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1. Over the next 10 days, the Ontario Human Rights Commission's inquiry into the highly charged issue seeks e-mails, phone calls and letters from people who have suffered from stereotyping at the hands of police and other authority figures.
2. At this stage, the commission will rely on people contacting them through e-mail, telephone, or in writing. An online questionnaire can be filled out at (((( http://www.ohrc.on.ca )))) (至尊宝: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/english/consultations/racial-profiling-terms.shtml) , or people can phone the commission toll free at ((((1-800-387-9080 )))) or (((( (416) 326-9511)))) in Toronto between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. weekdays, starting today until Feb. 28. People can also mail their stories to the (((( Ontario Human Rights Commission, 180 Dundas Street W. 8th Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2R9))))
3. After phone lines are closed and all the on-line questionnaires are collected, the commission will analyze the information and then begin a second phase of the inquiry, holding hearings throughout Ontario.
全文(at http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035777884285&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154)
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Race probe wants your stories
Inquiry is seeking real-life accounts of discrimination
JOHN DUNCANSON
STAFF REPORTER
Anyone who has felt the sting of racial profiling is being asked to tell their story to Ontario's human rights body.
Over the next 10 days, the Ontario Human Rights Commission's inquiry into the highly charged issue seeks e-mails, phone calls and letters from people who have suffered from stereotyping at the hands of police and other authority figures.
"Racial profiling in any context is wrong," chief commissioner Keith Norton said yesterday. "We are concerned about the negative impacts of this practice on individuals and entire communities."
Starting today, the commission is inviting people to tell their stories of being discriminated against through racial profiling by police, bosses, school officials or landlords.
After phone lines are closed and all the on-line questionnaires are collected, the commission will analyze the information and then begin a second phase of the inquiry, holding hearings throughout Ontario.
The venues for the public sessions (which start in late March) will be determined by the response the inquiry receives.
A final report by the commission will be released in the fall, said François Larsen, the commission's acting director of policy and education.
"We feel that it is necessary to do some strong public education and awareness around this so people realize what is so wrong with this," Larsen said.
Norton announced the inquiry into the practice of racial profiling in December following the Star's series on race and crime.
That series suggested that blacks were treated more harshly than whites by police.
The commission's study will go beyond just policing.
It will look into the broader issues of racial profiling, including how stereotyping affects people in the workplace, in housing, or simply finding a taxi.
The commission said it's particularly interested in hearing from young people who have been singled out by authorities due to their colour or origin.
According to the commission, racial profiling is defined by "any action undertaken for reasons of safety, security or public protection, that relies on stereotypes about race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, or place of origin ... rather than reasonable suspicion to single out an individual for greater scrutiny or different treatment."
At this stage, the commission will rely on people contacting them through e-mail, telephone, or in writing. An online questionnaire can be filled out at http://www.ohrc.on.ca, or people can phone the commission toll free at 1-800-387-9080 or (416) 326-9511 in Toronto between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. weekdays, starting today until Feb. 28.
People can also mail their stories to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, 180 Dundas Street W. 8th Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2R9
The issue of racial profiling will also be centre stage next Tuesday when the Summit on Racial Profiling reconvenes to give the public an update on what has happened since police, politicians, and community leaders met three months ago. Former lieutenant-governor Lincoln Alexander is chairing the summit.
When the summit leaders met in November, they pledged a zero-tolerance policy on racial profiling and vowed to restore confidence in the police complaints system.
Alexander's summit was also sparked by the Star's crime series, which was based on an analysis of a police arrest database which the newspaper got through a Freedom of Information request. The database records more than 480,000 incidents in which an individual was arrested or ticketed, and almost 800,000 criminal and other charges.
The Star's analysis of the data found that blacks charged with simple drug possession were taken to a police station more often than whites facing the same charge.
Once at the station, black suspects were held overnight for a bail hearing at twice the rate of whites.
Possible mitigating factors such as a previous conviction, state of employment and whether he or she listed a home address were taken into account in the analysis.
