Publications

BOOKS:
• Pluralism in the Arts in Canada: A Change is Gonna Come (2012)
• Anti-Racism in Education: Missing in Action (2010)

POETRY:
• Fleurette Africaine
• Partial Lives (Williams-Wallace, 1987)
• Teeth of the Whirlwind (Black Perspectives, 1983)
• Bantu (Black Perspectives, 1984)
• Sad Dances in a Field of White (Is Five Press, 1985)
Poetry has appeared in several magazines and collections, including: Dandelion, Poetry Canada Review, the Quill and Quire, Descant, Canadian Forum, By-words, Amethyst Review, Canadian Ethnic Studies, Arts Victoriana, Fiery Spirits (Harper Collins), Fiddlehead and other magazines

ESSAYS:
• The Implications of Housing for Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Race Relations Training Program Resource, 1994)
• When the Rules Do Not Apply and the Resources are not Equal: Dispute Resolution Between Large Public Sector Institutions and Low-Income Racial Minority Communities (North American Conference on Peace-Making and Conflict Resolution, 1988).
• Racism and Urban Planning: Building Equity or Waiting for Explosions (Stanford Law and Policy Review, 1997)
• Addressing Racism in Canada Today: The Challenge of Our Times (Centre for Excellence in Immigrant and Refugee Settlement)
• The Restructured Landscape: Politics and Social Change at the End of the Millennium (Calgary Foundation, 2000, and ERA 2000 Conference on Anti-racism in the new millennium)
• Tuition Fee Increases and the History of Racial Exclusion in the Canadian Legal Profession (Canadian Diversity, 2004)
• Crisis, Conflict and Accountability (Directions, Canadian Race Relations Foundation
• Whose Afraid of the Big Bad Social Constructionists: Or Shedding Light on the Unpardonable Whiteness of the Canadian Legal Profession" - Alberta Law Review

PAPERS AND OTHER REPORTS:
Canadian Bar Association
• Ten Years Into the Future: Where Are We Now After Touchstones for Equality? (2003)
• Concerns on Increasing Tuition Fees at the University of Toronto (2003)
• Response to the Provost Study of Accessibility and Career Choice in the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2003)
• Comments on Methodologies To Study Accessibility to Law Schools (2004)
• This has been published with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in

Chief Justice of Ontario's Fourth Colloquium on Professionalism and the Alberta Law Review and National Judicial Institute
• Who is Afraid of the Social Constructionists? Or Shedding Light on the Unpardonable Whiteness of the Canadian Legal Profession

Ontario Hate Crimes Community Working Group
• Hate Crime Victimization and Links Between Hate Bias, Violence and Racism (2006)

African Canadian Legal Clinic
• Anti-Black Racism in Canada: A Report on the Canadian Government's Compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (with Erica Lawson, 2002)
• Crisis, Conflict and Accountability: The Implications and Impact of Police Racial Profiling (2004)
* Disparities Between Youth of African Descent and Others in Conflict With the Law (with Ms Tina Lopes) (2012 - 2012 - 2012)

Canadian Court Challenges Program and the African Canadian Community Coalition on Racial Profiling
• Borders and Exclusions: Racial Profiling and the Anti-Terrorism Act (2004)

National Secretariat Against Hate and Racism Canada
• Hate and Racism in Canada National Conference (2004)
• Hate Crimes, the Criminal Code and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (2006)

Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (with Ms Tina Lopes)
• Report on the Implementation of Anti-Racism Organizational Change in the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (2005)
• Submission of the Consultants Supplementing the Proposal of February 3, 2005
• Selection Criteria for External Human Rights Investigators (2005)
• First Annual Report (2006)
• First Quarterly Report (2006)
• Second Quarterly Report (2006)
• Second Annual Report (2007)
• Response to the Ministry’s July 20, 2007 Correspondence to the Tribunal (2007)
• Interim Report for 2007

Law Society of Upper Canada:
• The Impact of Increasing Law School Tuition Fees on Aboriginal Peoples and Equity -Seeking Groups (2002)
• Model Strategies on the Recruitment and Selection of Students for Articling and Summer Positions (2002)
• At the Foot of the Walls of Jericho: Future Directions for Equity and Diversity in Legal Education (2001), paper presented at University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law Conference on Legal Education
• The Discrimination/Harassment Counsel Program for the Law Society of Upper Canada (2000)
• Discussion Document: Development of Law Society Equity and Diversity Action Plans (2000)
• Law Society of Upper Canada: Equity and Diversity Action Plans (2000-2005)
• Review of the French Language Services Policy (2002)
• Review and Recommendations on the Discrimination and Harassment Counsel Program (2001)
• Equity and Diversity in Bar Admission Course Reform: A Review of the Literature (1999)
• Equity and Diversity Perspective and Analysis for the Review of the Rules of Professional Conduct (1999)
• Response to the CBA Report ‘Racial Equality in the Legal Profession’ (2000)

