Identity and Hate Crime on Canadian Campuses
Abstract
Canadian college and university campuses are commonly thought of as places that foster tolerance and diversity. However, these institutions are also sites where students are victimized by hate crimes. The purpose of this study is to document the degree to which Canadian students are victimized by hate crimes. This article presents observations on what is, to my knowledge, the first Canadian survey of hate crime motivated by race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and disability on Canadian college and university campuses. The main objective of this study was to conduct a random sample survey of the incidents and prevalence of hate crime on two Canadian campuses: one a college and another a university. The author argues that hate crime plays an important role in challenging the increasing presence and visibility of women, the lestbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, and visible minorities on Canadian campuses.
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