Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Directorate
26th November 2016 -- Thunder Bay, Ontario
Minister Michael Coteau
Policing
Graduation levels, Incarceration levels
Sam Erry
Cultural, individual, societal, systemic
Ensure racial equity
Systemic racism
Racialized, indigenous populations
Mandate:
Eliminate systemic racism
Action, behavior modification
Education about systemic racism
Policy, research
Race-based data, not just identity-based
Disaggregated race-based data
Racial equity impact assessment
Province-wide anti-racism strategy
Public education and outreach
Community collaboration
Directorate should not be a political exercise
Indigenous land
Ontario mining act
No consent required -> allows railroading -> evidence of present day colonialism
Left out of economy
Massive amount of suffering inflicted upon people
Child welfare systems
Criminalizes parents
Acknowledge indigenous people -> fund language & education programs
Power to make decisions for ourselves
Flawed methodology
Compartmentalized
Referred to irresponsibly
Strategy to further bureaucratize
Vague initiatives
Quantitative data
Ask for better
Minister Frasier
Comments on our biases
Minister Coteau
People are frustrated; govts come and go but improvements are few and far
between
Stephen Lewis report of 1992: replace 1992 with 2016 and the report still
stands
Stephen Lewis Report on Race Relations in Ontario - June 1992
https://github.com/manasb/PDF/blob/master/Stephen_Lewis-Report_on_Race_Relations_in_Ontario.pdf
Sam Erry
Systemic/Institutional racism
Truth & Reconciliation report
Identity-based vs. Race-based data
Bias model
Open government
Janelle
Additional comments can be sent to anti-racism@ontario.ca
Michael Kevin
Emphasizes White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) culture of Canada
Bessu, Refugee
Fear, poor understanding of racism
94% of students selected for medical school are white elites
Community issues
Individual gets more respect outside of Canada when speaking about issues
than inside Canada
Raise societal/cultural awareness
Everyday issues that need to be addressed
Patrick Joseph
Problems start in the home
Population of black offenders: 71% INCREASE
Problems start in the community
Seema, CAWN
Intersectional approach needed
Racialized women
Culture of workplace is toxic
Sheela Khan
Urgent issues that must be addressed
Hate crimes
Education system must be conscious of intolerance & oppression
Economic inequalities
No knowledge/Limited knowledge
Intersectionality
Rita
Accountability of employer
Mental health must be supported
Merit-based hiring
Halima
Has been observing for the past 30 years
Perpetrators are never invited to meetings, only the victims
Hit their pockets
David
Appointee to advisory committee on Anti-Racism Secretariat
No indication at all that allows for community groups to contribute
People's experiences are important
"How does the police engage with PoC?"
Something is very wrong with the system
Hate crimes against religious groups in Ottawa
Educator at a university
Was involved with the secretariat
Meaningful & accessible data is important
Help schools
"Had to learn what 'visible minority' meant when she came to Canada"
Child welfare
Stealing futures
6 year old boy; bounced around households; deported back to Somalia at 28,
doesn't speak Somali/Arabic
Julia, lawyer
Workplace culture is very white
Racism assessment
June
25 years & now: things are essentially the same
Story about collaboration between people of multiple races in aiding an
Iranian man prepare for a job interview
Story about a racist neighbour who tried to have a ticket given to her for
doing something she clearly could not have done. City employee lets her off
with a "warning"
Tells neighbour about all pertinent historical events, starting from
Christopher Columbus
Allan
Aim for a demographically representative workplace
CUC, Carribean
Address, tackle systemic racism
White supremacy
Comments about South Africa's struggle to end apartheid
Zora, Afghanistan
Laws
Must start with government officials
Racist laws give a "license" to be racist
Priscilla, lawyer
Criminal justice system
Education
Teach children
Culturally diverse curriculum
Diversity in govt
Employment
Professional programs
No one wants to hire
Retention
Racism in the workplace
Consultation in communities
Respect our own diversity
Classism
Must model change
"Community leaders" "Who are these people? I never voted for them to be the leader of my
community"
Gurchand Singh
Refuse to believe that the legislature is deaf, dumb & blind
Have conspired to ignore the suffering & the issues
Govt needs to understand racism & the issues surrounding racism, not us. We KNOW racism
Comments on the "qualified staff"