The City of Toronto and former Municipality of Metro Toronto
• Employment Benefits for Same-Sex Partners (1997-98)
• Goals, Principles and Implementation Guidelines for Access to Metropolitan Contracts by Ethno-Racial and Aboriginal Businesses, Small Businesses and Businesses owned by Women and Peoples with Disabilities (1997)
• Systemic Analysis of Human Rights Complaints in the Metro Toronto Reference Library (1997)
• Annual Report on the Metro Toronto Human Rights Program (1997)
• Implications of the Federal Government’s Right of Landing Fee on Metro Residents (1997)
• Employment Systems Review of the Department of Ambulance Services (1995)
• Revised Workplace Harassment Policy and Procedures (1997)
• Analysis of the Metro Toronto Police Employment Equity Program (1997)
• Second Annual Report on Ethno-Racial and Aboriginal Access to Metropolitan Services (1994)
• Framework for Action: Goals, Principles and Implementation Guidelines for Ethno-Racial Access to Metropolitan Grants (1993)
• Breaking the Barriers: Review of the Implementation of the Municipality of Metro Toronto’s Ethno-Racial and Aboriginal Access to Services Policy (1992
• Submission by Metro Council to the Toronto Transition Team on the Roles and Responsibilities of the New City of Toronto for Anti-Racism, Access and Equity (1997)
• Organizational Development and Change of Metro’s Functions on Access and Equity (1995)
• Ethno-Racial Access to Metropolitan Services Policy (1990)
• Multicultural Funding Policy (1988)

EDITED WORK:
• It’s About Respect: A Video Series on Harassment and Discrimination in Law Firms, Canadian Bar Association
• The Extent of Hate and Racist Activity in Metro Toronto prepared by Dr. Karen Mock, the League for Human Rights, B’Nai Brith Canada 1996
• From Marches to Modems: Perpetrators of Hate in Metro Toronto prepared by Mr. Bernie Farber, the Canadian Jewish Congress 1997
• Awareness to Action: Guidelines for Effective Communication with Ethno-Racial and Aboriginal Communities prepared by Betsy Kappel and Zubeida Ramji, 1994
• Hate: Communities Can Respond prepared by Cassandra Fernandes/Donna Costanza and the Metro Toronto Advisory Committee on Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism 1997
• A Review of Ethno-Racial and Aboriginal Access to Metro Contracts prepared by Equal Opportunity Consultants 1992
• Doors to the Community: A Report on the Capacity and Availability of Community-Based Agencies to Provide Translation and Interpreter Services to Metro Toronto prepared by R. Yampolsky 1992
• The Composition and Implications of Metro Toronto’s Ethnic, Racial and Linguistic Communities prepared by T. Turner 1995
• A Jewel Worth Polishing: The Report of the Caribbean Cultural Committee/Metro Toronto Chairman’s Task Force on Caribana prepared by P. Hunter 1996
• Pursuit of Equity: A Central Pillar of Regional and Municipal Government prepared by Kim Graham, Access and Equity Centre/Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, 1996
• After Golden, Crombie and Leach: A Report on The Prospects for Access and Equity in the New City of Toronto prepared by P. Hunter 1997
• Anti-Racism, Access and Equity in the New City of Toronto prepared by A. M. Stewart 1997
• Who’s Listening: The Impact of Immigrant and Refugee Settlement on Toronto prepared by P. Hunter 1997
• Access and Equity In the New City of Toronto, 1998
• Accommodation of Creed and Religious Beliefs, Gender Related Accommodation and Accommodation for Persons with Disabilities: Legal Developments and Best Practices, Equity Initiatives Department/Law Society of Upper Canada, 2001
• Model Policies for Law Society of Upper Canada: Equity Policies for Law Firms 1999, Flexible Work Arrangements 2000, Accommodations, 2001; Harassment and Discrimination 2002
• Equity and Diversity in Law Firms: A Review of the Literature prepared by Laura Heller and Charles Novogradsky 2001
• Model Strategies and Guidelines for the Promotion of Women in the Practice of Law prepared by Jane Allen, Laura Heller and Charles Novogradsky, 2002

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