Those allegations date back to at least 2015, when Clarke and five other officers including those who were
not racialized officers, filed a complaint to the Ontario Labour Relations Board that they were on the receiving end of an «unlawful reprisal» when they were transferred out of the unit.
I am an ally — that is,
not racialized myself, but hope to be an ally to those who are — and I can remember when the LLP program was being debated, the reinstitutionalization of discrimination through the program was predicted by the Black Law Students» Association.
Not exact matches
Further to my earlier post showing that the public / private sector pay gap is mainly due to more equal pay for women in service jobs, Â a recent piece from Canadian Public Policy by Hou and Coulombe shows that the pay gap between Canadian born
racialized workers and non
racialized workers exists almost entirely in the private sector and
not in the public sector.
The Liberal government shouldn't bend to critics of its antiracism consultations, but it should also know
racialized Canadians expect meaningful change.
Tips for White Men Dating Black Women Online Even if white men aren't the group to hold stereotypes and racial biases against black women, they are the ones who are least informed on gendered and
racialized problems that most black women face every day.
This won't be an easy omelet to unscramble, especially in today's hyper -
racialized climate of mistrust and even violence, but there's no part of federal education policy in greater need of redirection — and none that is more subject to unilateral action by the executive branch.
The case study examines how education organizations respond to incidents involving racial tensions and the
racialized context in which educators operate, but often do
not acknowledge.
Muldrow told me she moved her older child out of the public schools because of «experiences that were
not only negative, but were particularly
racialized» and that with vouchers, «private schools retain the ability to discriminate and don't have to provide the same services to students as public schools.»
Private Action with «Neutral» Intent The fourth area impacting residential segregation, and the one proving hardest to combat, is the exacerbation of spatial inequality by the choices of private citizens that are
not motivated by race, but by other factors that are often correlated with race; these factors have
racialized consequences when acted upon.
Anyone who delves deeply into the African - American experience can't help but grapple with questions of representation and
racialized bodies, and Johnson has confronted these issues head on with a sensitivity and wit that have made him one of the most sought - after artists of his generation.
Standing before the Ligon text sculpture, flashing blue in the main gallery, it was impossible for me
not to think of other short lyrical phrases packing the power of
racialized color.
What emerges through these galleries is
not so much a demonstration of the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary art (which, as Caland proves, is nothing new) but, rather, a treatment of the
racialized, gendered or sexualized body as a site of personal freedom and imaginative potential as well as externally imposed prejudice, constraint and violence.
It is critical that the work of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Working Group on the Challenges Faced by
Racialized Licensees
not get lost in all this regulatory alphabet soup.
The Ontario Human Rights Commission wouldn't proceed with a similar complaints against the magazine (neither would the Canadian Human Rights Commission), but in an odd twist, while the Ontario commission's press release said it wasn't within its jurisdiction to deal with the contents of magazine articles, it cast judgment anyway, saying it «strongly condemns the Islamophobic portrayal of Muslims, Arabs, South Asians and indeed any
racialized community in the media, such as the Maclean's article and others like them, as being inconsistent
Making people say things they don't want to say is
not going to improve life for
racialized persons or anyone else.
One point made by equity seeking groups to the Working Group was that
not only is access to justice impeded by the systematic exclusion of
racialized licensees in the province, but it also runs contrary to the public interest.
The legislation does
not require police to report any carding arising during traffic stops (and we know in Ottawa the police do love to stop
racialized drivers for no reason).
If you're going to say that you «don't think we actually have statistics of the
racialized status of all law schools», you can
not suggest, as you did in your original post, that law schools are filled with a homogenous population that isolated from the rich diversity of the Canadian population and lacking in experience dealing with diversity.
Racialized law students were certainly
not a third of the cohort, on a simple observation alone.
It's actually a shame that we don't have any
racialized or Indigenous justices on the Court in 2016.
We know from NCA stats and information gleaned from the LPP that a significant portion of these
racialized new calls are
not graduates of Canadian law schools, so those figures are truly misleading.
You said: «I don't think we actually have statistics of the
racialized status of all law students in all law schools (the figures linked above are for lawyers, and just in Ontario).»
The fact that many of the stops of
racialized men for «criminal offences» and «suspicious activities» did
not lead to a charge, arrest or detention suggests that racial profiling — through conscious or unconscious bias, systemic racism, or otherwise — may indeed be responsible for the large number of unnecessary stops.
It would sound too similar to the now - discredited phrenology, and wouldn't account for skeletal differences for
racialized minorities.
On the other hand, if
not accepted or if implementation is
not properly managed, these valuable recommendations run the risk of being just another great initiative that dies a slow and painful death, ensuring that our system continues to fail the needs of our
racialized lawyers.
Professor St. Lewis is at least as deserving of protection and legal remedy for defamation as any other individual under Canadian law — unless we accept the core of the defendant's argument that defamation somehow magically is
not defamation if you
racialize your false reputational attack and label it «racial political analysis».
