600. Public Lecture on New Ways to Stamp out Racial Profiling – Feb. 16, 2016

The Ontario Human Rights Commission is seeking new ways to stamp out an old and all too persistent problem – racial profiling. It is trying to create a new policy to combat it in a range of institutional and community settings. The policy will also help enable Ontario organizations, legal decision-makers and affected community members to better identify, assess, address and prevent racial profiling as a prohibited form of discrimination under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

York University’s School of Public Policy & Administration, York University’s Institute for Social Research, York University’s Centre for Human Rights and the Ontario Human Rights Commission invite you to attend a public lecture to look at new ways to stamp out racial profiling. Keynote speaker and renowned journalist Haroon Siddiqui will talk about existing and emerging forms of racial profiling, and a panel will offer a variety of perspectives.Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 7pm, Moot Court Lecture Hall, Osgoode Hall, (Ignat Kaneff Building), 92 Scholars Walk, York University. For map, see: http://bit.ly/1mttrcN

 Keynote Speaker: Haroon Siddiqui;  Panelists: Chief Keeter Corston, Chapleau Cree First Nation, Anthony Morgan, African Canadian Legal Clinic, Faisal Bhabha, National Council of Canadian Muslims.

This public lecture is part of a larger process to help the OHRC create a policy that reflects the many different experiences and perspectives of communities across Ontario. For more information: bit.ly/23XJ9yJ