Carol-Ann Hoyte didn’t plan on politics. The Côte-des-Neiges native, mother, poet and 24-year veteran of children’s literature explains to the CONTACT, “the opportunity found me.” Now she’s running for...

On Feb. 25, 2025, Justice Minister and Attorney General Arif Virani released, Toward Transformative Change: an Implementation Plan for Canada’s Black Justice Strategy. The plan sets a ten-year framework...

Montreal’s police chief Fady Dagher says officers will be required to tell people why they’ve been stopped — and make clear that they are free to walk away —...

In his insightful article, “Profiling the Future: The Long Struggle Against Police Racial Profiling in Montreal,” Associate Professor Ted Rutland from Concordia University explores the persistent battle against racial...

Montreal’s Red Coalition Inc., a lobbying firm that fights against racial profiling and systemic racism, is facing a surge in discriminatory complaints. Founder Joel DeBellefeuille reports a disturbing rise...

In the absence of any vaccination, I have developed total immunity to the swirling critiques regarding Black History — that, for example, it segregates history by and about Black...

Desirée Zagbai – LJI The death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old Black man who police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot, sparked protests and riots in Ferguson Missouri. The demonstrations...

  Our Contact staff, contributors and alumni are constantly making ripples in society. It gives us great joy to celebrate our very own Yvonne Sam, who was recently honoured...

Joel DeBellefeuille Starting your day with some simple errands, you notice a police car a few cars back. Immediately, you begin going through the “familiar mental checklist”: Do I...

As the vaccination period (flu) draws near, it should once again be brought to recall that vaccination is unique among de facto mandatory requirements in this modern era, requiring...