If you’ve ever been house hunting, you’ll know that at first glance, a house might look to be in great shape. However, after a great first impression, we can trust the home inspector to give us the full picture.
If very few people want to move to your community due to concerns about safety and comfortability, that is going to cause economic and social problems – especially in Northern Ontario communities. Failing to take an active role in this process means communities will struggle to fill job vacancies, which can stall economic growth. This has spillover effects, too, as the tax base will shrink and place a higher burden on current residents to pay for local services.In a 2022 survey by Northern Policy Institute and Environics Research, it was mostly found that residents in Thunder Bay, Timmins, Sault Ste.
Furthermore, when compared to treatment of white people at work, school, public places and in dealing with police and the courts, the experiences of visible minorities and Indigenous peoples negatively differed. They can also be everyday actions that, as a collective, can make a difference: public education campaigns that discuss racism and discrimination, as well as provide resources; spotlighting best practices and implementing them where possible; assessing who is not at the decision-making table that should be and asking why they aren’t there; and, of course, annually measuring racism and discrimination.