Media articles

2023

Two years after the defund the police movement, police budgets increase across Canada,” The Conversation, January 9, 2023.

2022

The disconnect between growing police budgets and public consciousness has never been greater,” Toronto Star, December 22, 2022, with Shiri Pasternak.

The city of Montreal is overfunding the police and the SPVM still goes over budget,” Cult MTL, December 8, 2022.

Le SPVM dépasse (encore) son budget et la Ville lui en redonne toujours plus,” Pivot, December 2, 2022.

Une police avant-gardiste?Pivot, October 31, 2022.

Quand la violence ne rime pas avec armes à feu,” La Presse, September 24, 2022.

Parlons aussi des effectifs non policiers,La Presse, August 31, 2022.

A week of magical thinking about gun violence and Montreal Police,Cult MTL, August 31, 2022.

Noir.e.s sous surveillance à Montréal,À Bâbord !, summer 2022, with Stéphanie Germain.

Deux forums sur la violence, même cul-de-sac,La Presse, July 4, 2022.

End the war on drugs,Montreal Gazette, May 5, 2022.

Quel type de directeur à la tête du SPVM?La Presse, May 2, 2022.

Why are governments manipulating public support for defunding the police?Toronto Star, April 22, 2022.

Government poll tried to skew public opinion against defunding the police,The Breach, April 14, 2022.

La prévention du crime et les fausses promesses de Projet Montréal,Pivot, March 31, 2022.

Police are not the answer to mental health crises,” Cult MTL, March 11, 2022.

La police, une réponse fatale aux crises de santé mentale,” Pivot, March 11, 2022.

The fight to defund the police continues across Canada,” Rabble, February 21, 2022.

Police see major budget increases, despite majority support for defunding,” The Breach, February 1, 2022.

En 2022, c’est le temps de définancer la police,” Pivot, January 28, 2022.

Defund the police? In Montreal, we are superfunding the police,” Ricochet, January 21, 2022.

Budget municipal de Montréal : un énorme pas dans la mauvaise direction,” La Presse, January 10, 2022.

2021

Two Montreal teenagers and the politics of sympathy,” Cult MTL, December 3, 2021, with Délice Mugabo.

La sécurité publique et la victoire de Projet Montréal,” La Presse, November 18, 2021.

Small parties bring new ideas on policing to Montreal election,” Ricochet, October 23, 2021.

Cette élection apportera-t-elle une nouvelle approche de la sécurité publique?Journal Métro, October 21, 2021.

Protégeons le parc de logements abordables,” Le Devoir, October 17, 2021, with Martin Blanchard.

The overpolicing of Black youth in Quebec,” CTV News, October 9, 2021, with Ricardo Lamour.

La marginalisation des communautés noires continue,” La Presse, October 2, 2021, with Ricardo Lamour.

Maria Mourani et l’invention d’une crise de gangs et d’armes à feu,” IRIS, September 30, 2021, with Karl Beaulieu.

Police keep getting what they want in Quebec,” The Breach, September 29, 2021.

Pour en finir avec le faux progressisme de Projet Montréal,” Relations, autumn 2021.

Retour de l’escouade anti-gang: une stratégie oppressive vouée à l’échec,” La Presse, August 23, 2021.

Montreal’s gun crisis isn’t real,” Ricochet, July 5, 2021.

Une crise d’armes à feu, vraiment ?La Presse, July 5, 2021.

Montreal police have a long history of doubling down in the face of criticism,” Cult MTL, April 9, 2021.

Le ‘désengagement policier’ à Montréal: 30 ans de countre-coups médiatiques,” Ricochet, April 9, 2021.

Définancer la police, financer les services,” À Bâbord, 87 (March), 40-41.

De la panique morale à la répression,” La Presse, February 23, 2021, with Jade Bourdages and Karl Beaulieu.

Des caméras portatives pour le SPVM, une solution trompeuse,” Le Devoir, February 22, 2021, with Justin Doucet.

2020

Defund the police: governments should listen to the people and the streets,” Cult MTL, October 26.

New Montreal police policy won’t stop racial profiling,” Montreal Gazette, July 24.

It’s time to end medical isolation in prisons,” Ricochet, May 25.

2019

Effective solutions needed to racial profiling,” Montreal Gazette, October 16.

Profilage racial: au-delà de l’échec des solutions du passé,” Revue de la Ligue des Droits et Libertés, autumn, 35-37.

Les fausses promesses de l’urbanisme,” Urbanité, autumn, 17-18.

2018

L’urbanisme et l’hospitalité ontologique: comment nos villes on crée les conditions d’exclusion,” Liberté, 322 (autumn), 32-33.