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People: Ontario Council and Executive Director

people: We have been very good at fooling ourselves into believing that racism against black people does not exist in Canada, said Douglas, who works as executive director of Ontario Council for Agencies Serving Immigrants . But I don't think there any other race here in Canada where police will stop you simply because of how you look like, according to Metro News. A new campaign is aiming to change the trend. The executive director of Ontario Council for Agencies Serving Immigrants has also heard stories of people avoiding to sit next to a black passenger on transit, or women clinging to their purses as soon as a black man walks into an elevator. In collaboration with the City of Toronto, Douglas' group hopes the Toronto For all initiative can spark conversations about living together and giving everyone equal treatment. It a big problem. Even when you look at it through the gender lenses, black working women make 15 per cent less than white women, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.