racism

Medical researchers at the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine looked inward for their latest study — an attempt to capture the experiences of racism faced by Black medical school students. The resulting empirical study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, documents a litany of reported indignities that include a senior doctor defending her use […]

The National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy, the pro-oil pundit who was at once the steady stickhandler of a national call-in radio show and a driver of divisive online discourse, has died. The newspaper, where he worked as a columnist, said in an obituary on its website that Murphy died at age 77 following […]

Saskatchewan legislature members have decided not to investigate the cause of a protest that disrupted the legislative assembly. Jeremy Harrison, the Saskatchewan Party government house leader, says his caucus decided not to pursue the investigation because it would have taken significant resources. In mid-November, dozens of protesters shouted from the galleries and called for a ceasefire in the […]

The FSIN is calling on Harvard University to fire its women’s hockey coach, for making racist comments. “Racism has no place in our society or locker rooms. A place where we entrusted our First Nations young women would be free from abuse and racism. This abuse should not be tolerated by any University, especially a […]

A local business had to deal with an incident involving racism last week. The pair of individuals who were responsible for damaging the memorial in honor of the unmarked graves of the residential schools at the legislature last week following the Protest to Protect rally, were spotted inside of the Pile of Bones brewery on […]

Hundreds of people gathered at the Saskatchewan Legislature Wednesday to take a stand against Islamophobia after the vicious attack Sunday  in London, Ontario that killed four members of the same family. Delegates from the Islamic community, the province, and the city all spoke against the heinous attack and demanded people take action to prevent future […]

Support is coming in for Edmonton Oilers defenceman Ethan Bear after a number of racist online comments were made following his team’s departure from the Stanley Cup playoffs Monday night. News of the abuse came to light when Bear’s girlfriend put up her own social media post detailing the messages that the 23-year-old Bear, a […]

It is never easy having to have a discussion about systemic racism within your organization and how to remove it, but that is what the Saskatchewan Country Music Association has had to do this month. During a meeting to talk about the 2021 awards show, Saskatoon’s Jarrid Lee asked what had happened to the Indigenous […]

Support for a Saskatoon restaurant has been overwhelming after a video showed a man hurling racist slurs towards staff. The incident occurred at Mai’s Kitchen after staff asked two men to wear masks while not at their table. The men claimed they had medical exemption and grew increasingly hostile. The video shows one of the […]

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and NDP leader Ryan Meili have both expressed their anger with comments made by a man during an anti-mask rally that were directed at provincial chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. A video taken by Global News shows the man purposely mispronouncing Shahab’s name before saying “I can’t get these […]