University of ottawa student leaders say they don't want the school to focus solely on
campus security as it works to address racism.
a group of four students emerged thursday evening from an hour-long meeting with
jacques frémont, the university president, saying the meeting had been positive.
jamal koulmiye-boyce, who was carded and handcuffed june, said the discussions are
the beginning of a broader cultural change that will take a long time.
"all we've begun is the dialogue to move in the right directions," he said. "my safety on
campus will always be questioned and i don't expect that to be changed within the next
few years."
he said he wants a system in place so an individual acting in a discriminatory way
would be caught before someone ends up handcuffed on the street in the same way he
was.
remove onus from students koulmiye-boyce said the issue is bigger
than just students' relationship to protective services and he would like to see the
university collect race-based data. "even just the idea of speaking out means you have

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