Two years after the enactment of Bill C-5, which was designed to reduce the overrepresentation of Black individuals in Canadian prisons, significant challenges remain in its implementation. According to lawyer Fernando Belton, one of the nine members of the committee created by Ottawa to study this issue, the primary obstacles are a lack of data and “bias” among judges during sentencing.
A new study has revealed that Black graduates are significantly more likely to be rejected for prestigious jobs in the UK’s financial, professional, and legal sectors, despite showing...
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Several Black health and wellness clinics have reopened across Nova Scotia, continuing an initiative launched during the pandemic to connect Black and African Nova Scotians with essential health-care...
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President Joe Biden, on a historic visit to Angola, emphasized the deep connection between the past and the future by addressing the legacy of slavery and Africa's pivotal...
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At a recent news conference held in Ottawa, a coalition of organizations from the Greater Toronto Area called on the federal government to significantly increase investments in programs...
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The study, titled Race, Threat, and Workplace Sexual Harassment: The Dynamics of Harassment in the US, 1997‐2016, found that male harassers often target women perceived as less powerful...
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