hate crime - Abid Jan Ottawa https://abidullahjan.com Sharing learning to leverage success Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:43:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://abidullahjan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/android-chrome-512x512-1-100x100.png hate crime - Abid Jan Ottawa https://abidullahjan.com 32 32 More than one hate crime in Ottawa per day in 2022 https://abidullahjan.com/more-than-one-hate-crime-in-ottawa-per-day-in-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-than-one-hate-crime-in-ottawa-per-day-in-2022 https://abidullahjan.com/more-than-one-hate-crime-in-ottawa-per-day-in-2022/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:03:05 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=2616 CBC News: Hate crimes reported to Ottawa police rise in 2022. 377 reports in 2022 compares to about 95 in 2017, 180 in 2020. This is not an encouraging news for those…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/more-than-one-hate-crime-in-ottawa-per-day-in-2022/feed/ 0 Mainstreaming Hate Prevention: A Community Safety and Human Rights Perspective https://abidullahjan.com/mainstreaming-hate-prevention-a-community-safety-and-human-rights-perspective/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mainstreaming-hate-prevention-a-community-safety-and-human-rights-perspective https://abidullahjan.com/mainstreaming-hate-prevention-a-community-safety-and-human-rights-perspective/#respond Sat, 10 Dec 2022 23:58:02 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=2601 Transcripts Presentation at the Ottawa Police Service Annual Human Rights Learning Forum – December 08, 2022 Thanks so much to the facilitator today. I am sorry, I am off-site, so I couldn’t…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/mainstreaming-hate-prevention-a-community-safety-and-human-rights-perspective/feed/ 0 On Hate Crimes – A stick in time will save nine https://abidullahjan.com/on-hate-crimes-a-stick-in-time-will-save-nine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-hate-crimes-a-stick-in-time-will-save-nine https://abidullahjan.com/on-hate-crimes-a-stick-in-time-will-save-nine/#respond Tue, 22 Nov 2022 21:41:49 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=2244 A stitch in time saves nine. Reading about the investments in anti-hate, community resilience-building measures in this story is astonishing. The little provincial and federal investments in this area here in Canada…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/on-hate-crimes-a-stick-in-time-will-save-nine/feed/ 0 A welcome step by Halton Police https://abidullahjan.com/a-welcome-step-by-halton-police/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-welcome-step-by-halton-police https://abidullahjan.com/a-welcome-step-by-halton-police/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:29:20 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=2210 A welcome step by Halton Police. Community and police forces are collaborating in preventative efforts. However, when it comes to enforcement, unfortunately, in the Criminal Code of Canada, there is no such…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/a-welcome-step-by-halton-police/feed/ 0 Let’s commit to not leaving behind a legacy of shame https://abidullahjan.com/lets-commit-to-not-leaving-behind-a-legacy-of-shame/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lets-commit-to-not-leaving-behind-a-legacy-of-shame https://abidullahjan.com/lets-commit-to-not-leaving-behind-a-legacy-of-shame/#respond Sun, 23 Oct 2022 19:57:37 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=2188 This shows how institutions that supported slavery and racism in the past are being humiliated and disgraced today. The same will happen to the systems, structures and institutions that sustain the legacy…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/lets-commit-to-not-leaving-behind-a-legacy-of-shame/feed/ 0 Alberta leads – others need to follow the suit https://abidullahjan.com/2057-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2057-2 https://abidullahjan.com/2057-2/#respond Sun, 10 Jul 2022 16:22:46 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=2057 Alberta updates Crown prosecutor’s manual to go after hate crimes Great progress indeed: “Prosecutors will now be explicitly directed that it would be in the ‘general public interest’ to prosecute a crime…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/2057-2/feed/ 0 Addressing racially motivated hate crimes https://abidullahjan.com/addressing-racially-motivated-hate-crimes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=addressing-racially-motivated-hate-crimes https://abidullahjan.com/addressing-racially-motivated-hate-crimes/#respond Sun, 15 May 2022 04:04:11 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1944 Mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., that killed 10 a racially motivated hate crime, authorities say. “Racially motivated hate crime.” This has happened in Canada before, and it can happen again. The privileged ones…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/addressing-racially-motivated-hate-crimes/feed/ 0 ‘Troubling trend:’ Hate crimes in Ottawa up 44 per cent https://abidullahjan.com/troubling-trend-hate-crimes-in-ottawa-up-44-per-cent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=troubling-trend-hate-crimes-in-ottawa-up-44-per-cent https://abidullahjan.com/troubling-trend-hate-crimes-in-ottawa-up-44-per-cent/#respond Fri, 04 Mar 2022 02:03:05 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1874 Two things to note here: 1) Ottawa is supposedly a liberal town, but StatsCan data consistently put it in the top municipalities with the most police-reported hate crimes. 2) OPS hate crime…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/troubling-trend-hate-crimes-in-ottawa-up-44-per-cent/feed/ 0 Why managing hate crimes is persistently impeded in Canada? https://abidullahjan.com/1807-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1807-2 https://abidullahjan.com/1807-2/#respond Sun, 02 Jan 2022 23:53:13 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1807 Calgary sees jump in hate-motivated crimes with 346 reported to police in 2021 Calgary is not alone in seeing a jump in hate crimes. Interestingly, however, in August 2021, Alberta Hate Crime…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/1807-2/feed/ 0 “Criminal code doesn’t allow hate crime charges” https://abidullahjan.com/1802-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1802-2 https://abidullahjan.com/1802-2/#respond Wed, 15 Dec 2021 23:46:27 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1802 Barrie police chief Kimberley Greenwood says the criminal code doesn’t allow hate crime charges for the attack on a young black woman in downtown Barrie. In Canada, hate crimes fall under very…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/1802-2/feed/ 