Category: protest

“It’s not a costume” Racism protest in Kitimat

On Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, a student at Kitimat’s Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School wore traditional regalia for picture day. At that time a teacher allegedly asked the student “What’s the costume.” This led to a protest against racism the following day by indigenous and non-indigenous students supported by members of the Haisla Nation and […]

Jack Layton, 1950-2011, Lockout and Pride

The late New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton listens to the concerns of locked out CBC employees at the picket line at Simcoe Park, Toronto, August 26, 2005.   NDP leader Jack Layton lost his battle with cancer this morning  August 22, 2011. In this photo, taken August 26, 2005, Layton passes the CBC Broadcast Centre […]