HATE CRIME WEBINAR
3 December 2020, Toronto, Ontario - The Philippine Consulate General of Toronto organized a virtual seminar on "Hate Crime" on 2 December 2020 at 7:00 pm, in partnership with the Toronto Police Service, as part of its Gender and Development (GAD) program. The webinar was presented by Detective Sergeant Scott Purches and Detective Kiran Bisla, both of the Hate Crime Unit of the Toronto Police Service.
The Philippine Consulate General liaised with Police Constable Ryan Park of the Toronto Police Service on the webinar because of the rising incidence of hate crimes in the city. Police Constable Park is the Liaison Officer for Asia-Pacific at the Toronto Police Service. Constable Park kindly organized resource speakers to give a talk on Hate Crimes.
The webinar was well attended by Filipino Canadian community organization leaders and members and the personnel of the Consulate and its attached Philippine government offices. Arrangements were also made so the webinar can be linked to the Consulate General's Facebook page to maximize viewership and so it can be accessible for people to watch even on other days. To date, there are already 732 views in Facebook.
Consul General Orontes V. Castro formally opened and welcomed everyone at the webinar, which was well-appreciated by the community for its relevance. At the end of the presentation, Consul General Castro thanked the resource speakers, Detective Sergeant Purches, Detective Bisla, and Constable Park for the very informative webinar and presented them with Certificates of Appreciation.
