“I’ll work without restraint with all my colleagues on the Executive Committee so that the City of Montreal becomes a model for diversity and inclusion,” says newly appointed anti-racism chief Cathy Wong. « Je compte vraiment travailler sans relâche avec l’ensemble de mes collègues du comité exécutif pour que Montréal devienne une ville exemplaire en

Asian Canadian actors stand up for #BlackLivesMatter, building understanding about allyship and the importance of not centering our own “model minority” narrative within the experiences of being racialized. “I bow with acknowledgement of my hypocrisy, my shame and the failure of myself and my community to look beyond our own experience.”’ Click here to view

Following the arrest of a suspect in an alleged racist attack on a 15-year-old Chinese boy in Saskatoon, about 100 people marched against racism. “They thought that Chinese carried the virus to Saskatoon, trying to spread the virus all over the world. But actually, this is not the case.” Click here for the full news

Project 1907, based in Vancouver, and Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter (CCNCTO) are collecting data on hate incidents and hate crime in Canada. “What we are seeing in the news right now are some of the most violent cases. This racism reporting form that we’ve created is telling us that there’s a lot more

Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice and Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic submit a joint report on anti-Asian racism in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic to the United Nations Special Rapporteur. “…since the outbreak of the pandemic, anti-Asian hate speech has proliferated on social media platforms, fueled by right-wing extremists who are using

Community groups and the Center for Research and Race Relations ask Montreal city council to “unanimously and vigorously denounce acts of hatred, discrimination, and violence directed against Montrealers of various Asian origins” since the start of the pandemic. Council voted in favour of the motion on June 16, 2020. “This is a very, very powerful