To open national Crime Prevention Week, Mayor Dave Bronconnier in Calgary and Mayor Stephen Mandel in Edmonton have declared May 10, 2010 as Hate Crime Awareness Day.
The Hate Crime Awareness event in Calgary Monday May 10th will highlight how police and communities can report and respond to hate crime and incidents in our communities. CCCED will be a featured panelist at this event, discussing “How to report hate crime in your community”
Opening Remarks:
- Chief Rick Hansen, Calgary Police Service
- David Blair Mason, Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Chief Commissioner
Panelists:
- Ed Yuen, Native Counselling Services “Responding to hate in Aboriginal communities”
- Brian Denison, Hate Bias Crime Coordinator, Calgary Police Service “How Police respond to hate crime, what to expect”
- Vilma Dawson, Calgary Centre for Culture Equity and Diversity (CCCED) “How to report hate crime in your community”
- Elizabeth Cook, Don’t Buy In program – Calgary Police Service “How youth can remain safe from victimization or recruitment”
- Doug Jones – Co-Chair, Alberta Hate Crimes Committee “How to respond to a hate crime or incident”
* To download a PDF poster and event agenda please click here
* For further information, please see the Alberta Hate Crimes Committee’s recent reports, “Hate Crimes: What you should know and what you can do!“ and “Alberta Hate/Bias Crime Report 2009.”
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