Winnipeg’s Centennial Concert Hall hall under fire: Indigenous teacher alleges racial profiling

By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press An Anishinaabe teacher is calling for a formal apology saying she was singled out by security officers and repeatedly demanded to show ID at a school event hosted at the Centennial Concert Hall. Seven Oaks School Division administration has requested a meeting with management of the downtown venue to discuss allegations of racial profiling reported by the teacher and a colleague who witnessed security guards confront her. “I didn’t blend in, in their eyes. I didn’t fit their vision of what a professional teacher looks like,” Pamela Morrison told the Free Press about the moments that left her feeling “dumbfounded” and “othered” upon arriving at the concert hall Tuesday. Hundreds of Seven Oaks teachers gathered in downtown Winnipeg that morning…

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