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News in Review - September 2020 Systemic Racism: Does it Exist in Canada?
After the death of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020, and the global protests that followed, many began to hear the term “systemic racism.” The term suggests that many businesses, institutions and society itself is rife with underlying racism. In Canada, we tend to deny that our culture is racist, from ignoring ...
- 2020
- 00:10:59
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/30/2020
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News in Review - September 2020 Black Lives Matter Canada: A Call for Racial Equality
The death of George Floyd in May 2020 during an arrest in Minneapolis led to widespread protests across the U.S. and around the globe, with calls for an end to racial inequality and police violence against Black people. In Canada, thousands marched under the banner of Black Lives Matter, demanding an end to racism here too. Those protests highlighted the ...
- 2020
- 00:15:51
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/30/2020
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CBC Kids News A brief history of the Black Lives Matter movement
CBC Kids News contributor Elijah Sandiford digs into the history of the Black Lives Matter movement. Historian and sociologist Afua Cooper describes some critical moments in black history and Vancouver activist Jacob Callender-Prasad talks about his role fighting anti-black racism.
- 2020
- 00:07:00
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/09/2020
News in Review - January 2020 Exposing Hate: Are Hate Crimes on the Rise in Canada?
A CBC News investigation discovered that there were nearly 1,800 hate crimes reported to Canadian police last year. But that number likely doesn’t tell the whole story. Inaccurate reporting and different classifications make a true calculation nearly impossible. Nonetheless, hate seems to be growing across this country. But no place more so than Hamilton, Ontario, which has the infamous title ...
- 2020
- 00:12:32
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/21/2020
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London Morning Young and black in London
Oakridge Secondary School student Fazia Agbonhin and Western University student Elija Ngoy tell London Morning about their experiences growing up in London and what Black History Month means to them.
- 2019
- 00:09:15
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/03/2019
CBC Docs POV Skinhead
Brad was a prime target for neo-Nazi recruiters — a white 18-year-old punk, in and out of trouble with the law, a street brawler already in his fourth high school, a kid without direction. Lured by the promise of comradeship in a gang of “like-minded” men, Brad found what he wanted most: belonging. He spent 13 years in “the movement,” ...
- 2017
- 00:44:09
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/27/2018
The Fifth Estate Black Lives Matter: The Disruptors
It grew in just a couple of years from a hashtag to a powerful movement that has taken on police shootings of black people and is defiantly challenging the political establishment. Black Lives Matter (BLM) now has over 40 chapters in the United States and Canada. The Fifth Estate takes you inside the movement with the people who helped build it. Janaya ...
- 2017
- 00:45:01
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/26/2017
News in Review - October 2017 Violence in Virginia: The Rise of the Alt-Right
In August 2017 a quaint college town in Virginia became the epicentre of America’s cultural and racial divide. White nationalists clashed violently with counter protesters. One woman died after a car was deliberately driven into the crowds. Dozens were injured. But what led to this seeming re-emergence of virulent racism and white supremacy? And is this strictly an American problem? ...
- 2017
- 00:19:07
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/18/2017
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Firsthand The Skin We're In
Urgent, controversial and undeniably honest, The Skin We’re In is a wake-up call to complacent Canadians. Racism is here. It is everywhere. It is us and we are it. Following celebrated journalist Desmond Cole as he researches his hotly anticipated book, this documentary from acclaimed director Charles Officer pulls back the curtain on racism in Canada.
- 2017
- 00:44:09
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/11/2017
Mansbridge One on One Cindy Blackstock
Peter Mansbridge sits down with Cindy Blackstock about her work advocating for the equal treatment and funding for aboriginal and First Nations children.
- 2016
- 00:21:21
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/04/2016
News in Review - January 2015 Our Canada: Are We Racist?
Many Canadians see their country as safe, clean and equal. But is that third notion really true? Do we actually treat each other the same regardless of skin colour? Duncan McCue sets out to answer the big question: are we racist?
- 2015
- 00:17:49
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/21/2015
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The National White Privilege: Does It Exist?
Recent U.S. grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers for killing black men Michael Brown and Eric Garner have sparked outrage and protest. They've also brought to the fore questions about the difference between how whites and minorities are treated. The National assembles a panel of political commentators who try to parse some difficult questions. Is white privilege ...
- 2014
- 00:13:38
- 15-17
- Added on: 12/22/2014
The National Who Do We Think We Are?
The face of Canada is changing rapidly. One in three Canadians will belong to a visible minority by 2031, according to Stats Can. Once largely a nation of staid rural folk, today much of our population lives in competitive, fast-paced urban centres. And our economy, like all those of developed countries, is on the brink of a major green shift. ...
- 2010
- 00:53:30
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Generations The McCurdy Birthright
In the 1980s, Howard McCurdy was a feisty Member of Parliament from Windsor, the first black NDP MP and the only black person in the House of Commons at the time. He became known for his interest in civil rights, for people of all races and colours. It's a passion he inherited from many McCurdys before him. The McCurdys settled in ...
- 2007
- 00:45:17
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
The National Prairie Dream
The Canadian Prairies at the beginning of the 1900s were bustling with the anticipation of new settlers, and hundreds of newly freed slaves in Oklahoma joined the migration. They came to this country expecting freedom to pursue a life of happiness. They built lives, homes and communities, but they also found discrimination. Lee Williams, as chairman of the railway porters' ...
- 2000
- 00:12:07
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
News in Review - May 2010 How Tolerant Are Canadians?
Canada is a multicultural country where people of many races and backgrounds live in harmony together. Most of us are proud of our diversity, and like to think we live in a country where prejudice isn’t a problem. But how tolerant are we? In this News in Review story we’ll look at how a racist incident shocked a community. We’ll ...
- 2010
- 00:15:41
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/15/2010
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News in Review - December 2002 Policing and Race in Canada
The recent report in The Toronto Star accusing the Toronto police of racial profiling has renewed the debate across Canada on whether racial minorities get the same treatment as others from police forces. We look at the situation in Toronto and other recent issues including the incident two years ago in Saskatchewan concerning the police and Aboriginal people.
- 2002
- 00:13:56
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/15/2002
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News in Review - December 1992 The Police and Changing Times
The interrelationship of police forces, government and citizens is examined in light of the conflict between the Ontario government and Ontario police forces.
- 1992
- 00:14:49
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/15/1992
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