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Anti-Discrimination Themed Graphic Design Competition
Anti-Discrimination-Themed Graphic Design Competition Them: Equality & Inclusivity: In Memory of Those Affected by the Chinese Immigration Act Description: Works for contest can be presented in the form of hand-drawn arts, photography, computer generated 2-D arts etc. Please set your artworks to 18 x 24 inch (w xh), 300ppi, GB colour mode. Hand-…
Read MoreAnother graffiti in Vancouver Chinatown? Direct provoke and threat!
Last month, several witnesses reported that a group of young men in clown wigs splashed a red substance onto the walls of Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. According to the executive director, the suspects were filming the incident while they were splashing the “fake blood”. It is clearly a message of anti-Asian…
Read MoreInquiry: Calling the Attention of the Senate to the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Honourable colleagues, 100 years ago in this chamber, senators voted to adopt the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923. This piece of legislation is better known as the “Chinese Exclusion Act” because it effectively prohibited the entry of ethnic Chinese to Canada for 24 years. I am launching an inquiry to call attention to this stain on…
Read MorePolicy brief 1: Defining and expanding equity groups
Source: Government of Canada Issue How to define and modernize the Employment Equity Act’s designated groups? Should the Employment Equity Act redefine and/or reflect the modern understandings of the current designated groups (for example, different sub-groups within the larger group) and consider adding more groups? If so, why and how should the 4 designated groups be redefined and…
Read MoreIncrease in anti-Asian racism incidents reported across Canada
Mike Walker Reporter/Videographer, CTV News Barrie Follow | Contact The Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter (CCNC) is calling for more action from all levels of government after a new report found an alarming spike in anti-Asian racism incidents two years into the pandemic. According to the report released by CCNC Toronto Chapter and…
Read MoreAsian Canadians dismayed by lack of hate crime charge in assault on elderly man
Asian community points to difficulty in proving crimes are motivated by hate Steve Zhang · CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2022 6:00 AM PT | Last Updated: March 31 Jamie Bezanson was sentenced to a year of probation and a $100 penalty for his assault on elderly Asian man in East Vancouver. Some Asian Canadians say the decision…
Read MoreAsian woman beaten with rock in NYC dies 3 months after attack: officials
By Tina Moore February 28, 2022 4:11pm GuiYing Ma passed away after getting struck in the head with a rock during an assault in Queens on November 26, 2021.GoFundMe An Asian woman who was struck in the head with a rock in Queens has died from her injuries nearly three months later, authorities said Monday. GuiYing…
Read MoreGuilty plea expected from man accused of assaulting Asian senior at Vancouver 7-Eleven
By Kristen Robinson Global News. Posted February 17, 2022 2:06 pm A guilty plea is expected when the suspect in an alleged hate-crime attack on an elderly Asian man appears in court next month. Jamie Allen Bezanson, 51, is accused of one count of assault in connection with the March 13, 2020 incident in East Vancouver.…
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