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This project is made possible by the Ministry of the Solicitor General in the form of direct support from The Safer and Vital Communities Grant.  

Introduction: This survey is completely anonymous and aims to capture community voice as it relates to hate incident reporting. What is a hate incident? Where do hate incidents occur? Why do some in the community report hate incidents while others do not? How can hate incident reporting be improved upon? This survey will take 5-10 minutes to complete.

Quantitative data gathering will provide answers to these questions directly from community members in order to display, digest, and demystify the reporting system in the four communities of Peel, Ottawa, York, and Toronto. This survey data will be translated into recommendations and ultimately actioned into training for police officers who respond to incidents of hate in order to better serve their communities. 

Hate crimes refer to criminal incidents that are found to have been motivated by hatred toward an identifiable group. According to s318(4) of the Criminal Code of Canada such groups are distinguishable by race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, or on any other similar factor. 

In other words, any criminal act has the potential to be a hate crime if the hate motivation can be proven. For the purpose of this survey a Hate crime - hate incident will be used interchangeably, and encompasses all forms of hate speech.

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* 1. Age

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* 2. Gender

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* 3. Race

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* 4. Faith

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* 5. Sexual Orientation

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* 6. Geographic Location

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* 7. Hate incidents are an important issue in my community.

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* 8. I have experienced a hate incident.

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* 9. I have experienced a hate incident in:

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* 10. I have experienced a hate incident at:

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* 11. I have witnessed/been a bystander of a hate incident

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* 12. I’ve witnessed/been a bystander of a hate incident at:

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* 13. Hate incidents are rising in my local community (York, Peel, Toronto, Ottawa)

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* 14. I believe hate  incidents are mostly based on

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* 15. If I witnessed a hate incident, I would

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* 16. I have experience reporting a hate incident to the police.

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* 17. If you reported to the police, how easy/accessible was this experience?

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* 18. What components of reporting to the police need to change or be improved upon?

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* 19. I have shared my experience of hate with a non-police organization (e.g. a non profit, community health centre, faith community, etc.)

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* 20. I trust that police are properly trained to respond to incidents of hate.

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* 21. Of the following methods, please rank in order of preference (1 being the most preferred method and 6 the least preferred) the reporting method you would prefer for responding to a hate incident.

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* 22. There are adequate resources currently existing to support victims of hate crimes.

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* 23. Please select B as your answer choice.

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* 24. All survey participants from Peel, Toronto, Ottawa and York regions who fully complete the survey will receive a $10 gift card. Please enter your email to receive a gift card by email.

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* 25. Please check this box if you would like to be included in CASSA's future communications.

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