Broadcaster CTV’s W5 investigative news program shows maturity in its ability to cover race and racialization within the Canadian context, with its “Virus of Hate” report, in November 2020. W5 gained an ignominious reputation among Chinese Canadians, after it misrepresented the community with its “Campus Giveaway” report, and gave rise to the establishment of the

The City of Toronto added anti-East Asian racism measures and educational resources to its Toronto For All Campaign, in response to increased incidents of hate during the pandemic. The campaign also produced a video involving the voices of community leaders. “This is not only unacceptable, but it is wrong, it’s absolutely 100 per cent wrong

Kudos to the unidentified T&T Supermarket employee in Mississauga, Ont., who stood his ground amid the racist onslaught of a customer who refused to wear a face mask, as the contagion spread in July 2020. The employee was repeatedly verbally assaulted and threatened and told “to go back to China,” before the customer eventually left

“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

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