Help NCCM Defend Civil Liberties in Canada

The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM)’s Human Rights Department monitors and responds to violations of human rights and civil liberties, and provides dedicated services in challenging discrimination and harassment faced by Canadian Muslims.

Each year, we receive hundreds of human rights-related complaints from members of the public who feel that they have been discriminated against or targeted by their employer, landlord, government agency or other service provider. Cases frequently involve breaches of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or federal and provincial human rights legislation. Our staff provide advice and options to concerned parties and where necessary we publicize certain cases.

The Human Rights Department makes an assessment of incoming cases to determine whether the complainant has been discriminated due to their faith or religious beliefs. If so, we will either: (1) provide information and advice to empower the complainant in their effort to achieve a resolution; (2) assign the case to our human rights committee for informal mediation or potential escalation such as a formal complaint to a human rights commission or oversight body; or (3) refer the complainant to a human rights lawyer if the case requires expertise beyond the capacity of the department.

NCCM also monitors and challenges Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate and works with mosques and other Islamic institutions to challenge hate crimes and promote community safety.

If you believe you have been the victim of discrimination, harassment, or a hate crime then please fill out and submit an Incident Report Form. We will follow-up with you directly about your complaint.

Defending Peaceful Protests:

The University of Toronto is calling peaceful activism on campus for Palestinian human rights a “security threat.”

Students have been peacefully demonstrating for months at U of T in an encampment. The university is asking courts to okay their removal by police.

We have been in court this week to intervene in the proceedings by drawing the court’s attention to a worrying pattern of Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism by university administrations.

U of T’s characterization of the encampment relies on anti-Muslim stereotypes like calling peaceful activists a “security threat” or even hateful.

This is at a time when Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism at the U of T is skyrocketing.

The court is about to rule on the University of Toronto's request. Your help is needed.

Because of your support so far, we have been able to offer supports to defend peaceful protests for Palestinian human rights, including those on campuses.

We have to keep this going.

You can help us stand up for civil liberties in Canada.

You can help us stand up for the right to stand peacefully for Palestine.

To support NCCM's Human Rights Defense Fund, click here