Waterloo region has not been immune to the surge of hate crimes and incidents of discriminatory hate that have occurred in Canada over the past several years. The Region has seen the highest ever level of incidents in 2021 and then 2022.
As part of a response to these increases, the City of Waterloo has developed a new guide to “support residents in navigating and reporting local incidents of hate and discrimination.” The goal of the new resource is to offer instructions about how to file a report and the process once a report has been filed.
CKMS spoke with city of Waterloo representatives Julie Legg, the Supervisor of Neighbourhood Services and Paulina Rodriguez, the Anti-Racism and Social Justice Advocate. The interview explores the development of the hate incident reporting guide and the importance of reporting hate incidents, exploring how this guide helps further the City of Waterloo’s inclusion and diversity initiatives, creating a city where, as Julie Legg says, “Hate isn’t welcome”.
