US EditionCultural Healing Needed to Move Past Racist Profiling Incidents: B.C. Chief
York University researchers reveal frequent Indigenous racial profiling in retail, with a 2020 incident at Canadian Tire in Coquitlam under legal review by the BC Human Rights Tribunal.
- In 2020, a man named Richard Wilson and his daughter encountered racial profiling while shopping for tires and an oil change at a Canadian Tire in Coquitlam, leading to a BC Human Rights Tribunal hearing scheduled for October.
- This event occurred amid growing awareness from a York University study highlighting widespread Indigenous consumer discrimination across Canada.
- Dawn Wilson reported being followed and having her bag searched by a security guard, and the profiling continued after she complained to staff.
- Dr. Les Jacobs stated, "There's a real opportunity here" for Canadian Tire to collaborate with researchers to assess the problem's scope; the study emphasized discrimination in daily consumer interactions.
- The scheduled hearing and the study's findings imply the need for retailers to address persistent Indigenous racial profiling in consumer settings in Canada.
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