The Daily Ubuntu45 articles · page 3 of 4
An apology that is not the end
At Maskwacis, in July 2022, Pope Francis asked Indigenous Peoples for forgiveness. Survivors remind us it is only a beginning.
ReadNinety-four gestures to stitch a country back together
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada turned thousands of testimonies into 94 calls to action addressed to everyone.
ReadRepairing, for their children and for ours
In 1988, Canada recognized the injustice done to Japanese Canadians during the war and chose to repair, not just to regret.
ReadThe battalion no one wanted to see
More than 600 Black volunteers served Canada in 1917-1918, kept away from the front. In 2022, the country finally apologized to them.
ReadA score is not a person
Between 300 and 900, a credit score opens or closes doors. It measures a history, never a person's worth.
ReadA whole career on the first rung
Black federal public servants allege decades of discrimination in hiring and promotion. Their class action was refused at first instance; the appeal is to be heard this fall.
ReadEquity is the law
In 2023, a task force chaired by a McGill professor proposed adding Black workers to the Employment Equity Act.
ReadMerit never arrives alone
The R score measures a rank, not a journey. And in the Toronto area, data show that Black students are suspended far more often.
ReadSame degree, not the same pay
With the same degree, young racialized women graduates earn less than their peers, shows a Statistics Canada study measuring income two years after a bachelor's degree.
ReadThe answer that never comes
A CMHC experiment showed that in Montreal, rental inquiries from Black, Indigenous or LGBTQ+ tenants received fewer replies.
ReadThe diploma in the drawer
Nearly one in three recent immigrants with a degree says they are overqualified for their job; Quebec is trying to speed up recognition of skills acquired elsewhere.
ReadThe land of our great-grandparents
In Nova Scotia, Black families have lived for two centuries on land without clear title. Since 2017, a public initiative has finally been helping them get recognized what is theirs.
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