June 12, 2025 - Black People United For Change petitions for federal protections of Black Canadians

About this episode

The episode discusses a petition launched by Black People United for Change to strengthen protections for Black Canadians against harassment and discrimination.

In today's episode of The Mosaic, we hear from Black People United for Change CEO Vanessa St Louis and Emma Ansah, initiative member and journalist for the African Diaspora news channel. They fill us in on a recent petition they launched that aims to specifically strengthen protections for Black Canadians from harassment, discrimination and hate crimes. You can find the petition and more information here .

People in this episode

Guests: Vanessa St Louis, Emma Ansah

Topics covered

• federal protections
• Black Canadians
• harassment
• discrimination
• hate crimes
• petition
• social justice

Keywords

• Black People United for Change
• federal protections
• Black Canadians
• petition
• discrimination
• hate crimes
• social justice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Black People United for Change

Places: Canada

More episodes of The Mosaic

• November 30, 2025 - Unity through Service: A conversation with ACAO executive officer Hector Addison · December 12, 2025 · 24 min
• November 27, 2025 - A conversation with UOSU's President Jack Coen · December 4, 2025 · 32 min
• October 30, 2025 - AI: Yay or Nay? · November 8, 2025 · 36 min
• October 16, 2025 - Why are fewer young men enrolling in post-secondary education? · October 16, 2025 · 35 min
• October 2, 2025 - Chrystia Freeland resigns from cabinet and is appointed to new Ukraine envoy role · October 5, 2025 · 25 min
• September 18, 2025 - How Labubus took over your feed · September 18, 2025 · 26 min