{"id":59427,"date":"2015-08-19T17:58:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T09:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59427"},"modified":"2025-01-14T22:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T03:52:07","slug":"winnipeg-mayor-calls-summit-as-city-tries-to-shake-most-racist-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/19\/winnipeg-mayor-calls-summit-as-city-tries-to-shake-most-racist-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg mayor calls summit as city tries to shake ‘most racist’ label"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winnipeg’s mayor is calling a race relations summit for next month as the city tries to shake off being dubbed the most racist in Canada.<\/p>\n

Mayor Brian Bowman said the race relations summit, to be held at the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights, will continue a much-needed discussion about racism.<\/p>\n

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“We do have a problem here,” Bowman said Tuesday. “Cities across our nation have the same problem — intolerance, ignorance, racism.<\/p>\n

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We have a problem. It’s not Winnipeg’s alone but together we are ready to lead the nation in the battle to take on racism together.”<\/p>\n

The summit comes as Winnipeg struggles with its image as an intolerant city, especially for aboriginal people.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg has come under a harsh spotlight numerous times. Brian Sinclair, an aboriginal double-amputee, died during a 34-hour wait in a Winnipeg emergency room in 2008 while many assumed he was drunk or homeless rather than someone seeking medical care.<\/p>\n

Some have called Winnipeg the epicentre for missing and murdered aboriginal women following the death of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine whose body was pulled from the Red River wrapped in a bag last year.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, a Winnipeg high school teacher made national headlines when he ranted about aboriginal people on social media, accusing them of being lazy and seeking free money from non-aboriginals.<\/p>\n

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Bowman tearfully promised to tackle such intolerance in January when Winnipeg was labelled the most racist city in Canada in a cover story in Maclean’s magazine. Since then, he has appointed an indigenous advisory council and said the two-day summit will bring people together to share ideas on how to fight racism.<\/p>\n

“No single summit of leaders can or will end racism. We all know that,” Bowman said. “We need more than words to affect the most necessary change in Canada … But the summit is an attempt to begin that process.”<\/p>\n

The summit is to feature a keynote speech by award-winning author Joseph Boyden and American civil rights speaker Gerald Durley.<\/p>\n

Education Minister James Allum said the province will help fund the summit and congratulated organizers for tackling the issue head-on.<\/p>\n

“There are some in this community who don’t think we need to have this conversation. There are some who have said it’s not a problem, we shouldn’t talk about it,” Allum said. “(It’s) a conversation that needs to happen among all of us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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