The Daily Ubuntu36 articles · page 2 of 3
Fredy Villanueva, 18, and what the coroner asked of us
In 2008, 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva was killed by a police officer in Montréal-Nord; five years later, a coroner described a chain of errors and called for change.
ReadSix days for a mistake
In 2021, Mamadi Camara, a doctoral student and driver with no record, was wrongly accused of assaulting a police officer in Montreal. Six days later, the charges were dropped. The questions remained.
ReadStaying with discomfort: the suspicion that sticks to your skin
In Montreal, as elsewhere in Canada, young Black people are more often arrested and suspected. Numbers that disturb us, and that ask us to listen.
ReadWhat we braid, what we tear away
In Montréal-Nord, allegations of racist acts at Station 39, and colleagues who refused to stay silent.
ReadA law to name what we breathe
Since 2024, a federal law has required Canada to study environmental racism and build a national strategy, expected in the fall of 2026.
ReadA'se'k, the harbour given back to the sea
For 53 years, a mill discharged its wastewater into a Mi'kmaw estuary; the community won an end to the discharges and a major cleanup.
ReadTap water, a right for whom?
Dozens of First Nations still live under long-term water advisories; a historic settlement shows that change is possible.
ReadAn inquiry that looked not for culprits, but for a path
To respond to the suffering of former residents of a home for Black children, Nova Scotia tried a Canadian first: a restorative public inquiry, designed with them.
ReadForgiving without forgetting
Forgiveness erases neither the wrong nor the memory. Where it has taken root, the truth first had to be told.
ReadJordan first: when the child comes before the paperwork
Jordan River Anderson died in 2005 while two governments argued over who would pay for his care; his name became a simple principle: the child first.
ReadJudging the person, not just the act
Since the Gladue and Ipeelee decisions, a judge must consider an Indigenous person's history before sentencing them. Yet federal prisons have never been so Indigenous.
ReadMore than our worst moment
A memorial in Alabama names the victims of lynching. Telling the truth without reducing anyone to their worst act: a path toward shared humanity.
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