The Black Legal Action Centre announces Moya Teklu as its new Executive Director and General Counsel
The Board of Directors of the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is delighted to announce that Moya Teklu is the clinic’s new Executive Director and General Counsel. The organization’s renewal also includes new board members and the development of its first strategic plan with Black communities. Read the full press release here.
Submissions on Legal Aid Ontario’s Draft Rules under LASA 2020
Read the Black Legal Action Centre’s submission on Legal Aid Ontario’s Draft Rules under the Legal Aid Services Act, 2020 here.
Submission on Bill 251, Ontario’s Combatting Human Trafficking Act
BLAC is concerned that the provisions being put forth in Bill 251, Combatting Human Trafficking Act, 2021 are in keeping with harmful and largely problematic anti-trafficking legislation that has been and continues to be developed in Canada. While trafficking is a serious and complex issue that needs to be addressed, BLAC opposes the reliance on […]
Statement on COVID-19 Emergency Measures: Expanded Police Powers
We are calling on the provincial government to follow through on its recent promise to prioritize the distribution of the vaccine to all adults in high-risk communities and neighbourhoods worst hit by COVID-19. We are also calling on the provincial government to address the lack of transparency and confusion surrounding the vaccine supply, which has […]
Submissions regarding the Regulatory Exemptions Proposal under the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015
Read the Black Legal Action Centre’s submissions regarding the Regulatory Exemptions Proposal under the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 here.
BLAC and CABL jointly intervening in R. v. Morris
The Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC), along with the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL), are jointly intervening in a case (R. v. Morris) before the Court of Appeal for Ontario on February 11, 2021. In R. v. Morris, the Court of Appeal for Ontario will consider the appropriate manner in which systemic and background factors should be treated when […]
Resources
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Community Resources
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Statement by the Black Legal Action Centre on Black History Month
This Black History Month, the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) honours our ancestors, elders and those who have come before us, who championed for equal rights and envisioned a future that is just. We honour not only the Canadian Black pioneers, scientists, inventors, and scholars but also the countless and remarkable Canadians of African heritage […]
COVID-19: Statement on Ontario’s Second Provincial Emergency Order
On January 12, 2021, the Ontario government declared a second state of emergency under section 7.0. of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMPCA). This emergency declaration comes as a consequence of the alarmingly high rates of COVID-19 throughout the province, as well as the modeling data that shows the projected increasing rates of […]