#Policingblack

A lot of (white) people are surprised that many folks (especially BIPOC or those with mental health concerns) don't trust the police in Canada. Racism and stigma against mental health,

Hadiya Roderique

hadiyaroderique

If all lives *really* mattered, we wouldn’t need to tell you that #BlackLivesMatter too. We wouldn’t have to say #BlackLivesMatter if you acted like Black Lives Mattered in

.@TorontoPolice have BEEN throwing women off balconies. mostly sex workers. mostly Black & Indigenous women. i have heard of multiple stories like this. #ftp forever; love to all Black &

Truth | Freedom

.@blanchardCanada @franceonu @dakotakochie @AustraliaUN @AGMacDougall @NZUN @AsifNoor_IPD @ianrausten @AmbassadorAllen @RussiaUN @USAmbUN @courtenayrat @ChinaAmbUN @BandeTijjani Your Excellencies: @JustinTrudeau is a sanctimonious liar. #CD

natasha_faroogh

I'm just going to put this out there -- but if we're going to teach anti-racism, we need CLASS SETS of anti-racist texts.We had class sets of Shakespeare for ages.

In the context of a week long hunger strike, a group of prisoners at the Bordeaux prison in Montreal communicated the following demands to their lawyer on May 11, 2020

Amina/is/buggin’/out/🧼👏🏾

I couldn’t even finish reading this liberal drivel. Is this you @NewYorker? My two year old niece could put together a better analysis than this . You lot embarrass yourselves:1.

We’ve seen multiple threads recently about book sales being down significantly, indie bookstores (those bastions of delight) closing and/or teetering on the brink.1/x We’ve also seen multiple threads about how

45 microaggressions experienced by BIPOC academics. A thread. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #Academics4BlackLives #Racism #Microaggressions #Academia 1. Assuming your work is not good enough because you don’t quote Foucault/Bourdieu/

In response to the #trudeaubrownface scandal, I've decided to curate a twitter thread of People of Colour who regularly talk about Canadian issues. I believe we need to be listening

The Secret Life of Canada

secretlifeofCAD

Thread 1/14 The books below may be available online at Black owned and Canadian bookstore @ADFRNTBooklist At this time, they are offering free shipping during COVID-19. 2/14 CANADA'The Hanging of

Cite Black Women.

This #CiteBlackWomenSunday we are sharing resources that support the struggle to preserve and protect Black life. ICYMI here's Ruth Wilson Gilmore's three part interview with @haymarketbooks on decarceration. Covid-19, Decarceration

Jennifer Pagliaro

Good morning! Council meets today for the first regular - but still virtual - meeting during the COVID-19 emergency. The agenda is absolutely packed (seriously, 185 items). The debate that