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Freedom Convoy in Alberta; Image by Naomi McKinney, Unsplash

What The Freedom Convoy Protests Reveals About Structural Racism In Canada

Krista Stelkia / May 5, 2022

THIS PAST WEEKEND yet another “Freedom Convoy” rolled into Ottawa. This one ostensibly about veteran’s rights and motorcycles instead of transport trucks but with many connections and underlying themes in common, including racism. But it is the original “Freedom Convoy” protest – the one that illegally occupied Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, for over three […]

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Abolish the Police: The Financial Cost of Law Enforcement in Prairie Cities

Emily Riddle / June 27, 2020

How much do Prairie cities, where there are growing Black and Indigenous populations, spend on policing? In this Brief, Emily Riddle breaks down the budget numbers and makes the case for police abolition as one step toward transformative change

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Carceral Redlining: White Supremacy is a Weapon of Mass Incarceration for Indigenous and Black Peoples in Canada

Rai Reece / June 25, 2020

Why are Black and Indigenous communities disproportionately imprisoned in Canada? Rai Reece makes the argument for carceral redlining: the practice of identifying and targeting racialized communities for criminalization in order to maintain a white (settler) state

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What The Freedom Convoy Protests Reveals About Structural Racism In Canada

Abolish the Police: The Financial Cost of Law Enforcement in Prairie Cities

Carceral Redlining: White Supremacy is a Weapon of Mass Incarceration for Indigenous and Black Peoples in Canada

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