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Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in October 2024
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At least five people were killed by Canadian police in October 2024. This brings the total number of people killed in police actions to at least 84 so far this year. These deaths include people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, and people who died during police...
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Wendat History in Toronto Obscured by Shady Archaeological Practices, but That’s Changing
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Buried underneath what is today the relatively affluent Toronto neighborhood of Riverdale, near the intersection of Broadview and Withrow avenues, are the remains of Indigenous peoples who lived in the area for thousands of years before European contact. Although archaeologists have been aware...
on Oct 28
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Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in September 2024
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At least a dozen people were killed in Canadian police actions in September 2024. This brings the total number of people killed in police actions to at least 79 so far this year. These deaths include people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, beatings and vehicular...
on Oct 5
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OPEN LETTER: Concerning CHEO and TOH Withdrawal from Capital City Pride
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[En français ci-dessous] August 19, 2024 (includes signatories as of August 26) Healthcare Workers in Solidarity With Capital Pride and Palestine Last week, the CEOs of CHEO (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario) and TOH (The Ottawa Hospital), Alex Munter and Cameron Love both shared their...
on Sep 3
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STATEMENT: JSNTG Rejects Calls for CUPE ON President Fred Hahn to Resign
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Toronto, ON - Jews Say No to Genocide, particularly our CUPE and other union members, condemn the calls from CUPE executives for CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn to resign over a video he shared on his Facebook page on August 11th. This video, calling for a ban on Israel’s participation in the...
on Aug 23
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Media Advisory: “Torture of Disabled Prisoners at Maplehurst Must End”
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MILTON, ONTARIO—On the 49th Prisoners Justice Day, community members across Ontario are coming together in Milton to amplify the voices of prisoners—including many remanded prisoners—to speak out against the torture, degradation, and human rights abuses being enacted under the watch of the Ford...
on Aug 9
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Jewish Faculty Network U of T Supports the People’s Circle for Palestine
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Originally published May 15, 2024 at jewishfaculty.ca We write as Jewish faculty and librarians at the University of Toronto, and members of the Jewish Faculty Network (JFN), to indicate our firm support for the demands of the People’s Circle for Palestine – the student encampment established...
on May 25
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Learning from Organizers – Saleh Waziruddin
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Saleh Waziruddin is a South Asian anti-racism activist who has participated in grassroots struggles throughout his adult life. In his 20s, he organized in the Muslim community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now in his 40s, he lives in Niagara, Ontario, and is active in the Niagara Region...
on Mar 26
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Analysis: Rank and file solidarity with Palestine
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As human beings in Palestine are being slaughtered, Palestinian trade unions have appealed to workers internationally to stop the supply of arms to Israel's high tech war machine. In response, workers in Belgium and Spain have refused to handle weapons shipments, while in Canada workers in a...
on Mar 23
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Canadian mining group denounced in Brazil, denies wrongdoing
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The Canadian-Brazilian mining company Belo Sun has been accused of committing omissions, illegalities, and intimidations against inhabitants of the Volta Grande do Xingu region in the Brazilian Amazon as part of its Volta Grande Project (PVG). Advocates also warn of possible environmental...
on Jan 30
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Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in September 2023
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At least 8 people were killed in police actions in September 2023. This means that at least 70 people have had their lives taken through police actions so far this year. This includes people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, or died during police deployments or in...
on Oct 6, 2023
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Op/ed: The free market will not fix our housing crisis
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Canada’s distorted debate about housing risks costing the public far more than most of us realize. Nearly all attention is placed on the supposed lack of supply, which has enabled right-wing politicians and pundits to falsely blame the crisis on excessive “red tape,” foreign students, new...
on Oct 3, 2023