The head of the Black Class Action Secretariat said roughly 100 former and current Global Affairs staff allegedly faced racial discrimination and harassment while working for that department.

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Current and former Global Affairs Canada employees say the department is not taking their complaints about racial discrimination seriously. Article content

Medina Iltireh, who is Black and wears a hijab, spent more than 20 years at Global Affairs Canada working on the administration of foreign aid programs. Article content Article content

She arrived at Kuwait in 2018 to serve as assistant to the ambassador. At the time, she was excited to represent Canada globally and saw the opportunity to do so as a huge honour.

But the discrimination started soon after, she alleged.

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