Center for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR)

The Center for Research-Action on Race Relations is a Montreal-based independent, non-profit civil rights organization that was founded in 1983 with the mandate to promote racial equality and combat racism in Canada. It is considered as one of the leading non-profit race relations organizations in Canada. As an issue-based organizations, CRARR works with all sectors of society that share its values of equality and diversity, especially equality-seeking groups. CRARR receives technical and financial support from a wide range of public and private institutions, unions, educational institutions and individual donors. CRARR is a partner of different stakeholders, including the Court Challenges Program of Canada, the Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes du Québec, Pinay, the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Concordia Student Union Legal Information Clinic. It is also part of national networks on media and racial/ethnocultural diversity, hate crimes and employment equity.