Indigenous CBC employee’s discrimination claims to be heard by human-rights tribunal

An Indigenous employee with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is taking up the fight against what he describes as systemic racism by his employer.

Documents filed with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal detail several instances in which Agecoutay said he was denied work. CBC filed a response with the tribunal denying the allegations, saying all videographers assigned to Hockey Night in Canada were given less work that year due to a shortened season.

He said human-resources staff at the broadcaster and with his union, the Canadian Media Guild, did not take his concerns seriously.“The experience was psychologically and emotionally devastating because the company had basically shut down my claims of discrimination, and that’s why I went to the Canadian Human Rights Commission,” said Agecoutay.

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