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Canada plans to launch 'anti-racism' ads

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 07 Jul, 2021 12:43 PM
  • Canada plans to launch 'anti-racism' ads

The federal government plans to launch a national ad campaign aimed at making more white Canadians knowledgeable about systemic racism.

Launching a public education and awareness campaign is part of the Liberal government's anti-racism strategy.

That strategy says $3.3 million will be spent on a marketing effort.

Details of what Canadian Heritage is looking for in such a campaign, set to launch later this year, are included in documents posted on the government's procurement website.

The department says its target audience is "non-racialized Canadian middle-aged adults" — defined as between 30 and 44 years old — living in any rural or urban area.

It specifically points out that includes adults living in places such as Hamilton, Thunder Bay and Quebec, considered to be "racism hot spots" because of the high volume of police-reported hate crimes.

The department says the campaign's goal is to get more Canadians fighting systemic racism by making them aware of its impacts through marketing, social media and public engagement.

"In this COVID-19 context, Canadians are face-to-face with a unique opportunity to reimagine the social contract … in ways that place anti-racism, equity, reconciliation and human rights at the heart of the recovery process," the documents read.

The department cites how data shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous, Black, Asian, Muslim and Jewish communities faced more discrimination and hate crimes.

The issue of systemic racism was brought to the forefront last May after the murder of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, by former police officer Derek Chauvin.

His death sparked protests and rallies across Canada calling out racism in this country too.

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