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May 06, 2022

Celebrating Canada’s Sikh Heritage Month

The CRRF and Sikh Heritage BC partnered together to present a webinar on April 28, 2022. This webinar, in celebration of Canada’s Sikh Heritage Month, included a presentation of the Sikh Heritage Museum, located in the National Historic Site Gur Sikh Temple in Abbotsford, BC, Canada. Co-curator Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra demonstrated the power of heritage […]

May 02, 2022

Trailblazers and milestones: Celebrating Jewish Heritage Month 2022

Jewish Heritage Month provides all Canadians with the opportunity to learn about the profound contributions of Jewish Canadians to Canada. The CRRF is pleased to be supporting this important opportunity for cross-cultural dialogue and understanding. Many Canadians will be surprised to learn that Canada is home to the fourth largest population of Jewish people living […]

Apr 21, 2022

Moovit Inc. sponsors historical panels in Halifax’s North Preston community

(Photo source: Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press) The move commemorates the history of one of Canada’s oldest Black communities and stresses the company’s commitment to inclusivity following racist incident HALIFAX, March 25, 2022— Following dialogue with community leaders in North Preston, the Mobility as a Service Solutions company Moovit Inc. has committed to sponsoring historical […]

Mar 23, 2022

Standing up to hate will take collective action

(March 21, 2022 – Toronto) – The CRRF reaffirms its commitments on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The examples of hate in our communities have become all too common. We’ve seen hate on display during the recent trucker occupation in Ottawa; we’ve learned about anti-Semitic incidents on the rise in schools […]

Mar 03, 2022

CRRF and the Globe and Mail Presents: Hate Crimes in Canada

TORONTO, March 3, 2022 – The Canadian Race Relations and the Globe and Mail is inviting you to a special webcast for our national conference on hate crimes. This free, virtual, event will bring light to the disturbing rise of hate crimes in Canada. During the first year of the pandemic, the number of police-reported hate […]

Mar 02, 2022

Spotlight: Activism within Black communities

This Black History Month, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation paid homage to the work of organizations working within Black communities for racial equity and empowerment. The objective of this roundtable was to hear experiences of community organizing and to learn about the different tools that groups are using to engage and support their communities. Moderated […]

Feb 23, 2022

New exhibition Behind Racism: Challenging the Way We Think now open at the Ontario Science Centre

Developed in partnership with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, informative and interactive exhibition explores racism in Canada and breaks down the mental processes that contribute to discrimination. TORONTO, February 23, 2022 – If you could better understand how your brain processes information that can lead to bias and racism, could it impact your behaviour and result […]

Feb 07, 2022

Rooting out systemic racism is key to a fair and effective justice system

A CRRF response to the Federal Department of Justice’s news release on systemic racism in the justice system in Canada. The federal government recently announced a new policy aimed at addressing systemic racism in Canada’s carceral system. Recognizing that Black and Indigenous people in Canada are disproportionately stopped by police, arrested, charged, and incarcerated – […]

Feb 03, 2022

Time for government to act on regulating online harms

Federal government releases a new report summarizing public consultations on proposed legislation. Toronto, February 3, 2022 – The Canadian Race Relations Foundation welcomes the release of a new report by the federal government that demonstrates significant support towards taking action against the threat of online harms while balancing the need for privacy and freedom of expression. […]

Feb 01, 2022

CRRF announces its partnership with Pfizer Canada

The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) is proud of its partnership with Pfizer Canada. Pfizer Canada recently announced a new collaboration with the CRRF over three years to allow CRRF to create a series of dialogues on health equity and issues affecting racialized communities accessing health care and mental health services. CRRF will also conduct […]

Honouring the past, celebrating the present, and inspiring the future: Black History Month 2022

In December 1995, the House of Commons unanimously carried a motion put forward by the Honourable Jean Augustine to recognize Black History Month in Canada. Since then, this month of celebration aims to combat anti-Black racism by educating Canadians about the rich contributions of Black people to society, which, unfortunately, have been either downplayed, ignored, […]

Jan 31, 2022

There must be no ambiguity about where we stand: A statement from CRRF

The trucker convoy in Ottawa, has put many in a state of fear because of what they witnessed this past weekend. The display of Confederate flags, Nazi symbols, and racially-charged harassment of people of colour and religious minorities being carried out are all wrong and deserving of the strongest of condemnations. In recent times we […]