North Preston, N.S. gathers to recognize Emancipation Day | CTV News | August 2020 | https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/community-of-north-preston-n-s-gathers-to-recognize-emancipation-day-1.5048402

• Canada is overdue for a reckoning with its anti-Black racism | The Guardian | November 2019 | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/06/canada-overdue-reckoning-anti-black-racism

• Protest against anti-Black racism, police impunity in Montreal turns violent | CTV News | May 2020 | https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/protest-against-anti-black-racism-police-impunity-in-montreal-turns-violent-1.4962769

• As premier denies systemic racism, Black Quebecers point to their lived experience | CBC | June 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/systemic-racism-police-brutality-quebec-1.5594071

• Canadians protesters march against racism from coast to coast | CTV News | June 2020 | https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadian-protesters-march-against-racism-from-coast-to-coast-1.4972882

• On anti-Black racism Canada can do better be better | The Star | June 2020 |  https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/06/09/on-anti-black-racism-canada-can-do-better-be-better.html

• Carding and anti- Black racism in Canada | Amnesty International | August 2019 | https://www.amnesty.ca/blog/carding-and-anti-black-racism-canada

• Resistance and resurgence: confronting Anti-Black Racism in Canada | Feminists deliver | June 2020 | https://feministsdeliver.com/register-for-resistance-and-resurgence-confronting-anti-black-racism-in-canada/

• How the myth of Montreal street gang led to more street checks on Black youths | CBC | July 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/research-shows-montreal-street-gang-myth-led-to-more-street-checks-of-black-youths-1.5639753

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Indigenous Communities

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• The impact of COVID-19 Pandemic/syndemic on Indigenous Peoples in Canada and USA | Online Conference, ACS | June 2020 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tvOMlj5XRo&feature=youtu.be

• Delay in national action plan to tackle anti- Indigenous racism disheartening: former grand chief | CTV News | June 2020 | https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/delay-in-national-action-plan-to-tackle-anti-indigenous-racism-disheartening-former-grand-chief-1.4969028

• How B.C. ‘works with’ Indigenous Peoples | Martlet.ca | July 2020 | https://www.martlet.ca/bc-indigenous-peoples/

• Ex-officer suing RCMP saying she didn’t understand racism until joining force | CTV News | July 2020 | https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ex-officer-suing-rcmp-says-she-didn-t-understand-racism-until-joining-force-1.5024600

• As a first nations MPP in Ontario…I cannot deny my loneliness | Maclean’s | August 2020 | https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/as-a-first-nations-mpp-in-ontario-i-cannot-deny-my-loneliness/

• RCMP must acknowledge the force’s racist underpinnings | Policy Options | July 2020 | https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/july-2020/rcmp-must-acknowledge-the-forces-racist-underpinnings/

• How the Native Women’s shelter beat COVID-19 on their own terms | Cult MTL | August 2020 | https://cultmtl.com/2020/08/how-the-native-womens-shelter-of-montreal-beat-covid-19-on-their-own-terms-nakuset-indigenous-first-peoples-women-children/

• Racism in B.C. healthcare: First Nations survey deadline is Aug. 6th | North Shore News | August 2020 | https://www.nsnews.com/news/racism-in-b-c-healthcare-first-nations-survey-deadline-is-aug-6-1.24180561

• Rally held outside Victoria hospital for Indigenous man allegedly denied medical care | The Abbotsford News | July 2020 | https://www.abbynews.com/news/rally-held-outside-victoria-hospital-for-indigenous-man-allegedly-denied-medical-care/

• Anti-racism forum provides shocking window into toxic alternate reality | The record | August 2020 | https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2020/08/01/anti-racism-forum-provides-shocking-window-into-toxic-alternate-reality.html

• Race- based data must be collected to help fight COVID-19, advocates say | CBC | August 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/demographic-data-collection-data-alberta-anti-racism-1.5680698

• Indigenous advocates say Quebec teams need to ditch their Indigenous-derived names and logos | CTV News | July 2020 | https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/indigenous-advocates-say-quebec-teams-need-to-ditch-their-indigenous-derived-names-and-logos-1.5030405

• Independent investigator to determine extent of Indigenous racism in B.C. health- care system | CBC | July 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/independent-investigator-to-determine-extent-of-anti-indigenous-racism-in-b-c-health-care-system-1.5643719

• The Yard takes stand against racism | MV Times | August 2020 | https://www.mvtimes.com/2020/08/06/yard-takes-stand-racism/

 

Xenophobia and Anti-Semitism

• Asylum seekers continue to cross Canada- U.S. border despite shutdown | Houston Today | June 2020 |  https://www.houston-today.com/news/asylum-seekers-continue-to-cross-canada-u-s-border-despite-shutdown/

• Anti-semitism during COVID- 19 in Alberta | The Western standard News | May 2020 | https://www.westernstandardonline.com/2020/05/https-www-westernstandardonline-com-2020-05-top-canadian-jewish-group-demands-apology-from-aupe/

• Everyone should be working to combat COVID-19 related anti-semitism and hate | The Hill Times | April 2020 | https://www-hilltimes-com.uml.idm.oclc.org/2020/04/22/everyone-should-be-working-to-combat-covid-related-anti-semitism-hate-say-advocates/244250

• Calls for asylum seekers working on COVID-19 front lines to be allowed to stay in  Canada | CBC | May 2020 |  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-asylum-seekers-1.5575905

• Asylum seekers on the front lines of Quebec’s COVID-19 battle in care homes | The Winnipeg Free Press | May 2020 | https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/asylum-seekers-on-front-line-of-quebecs-covid-19-battle-in-care-homes-570564152.html?cx_testId=8&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=1#cxrecs_s

• Refugees face more hardship settling during lockdown | CBC| April 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/refugees-face-more-hardship-settling-during-lockdown-1.5535316

• Selective xenophobia and what it teaches us about racial targeting | CTV News | March 2020 |  https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/selective-xenophobia-what-covid-19-is-teaching-us-about-who-we-target-when-it-comes-to-racism-1.4848134

• Anti-semitic and anti-Asian incidents on the rise | CTV News | May 2020| https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/anti-semitic-and-anti-asian-incidents-on-the-rise-during-covid-19-reports-1.4924306

• Time for Canadians to show solidarity against the COVID- 19 snitches | National Post | April 2020 | https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-its-time-for-reasonable-canadians-to-show-solidarity-against-the-covid-19-snitches

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