The data also showed a disproportionate number of black motorists in the database were ticketed for offences that routinely would come to light only following a traffic stop. Civil libertarians and criminologists say this pattern points to racial profiling, whether conscious or not.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
1. Over the next 10 days, the Ontario Human Rights Commission's inquiry into the highly charged issue seeks e-mails, phone calls and letters from people who have suffered from stereotyping at the hands of police and other authority figures.
2. At this stage, the commission will rely on people contacting them through e-mail, telephone, or in writing. An online questionnaire can be filled out at (((( http://www.ohrc.on.ca )))) (至尊宝: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/english/consultations/racial-profiling-terms.shtml) , or people can phone the commission toll free at ((((1-800-387-9080 )))) or (((( (416) 326-9511)))) in Toronto between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. weekdays, starting today until Feb. 28. People can also mail their stories to the (((( Ontario Human Rights Commission, 180 Dundas Street W. 8th Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2R9))))
3. After phone lines are closed and all the on-line questionnaires are collected, the commission will analyze the information and then begin a second phase of the inquiry, holding hearings throughout Ontario.
全文(at http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035777884285&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154)
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Race probe wants your stories
Inquiry is seeking real-life accounts of discrimination
JOHN DUNCANSON
STAFF REPORTER
Anyone who has felt the sting of racial profiling is being asked to tell their story to Ontario's human rights body.
Over the next 10 days, the Ontario Human Rights Commission's inquiry into the highly charged issue seeks e-mails, phone calls and letters from people who have suffered from stereotyping at the hands of police and other authority figures.
"Racial profiling in any context is wrong," chief commissioner Keith Norton said yesterday. "We are concerned about the negative impacts of this practice on individuals and entire communities."
Starting today, the commission is inviting people to tell their stories of being discriminated against through racial profiling by police, bosses, school officials or landlords.
After phone lines are closed and all the on-line questionnaires are collected, the commission will analyze the information and then begin a second phase of the inquiry, holding hearings throughout Ontario.
The venues for the public sessions (which start in late March) will be determined by the response the inquiry receives.
A final report by the commission will be released in the fall, said François Larsen, the commission's acting director of policy and education.
"We feel that it is necessary to do some strong public education and awareness around this so people realize what is so wrong with this," Larsen said.
Norton announced the inquiry into the practice of racial profiling in December following the Star's series on race and crime.
That series suggested that blacks were treated more harshly than whites by police.
The commission's study will go beyond just policing.
It will look into the broader issues of racial profiling, including how stereotyping affects people in the workplace, in housing, or simply finding a taxi.
The commission said it's particularly interested in hearing from young people who have been singled out by authorities due to their colour or origin.
According to the commission, racial profiling is defined by "any action undertaken for reasons of safety, security or public protection, that relies on stereotypes about race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, or place of origin ... rather than reasonable suspicion to single out an individual for greater scrutiny or different treatment."
At this stage, the commission will rely on people contacting them through e-mail, telephone, or in writing. An online questionnaire can be filled out at http://www.ohrc.on.ca, or people can phone the commission toll free at 1-800-387-9080 or (416) 326-9511 in Toronto between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. weekdays, starting today until Feb. 28.
People can also mail their stories to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, 180 Dundas Street W. 8th Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2R9
The issue of racial profiling will also be centre stage next Tuesday when the Summit on Racial Profiling reconvenes to give the public an update on what has happened since police, politicians, and community leaders met three months ago. Former lieutenant-governor Lincoln Alexander is chairing the summit.
When the summit leaders met in November, they pledged a zero-tolerance policy on racial profiling and vowed to restore confidence in the police complaints system.
Alexander's summit was also sparked by the Star's crime series, which was based on an analysis of a police arrest database which the newspaper got through a Freedom of Information request. The database records more than 480,000 incidents in which an individual was arrested or ticketed, and almost 800,000 criminal and other charges.
The Star's analysis of the data found that blacks charged with simple drug possession were taken to a police station more often than whites facing the same charge.
Once at the station, black suspects were held overnight for a bail hearing at twice the rate of whites.
Possible mitigating factors such as a previous conviction, state of employment and whether he or she listed a home address were taken into account in the analysis.
The data also showed a disproportionate number of black motorists in the database were ticketed for offences that routinely would come to light only following a traffic stop. Civil libertarians and criminologists say this pattern points to racial profiling, whether conscious or not.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net