While her Facebook post received thousands of supportive comments, the hateful ones stood out to her the most. Pierre Belzan, 46, received a suspended sentence and two years probation in 2018 after pleading guilty to assault and threatening to cause death or bodily harm.įadel said she took to social media after the incident because she was sick of hearing that racism in Canada doesn't exist.
He then struck her across the face, prompting another transit rider to push him off her. She said a man approached her and yelled that he was going to kill her and all Muslims before grabbing her head and forcing it toward his crotch. The findings ring true for Fadel, who said she encountered racism many times in Vancouver before the incident on the SkyTrain in December 2017, when she was 18.
It also suggested Atlantic Canadians and Ontarians are most worried about the degree of racism in Canada, and that Canadians are more concerned about racism in the country and province than in their neighbourhoods.
