Surviving Hate is a collaborative journalism project co-ordinated by Humber College’s StoryLab seeking to fill the data gap on the reporting of hate crimes and incidents in Canada, with a focus on anti-Indigenous racism.
Academic partners include the University of Toronto’s Investigative Journalism Bureau, Algonquin College, Trent University, the University of King’s College, Toronto Metropolitan University, Carleton University and the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba.
Our media partners are Canada’s National Observer, the Toronto Star, TVOntario and JSource. Surviving Hate is supported by the Inspirit Foundation, Google News Initiative and Journalists for Human Rights and Humber College’s Office of Research and Innovation and Faculty of Media and Creative Arts.
Surviving Hate is a finalist for the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism. Read More
Read the latest Surviving Hate stories:
- How Indigenous perspectives are reshaping medical education in northern Ontario (TVO; January 10, 2024)
- Truth and reconciliation: Inside ‘Canada’s’ healthcare system (IndigiNews; October 18, 2023)
- Inside the fight to reform Indigenous health education in Canadian medical and nursing schools (TVO; August 17, 2023)
- Juliette Tapaquon’s tragic story exposes health-care inequality (National Observer; June 2, 2023)
- Analysis of anti-Indigenous racism in hospitals reveals pattern of harm, no tracking mechanism (National Observer; April 11, 2023)
- Advocacy, community groups track hate in Canada when law enforcement fails us (National Observer; March 10, 2023)
- The hidden hate on campus: We tracked incidents at colleges and universities and found a growing problem (Toronto Star; March 10, 2023)
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Why Surviving Hate?
In Canada today, the tracking of hate crimes nationally is woefully inadequate. Federal sources such as Statistics Canada rely on reporting from law enforcement. This aggregate data lacks context and doesn’t take into account the potentially large number of victims that have chosen not to make a formal report with police.
Surviving Hate is inspired by the work of ProPublica’s groundbreaking project, Documenting Hate.
Questions about Surviving Hate? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page or contact us at survivinghate@protonmail.com.