Certain racialized groups face systemic and intersectional barriers and prejudices that disproportionally impact them i.e. anti-black racism
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Course/Training
Understanding and Challenging Anti-Black Racism
This 4-module course aims to assist people working in the immigrant and refugee-serving sector understand how systems operate and how they create and manifest racism and anti-Black racism.Last updated Nov 4, 2024
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Research/Dataset
Using Data to Integrate Antiracism
Using data to integrate anti-racism in the settlement sector.Last updated Oct 29, 2024
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Glossary/Factsheet
Ontario Strengthening Supports to Combat Hate and Create Safer Communities
The new Anti-Hate Security and Prevention Grant will help faith-based and cultural organizations enhance or implement measures to ensure community spaces remain safe and secure.Last updated Jul 30, 2024
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Course/Training
Solidarity Between Immigrant, Refugee and Indigenous Peoples: A Focus on Gender-Based Violence
The objective is to develop skills to promote solidarity between migrant and Indigenous Peoples in the context of providing settlement services.Last updated Jul 29, 2024
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Course/Training
Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in the Immigrant and Refuge-Serving Sector
OCASI is pleased to open registration for the upcoming self-directed online course on Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in the Immigrant and Refuge-Serving Sector.Last updated Dec 19, 2022
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Research/Dataset
Immigration and Diversity: Population Projections for Canada and its Regions, 2011 to 2036
This following report has been produced by the Demosim team, prepared by Jean-Dominique Morency, Éric Caron Malenfant and Samuel MacIsaac for Stastics Canada.Last updated Jun 29, 2022
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Research/Dataset
Canada’s racist social norms — and how we can change them
A groundbreaking study into the social norms around racist demeanours may lie the secret of tackling racism by addressing those unspoken social rules much like how public health officials changed public smoking through antismoking campaign.Last updated Jun 23, 2022
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When you are Black, elderly and a woman, health care discrimination is a triple whammy
Rogene Reid · for CBC Opinion · Posted: Nov 03, 2022
Earlier this year, my 79-year-old mother was attacked on public transit. She was taken to the hospital, where I met up with her a few hours later.
Once there, I found myself paying close attention to the ways in which the…
Published November 4, 2022
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We are not strangers in the country:' Advocates question why Diwali isn't a public holiday in Canada
Rhythm Sachdeva CTV News Oct. 27, 2022
As millions of South Asians around the world celebrate Diwali this year, a festival symbolizing triumph over darkness and dating back 2,500 years, its strong foothold on regions far from the Indian subcontinent also comes to light.
A five…
Published November 4, 2022
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Immigrants now make up nearly 24 per cent of Guelph's population
Guelph Today October 27, 2022
Newly released 2021 census data shows a shift in Guelph’s growing immigrant population.
Immigrants made up 23.8 per cent, or 33,780 of Guelph's overall population in 2021, an increase of 5,885, or 17 per cent, over 2016.
The main places of birth for…
Published November 4, 2022
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A nation of immigrants: Newcomers' share of Canadian population hits record
Anna Mehler Paperny October 27, 2022 Salt Wire
TORONTO (Reuters) - Immigrants' share of Canada's population has hit its highest point in the country's 150-year history and the biggest share among G7 countries, new data released by Statistics Canada showed on Wednesday.
Twenty…
Published November 4, 2022
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Atlantic provinces see rapid growth in immigration, Census figures show
Hina Alam · CBC News · Posted: Oct 26, 2022
Chijioke Amadi has called Prince Edward Island home for the past 15 years since arriving from Nigeria.
He landed in the province in 2007, when he was 21, to study engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island. His road hasn't…
Published November 4, 2022
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New video from seasonal farmworkers in Niagara-on-the-Lake calls for permanent resident status
Zahraa Hmood St. Catherine’s Standard Wed., Oct. 19, 2022
The Jamaican seasonal farmworkers behind a letter published this summer comparing Canada’s seasonal foreign workers program to “systematic slavery” have released a new video further describing what they say are subpar…
Published October 24, 2022
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Mei-ling Wiedmeyer and Omar Chu: All people who live and work in Canada should have access to health care
Mei-ling Wiedmeyer and Omar Chu Vancouver Sun Oct 18, 2022
An estimated one in five British Columbians do not have a primary care provider, and some have gone to desperate lengths to find one. These stories are heartbreaking, and we think that everyone living in B.C. deserves…
Published October 19, 2022
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Newmarket program assists youth experiencing anti-Black racism
Newmarket Today Staff 17 October 2022
On Saturday, MPP Dawn Gallagher Murphy met with the team at the Newmarket African Caribbean Canadian Association (NACCA) to hear more about the impact that a six-month $49,600 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium…
Published October 19, 2022
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Ottawa Public Health confronts systemic racism, initiates action plan for reform
By Gail Pope Capital Current October 17, 2022
A report examining systemic racism within Ottawa Public Health has highlighted various challenges faced by racialized employees at the City of Ottawa agency that’s leading local efforts to fight COVID-19 and bring greater “health…
Published October 19, 2022
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Don’t speak English or French? In Hamilton, you might earn 57 per cent less than people who do
Ritika Dubey Spectator Reporter Thu., Oct. 13, 2022
If your English or French is weak, you might be earning 57 per cent less than Hamiltonians with better linguistic skills, according to the latest census data.
The fluency of official languages in Hamilton strongly reflected on…
Published October 13, 2022