With this case, Canadian law has rightly provided protection against defamation to an individual subjected to repeated published attacks on her reputation that were
not only false as found by the jury's findings of defamation, but which specifically defamed the plaintiff based on her status as a member of a
racialized group.
If we do
not correct our misperceptions, our lack of credit - giving, and the reality of the law firm notion of «fit» on an individual and collective level, we will continue to promote a legal structure and barring behaviours that exclude
racialized women.
The assertiveness workshops would target women, especially those that are
racialized, as they may
not be experienced in exercising firmness.
Here are my two cents: if you read the four statements above and you can
not agree to something like this, and if you think that you should
not have to develop and adhere to such principles because they remove your freedom of speech, you are very likely a part of the problem and a brick in the wall holding
racialized lawyers back.
Racialized women will
not be afforded upwards mobility in a firm if the concept of «fit» prohibits their access at first instance.
Think about what is facing us: the calls to action, the future of articling — or if
not articling, what to have in its place — the impact of technology on legal practice, the access to justice imperative, the experience of
racialized members of the profession, mental health among lawyers and law students and so on and so on.
On an individual level, women, particularly
racialized women, may
not be comfortable with being in power.
This new rule will
not engender respect for «
racialized» colleagues, employees, clients and the public.
«I am
not surprised that we have heard from a small but vocal segment of the legal profession and other commentators about the words I am proud to have drafted and insisted upon, and which passed after a healthy debate at Convocation,» says Anand, who is a co-chairman of the law society's Challenges Faced by
Racialized Licensees Working Group.
Not only does the LPP provide a quality articling experience for those not obtaining a more «traditional» articling position, thereby eliminating the unequal training concerns for racialized lawyers, but it also provides racialized and non-racialized lawyers with an opportunity to gain experience as in - house counsel in private, public, profit, and non-profit organizatio
Not only does the LPP provide a quality articling experience for those
not obtaining a more «traditional» articling position, thereby eliminating the unequal training concerns for racialized lawyers, but it also provides racialized and non-racialized lawyers with an opportunity to gain experience as in - house counsel in private, public, profit, and non-profit organizatio
not obtaining a more «traditional» articling position, thereby eliminating the unequal training concerns for
racialized lawyers, but it also provides
racialized and non-
racialized lawyers with an opportunity to gain experience as in - house counsel in private, public, profit, and non-profit organizations.
The creation of these Statements, with the greatest respect to the Law Society's
Racialized Licensees Working Group, is
not sufficient.
How serious should we believe the barriers and challenges to be when only19 % of the
racialized licensees completed the survey and 57 % of that 19 % cohort said that «ethnic / racial identity» was
not a barrier?
And it is important to remember that 57 % of the
racialized licensees who completed the survey did
not identify «ethnic / racial identity as a barrier / challenge to advancement.»
How condescending, as if
racialized lawyers aren't my friends and colleagues (and don't share my concerns).
The writer argues in his letter that (i) the evidence does
not support the conclusion that there is systemic racism in the legal professions, (ii) the claim of systemic racism vilifies lawyers and paralegals by labelling them as racist, (iii) the 13 recommendations are a form of unauthorized social engineering, (iv) racism and bullying are just part of life and should be simply be endured and overcome by
racialized licensees as others have done before them, (v) the true problem is economic class
not race, (vi) white privilege is a ridiculous concept as it relates to white and
racialized lawyers and (vii)
racialized lawyers who join legal associations based on race or ethnic origin can
not complain that they are
not treated equally.
Off the bat, we can all agree that
racialized students being unable to get an articling spot because they don't fit into a certain visual paradigm is
not acceptable.
As reported in a 2014 study on the health impacts of such work on
racialized, immigrant women in the Greater Toronto Area, «temporary and on - call agency work seemed to be the new norm in both the private and non-profit health and social services agencies... Working precariously meant
not just fewer hours and lower wages, but included the quality of work, the differential treatment being an agency worker; and the «invisible» and «unpaid» time and energy spent in - between and in getting from one job site to another...»
This doesn't mean that senior partners in law firms are meeting in closed rooms wearing KKK hoods, or that there is a massive conspiracy among lawyers to keep out
racialized lawyers.
It will specifically look at
racialized women who have precarious immigration status and the gaps they face in accessing support
not just for legal services but health care, housing and childcare.
Indeed, it's telling that the
Racialized Licensee Working group report recommended, as necessary, amendments to the Rules to «reinforce» this obligation — I read that as a subtle admission that the obligation is
not there.
«This study reminds us that the workforce integration challenges that certain ethnic and
racialized groups face, whether they are immigrants or
not, are
not only due to skill and experience issues, but also to employers» discriminatory preferences,» said the president of the commission, Gaétan Cousineau.
Racialized lawyers know it makes a difference and share their stories with other lawyers who don't raise their eyebrows or accuse them of being «sensitive» or trying to gain advantage.
The barriers faced by
racialized lawyers are
not about their lack of competence or ability to work hard.
Noting that there has been an over-representation of
racialized communities in the justice system, LAO will be asking clients in these communities a series of questions about what may
not be working for them in terms of LAO's rules and processes, and what gaps there may be in legal services.