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Worried about the alt-right?

By John Grant and Fiona MacDonald Comments Off on Worried about the alt-right? , , , , , , , ,

Be the anti-right One year since the violent alt-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and months since the Toronto van attack, Canadians can legitimately worry about increased political violence. The images of angry white men marching openly in Nazi regalia loom large alongside the revelation that some men are organizing groups driven by views of natural male […]

Too many indigenous women in prison

By Patricia M. Barkaskas and Emma Cunliffe Comments Off on Too many indigenous women in prison , , , , , , ,

Judges need more flexibility in sentencing There is no justice for Indigenous women in the current Canadian justice system. Indigenous women are violently victimized at almost three times the rate of their non-Indigenous counterparts.  Indigenous women are also more likely to commit criminal offences — but nine times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be […]