Group says private school near Montreal ignored racism complaints
on February 1st, 2023
A private high school west of Montreal is promising to make changes, following allegations that administrators for years ignored complaints about racist bullying targeting two Black students.
Joel DeBellefeuille, founder of Montreal-based anti-racism group Red Coalition, said the family of the two girls approached his organization after administrators brushed off their complaints.
“They’ve been trying to tell them that they’ve been spat on, their hair pulled and they’ve been called the N-word on numerous occasions by other students at the school,” DeBellefeuille told reporters Wednesday. Read More
Quebec sisters afraid to go school, say racism complaints ignored
on February 1st, 2023
A young Black student says troubling instances of racism at her school have gone on for years.
She attends College Bourget, a private school in Rigaud, Que., and says there have been countless times when other students have called her the N-word and have even pulled her hair.
She claims to have reported the incidents to staff at the school — but her complaints have been ignored. Read More
Calls grow to change streets named after Christopher Columbus on island of Montreal
on February 1st, 2023
A growing chorus of voices in Pointe-Claire is calling for a street presumably named after Christopher Columbus to be changed.
Columbus Avenue, a small avenue measuring less than 140 metres long that is located off Hymus Boulevard, is raising some controversy in the West Island city. Read More
Anti-racism group accuses Montreal-area school of systemic racism
on February 1st, 2023
A Montreal group dedicated to fighting systemic racism and racial profiling is accusing a Montreal-area school of systemic racism.
The Red Coalition says young Black students at Collège Bourget in Rigaud, Que., 65 kilometres west of Montreal, are targets of discrimination and racism. They allege that white students at the elementary and secondary school have pulled Black students’ hair, spat on them and called them the N-word. Read More
Groups to kick off Black History Month with measures to fight racism
on January 31st, 2023
Two anti-Black racism groups will kick off Black History Month on Wednesday by outlining measures to fight racism in Quebec, Canada and beyond.
They say inaction by all levels of government is contributing to the perpetuation of systemic racism. At a private school in Rigaud, they say, Black and Afro-descendant students have been spat on, had their hair pulled and been called the N-word with no adequate intervention. Read More
PROFILAGE RACIAL: «LA CAQ DOIT TENIR SES PROMESSES», ESTIME LA COALITION ROUGE
on January 26th, 2023
La Coalition Rouge — représentée par Joel DeBellefeuille, Alain Babineau et Mauro Peña — a rencontré mardi M. Skeete ainsi qu'un représentant de François Bonnardel, ministre de la Sécurité publique, afin de discuter de lutte contre le racisme.
Les représentants de la Coalition Rouge affirment que le ministre Skeete a réitéré à plusieurs reprises que le gouvernement majoritaire de la CAQ s'engage à mettre en oeuvre les 24 points d'actions restants sur les 25 points d'action recommandés par le Groupe d'action contre le racisme. La première recommandation mise de l'avant par le premier ministre François Legault est la création du poste de ministre de la Lutte contre le racisme. Read More
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