Racism Directorate: Racism and Regent Park

racism directorate: Two weeks ago, Regent Park bore witness to possibly the most candid public discussion on racism with high level decision-makers in Ontario history, according to Rabble. With racial tensions bubbling to the forefront, it was both appropriate and timely for the province fledgling Anti Racism Directorate to hold a public forum on systemic racism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. One by one, top politicians from Premier Kathleen Wynne, to Mayor John Tory, to the new Ontario Minister of Anti-Racism, Michael Coteau sat silently while listening and taking heat from the emotionally charged crowd. In this respect, the new Anti-Racism Directorate aims to tackle systemic racism at a broad level through policy, research, public awareness and community collaboration. As was expected, the atmosphere at the meeting was a complex amalgam of pain, frustration, but also of hope and opportunity -- particularly with respect to a coordinated government strategy addressing systemic racism. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.