Thursday, August 27, 2009

Profilage Racial Au SPVM: Les Chiffres

Les personnes à la peau noire courent plus de risques d’être interpellées par le Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) que les autres, selon des statistiques internes de sa Direction.

Social Workers Trained And Raring To Go


Single mother Kylie Harding says she wants to use her own experience to assist others. Photo / Martin Sykes

Racism Alleged At School

Jackett - No Room For Racism


Kenny Jackett has condemned the fans who racially abused his striker Jason Price and West Ham frontman Carlton Cole during the Carling Cup clash on Tuesday.

UN Envoy Slams 'Entrenched' Racism In Australia

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Definition of Stupidity

Film : Stupidity by Albert Nerenberg Features Bill Maher, Noam Chomsky, George W. Bush, Mark Crispin Miller and many others. A humorous examination of stupidity in contemporary American culture, covering: the effects of television and mass media on the American intellect; the "dumbing down" of American culture; the popularity of Steve-O and Jackass; role of religion in willful stupidity; the identifaction of many Americans with George W. Bush; the evolution of such concepts as "idiot" and "moron." The DVD edition contains extra interviews commentaries and readings. The film is not connected to Matthijs van Boxsel's book called Encyclopaedia of Stupidity -- also 2003- but recommended. Notes written September 17th, 2007«

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Canadian Soldier Killed In Afghanistan


Pte. Sebastien Courcy was killed this morning during an operation in a village in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, about 17 kilometres southwest of the city. (HO)

Teen Behaviors Stem From Genetics, Environment

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Canadian Soldier Wounded in Afghanistan Dies


Master Cpl. Charles-Philippe Michaud died Saturday after being wounded last month in a roadside bomb blast southwest of Kandahar city. (DND)

Two Canadians Die in Afghanistan Three Others Injured in Helicopter Crash Cause Being Ought

Monday, July 6, 2009

Why is Elder Care Awareness a Hard Sell to the General Public?

'We Are Dying Like Flies': Elder Slams Inaction


Bagot community elder Joy White speaks as the Chief Minister, Paul Henderson, looks on. (ABC TV)

Society


Young people interacting within an ethnically diverse society.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

L'Histoire de Kevin


Lorsque l'on est assisté social, bien se loger relève de l'exploit. Alors, qu'en est-il pour ceux qui, en plus, ont «l'inconvenance» d'être jeunes et malades?
Kevin, un adulte fibro-kystique de 21 ans, peut vous en dire long sur le sujet: il vient de rater sa chance d'habiter une coopérative d'habitation du centre-ville.

William Johnson : Indians and the Just Society


Forty years after Jean Chrétien's ‘white paper,' we still struggle to reconcile the Canadian square and the aboriginal circle

Friday, June 26, 2009

Delinquency is the Real Issue — Not Racism

Service Users Who Have Made the Transition to Practitioners


From service user to social worker: three professionals tell Louise Tickle how and why they made the transition

Thursday, June 25, 2009

France Sets Up Commission to Probe Burqa Use


The French parliament is setting up a six-month inquiry to study the wearing of the Islamic outfit, the burqa. On Monday French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the head-to-toe veil was not welcome in secular France.

Weather Forecasts of Great Value to Americans, Survey Finds

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Children's Aid Society Workers Should be Reined in, Critics Say

Death Toll Increases to 9 in Washington, D.C., Train Crash


District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers were at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, D.C., on Monday. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Late-Night Host Offers Palin Another Apology


Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a campaign rally at the Grand River Center in this November 2008 file photo. Palin would no doubt be horrified by the idea, but there's a chance she could become the same boon to David Letterman's career that Hugh Grant was to Jay Leno's. Collapse (Getty Images/AP Photo)

Mohit’s Film on Racism

Indians Speak Out on Australian Attacks

Monday, June 15, 2009

Youth Revolution in Iran

NATO Warship Rescues Indian Sailors

Venezuelan TV Channel Faces Closure


Supporter's of Venezuela's anti-government channel, Globovision, launch a fundraising campaign to pay off a 2 million dollar government fine.