Anti-Black Racism Toronto

• ‘A narrative that already exists’: How Toronto police prepared to publish data confirming systemic racism

  Global News obtained the force’s communication strategy regarding the release of race-based data through a freedom of information request.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2022
  
• Toronto reports 3-year progress in its anti-Black racism strategy

  In a press release, the City of Toronto said one of its actions was to establish the 'ground-breaking' Black Scientist's Task Force for Vaccine Equity.

  Canada

  May 11, 2022
  
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• New association aims to end systemic anti-Black racism in Canada’s construction industry

  “You have a hard time getting into it and if you do get into it there’s a lot of mental fatigue."

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2021
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• Solidarity stand-in held after nooses found at Toronto construction sites

  “We are standing in solidarity as community, as people who care, as people who are committed to justice to say that things got to change and it’s time -- the time is now.”

  Canada

  Jul 1, 2020
• Toronto board of health unanimously votes to recognize anti-Black racism as public health crisis

  "We can't breathe. We are dying. We are Torontonians. We are a proud and resilient population. We deserve better. We deserve much better. It can be better."

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2020
• Evening vigil outside Toronto city hall follows day of peaceful anti-racism protests

  "We all have to share this planet, so we're all just trying to live together and at the end of the day and nobody should be judged — no matter what — because of the pigment of their skin."

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2020
• Ontario health leaders call on province to declare anti-Black racism public health crisis

  "Our communities are grieving. This moment is unprecedented, yet in many ways we have been here before."

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2020
• Toronto lawyer reflects on local incidents of anti-Black racism, police brutality

  "We've been looking at this issue of police violence and people dying in police custody for decades, and people have come up with so many recommendations and pathways pointing to ways to save lives and it just hasn't been implemented."

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2020
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• City of Toronto examining how anti-Black racism impacts mental health

  The City of Toronto's latest Toronto For All campaign examines the mental health effects of anti-Black racism. The City says March 2 will be declared Black Mental Health Day.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2020