Winnipeg’s Racism Problem: Immigrants Can Help
Winnipeg’s Racism Problem: Immigrants Can Help
Last month, Mayor Brian Bowman declared 2016 as the Year of Reconciliation for Winnipeg, promising to work towards diversity and greater inclusion with the Indigenous community. (Photo Credit: J. Hazard via Wikimedia Creative Commons)
By Kayla Isomura in Vancouver (New Canadian Media)
A year after being called “Canada’s most racist city,” Winnipeg is on its way to becoming more inclusive, and immigrants can be part of the solution.
“It is wonderful that very recently we are seeing more people speaking out against racism, but it hasn’t gone away just yet,” said Sheila North Wilson, grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO), an organization that represents northern First Nations in Manitoba.
A 2015 Maclean’s article, titled “Welcome to Winnipeg: Where Canada’s racism problem is at its worst,” highlighted examples of violence and racism the Indigenous community in Winnipeg has faced.
According to the article, Manitoba and Saskatchewan “report the highest levels of racism in the country, often by a wide margin.”
Nancy Macdonald, the article’s author and a former Winnipeg resident, says Winnipeg’s “racism problem” has improved.
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