0 The importance of reporting and data analysis of hate crimes https://abidullahjan.com/the-importance-of-reporting-and-data-analysis-of-hate-crimes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-importance-of-reporting-and-data-analysis-of-hate-crimes https://abidullahjan.com/the-importance-of-reporting-and-data-analysis-of-hate-crimes/#respond Wed, 15 Dec 2021 23:26:42 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1792 Mark Sangster, vice-president of Waterloo-based cybersecurity firm eSentire, said about the rising online hate crimes: “”I think that’s the problem is a lot of people are suffering in silence here and we’re…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/the-importance-of-reporting-and-data-analysis-of-hate-crimes/feed/ 0 Calgary is ahead of other provinces in addressing hate crimes https://abidullahjan.com/calgary-is-ahead-of-other-provinces-in-addressing-hate-crimes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calgary-is-ahead-of-other-provinces-in-addressing-hate-crimes https://abidullahjan.com/calgary-is-ahead-of-other-provinces-in-addressing-hate-crimes/#respond Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:42:37 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1796 This is an interesting story. Accordingly,  “the court support program will share $250,000 in provincial funding with two other programs designed to support women of colour.” Alberta cabinet minister Rajan Sawhney, MLA…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/calgary-is-ahead-of-other-provinces-in-addressing-hate-crimes/feed/ 0 Addressing hate crimes in Ottawa https://abidullahjan.com/addressing-hate-crimes-in-ottawa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=addressing-hate-crimes-in-ottawa https://abidullahjan.com/addressing-hate-crimes-in-ottawa/#respond Sat, 20 Nov 2021 22:30:31 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1771 What should be our priority keeping in mind that 1) Ottawa is #2 on the list of most police-reported hate crimes in Canada and 2) data from Statistics Canada paints a disturbing…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/addressing-hate-crimes-in-ottawa/feed/ 0 Could social media play a role in preventing hate crimes https://abidullahjan.com/could-social-media-play-a-role-in-preventing-hate-crimes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=could-social-media-play-a-role-in-preventing-hate-crimes https://abidullahjan.com/could-social-media-play-a-role-in-preventing-hate-crimes/#respond Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:55:20 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=2185 It’s all about the use of social media. The same tech that enables social media to galvanise social justice activists is being used by hate groups seeking to organise and recruit paddlers…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/could-social-media-play-a-role-in-preventing-hate-crimes/feed/ 0 This is heartbreaking https://abidullahjan.com/this-is-heartbreaking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-is-heartbreaking https://abidullahjan.com/this-is-heartbreaking/#respond Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:14:47 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1732 This is heartbreaking. People live in fear like this because some take their implicit bias and hatred to extremes. It doesn’t mean only one person in Quebec City, one person in London…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/this-is-heartbreaking/feed/ 0 Ottawa declines overhaul of hate crime offences https://abidullahjan.com/ottawa-declines-overhaul-of-hate-crime-offences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ottawa-declines-overhaul-of-hate-crime-offences https://abidullahjan.com/ottawa-declines-overhaul-of-hate-crime-offences/#respond Fri, 20 Aug 2021 20:30:03 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=2214 Lest we forget: The status-quo prevails. For clarity, Canadian legislation is framed so that a police officer needs to obtain written consent from the Attorney General before s/he can proceed with charges…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/ottawa-declines-overhaul-of-hate-crime-offences/feed/ 0 Encouraging compassion and kindness to counter hate https://abidullahjan.com/encouraging-compassion-and-kindness-to-counter-hate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=encouraging-compassion-and-kindness-to-counter-hate https://abidullahjan.com/encouraging-compassion-and-kindness-to-counter-hate/#respond Fri, 20 Aug 2021 20:16:41 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1759 Ottawa police see a 33 percent increase in hate crime in 2021. Does it mean we didn’t prevent enough hate? Or did we need to spread more kindness? The latter is because…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/encouraging-compassion-and-kindness-to-counter-hate/feed/ 0 United for All – Strategic Priorities https://abidullahjan.com/united-for-all-strategic-priorities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=united-for-all-strategic-priorities https://abidullahjan.com/united-for-all-strategic-priorities/#respond Sat, 17 Oct 2020 09:52:30 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1653 United For All’s multi-pronged strategic approach to addressing hate and violence in Ottawa as the risk of hate and extremism – across racial, ideological, political and religious motivations – becomes a major…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/united-for-all-strategic-priorities/feed/ 0 United for All – Champions Table meeting https://abidullahjan.com/united-for-all-champions-table-meeting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=united-for-all-champions-table-meeting https://abidullahjan.com/united-for-all-champions-table-meeting/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2020 21:22:15 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1650 Had the honour to convene United for All’s Champions Table meeting yesterday. This table supports the Coalition in building social cohesion and community resilience to counter violent extremism in all its forms.…

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]]> https://abidullahjan.com/united-for-all-champions-table-meeting/feed/ 0 Condemning racist attack on OPS Chief Peter Sloly https://abidullahjan.com/condemning-racist-attack-on-ops-chief-peter-sloly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=condemning-racist-attack-on-ops-chief-peter-sloly https://abidullahjan.com/condemning-racist-attack-on-ops-chief-peter-sloly/#respond Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:57:49 +0000 https://abidullahjan.com/?p=1642 United for All is a strong voice of more than 120 organisations who collectively had the same call to action. Adam: The Ottawa community must speak up for Police Chief Peter Sloly…

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