Ukrainian Montrealers are rallying in solidarity with Ukraine and calling for the international community to fully isolate Russia, after it launched a full-scale attack on several Ukrainian cities overnight.
Work still needed to achieve equality, suggests city manager Jacques Ulysse
For the first time in its 56-year history, the City of Laval held a summit for diversity and ethnocultural inclusion on April 22, bringing together more than 400 participants on an online platform, while providing an open forum for speakers to express what were at times some very frank views.
Led by Francophone radio and TV host Rebecca Makonnen, the guest list included Quebec Minister for International Relations Nadine Girault, Environment and Anti-Racism Minister Benoit Charette, Sainte-Rose MNA Christopher Skeete, Mayor Marc Demers, executive-committee vice-president Stéphane Boyer and city councillor for Auteuil Jocelyne Frédéric-Gauthier.