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 […]
BLAC Board of Directors’ Statement to Members and the Community
To the Members and Community of the Black Legal Action Centre The Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is a non-profit community legal clinic, funded by Legal Aid Ontario, with a mandate to provide free legal services for low-income Black residents of Ontario. BLAC’s mission is to educate, advocate, and litigate to combat individual and systemic […]
BLAC Statement of Solidarity and Condemnation of Police Brutality
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of D’Andre Campbell and Soleiman Faqiri as we process the incredibly difficult, but unsurprising news that their killers will not be held accountable for egregious abuses of power. The experiences of both point to a disturbing trend of the mishandling of matters involving individuals struggling with […]
BLAC statement on the acquittal of Constable Daniel Montsion in the death of Abdirahman Abdi
We are deeply disappointed that yet another police officer has eluded conviction for killing a Black man. Justice Robert Kelly’s recent verdict that found Constable Daniel Montsion not guilty of all charges in the killing of Abdirahman Abdi, causes angst and pain for many Somali, Black and other communities across Canada still reeling from a […]
BLAC and ARCH’s joint letter to the Solicitor General on the death of Regis Korchinski Paquet
Dear Solicitor General Jones: Re: Investigation into the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet We are writing on behalf of the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) and ARCH Disability Law Centre (ARCH) to demand for an independent investigation into the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet. Ms. Korchinski- Paquet, a Black-Indigenous woman, fell 24 storeys to her death in […]
Statement on Ontario Provincial Police decision to not lay charges in the death of Soleiman Faqiri
We are deeply distressed by the failure of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to lay charges against the correctional officers at the Central East Correctional Centre (CECC) after the death of Soleiman Faqiri. On December 15, 2016, Mr. Faqiri, a 30 year old man with schizophrenia, who was caged in a segregation unit, died after […]
BLAC Statement on Protests of Statutes
An uprising is taking place in Canada and throughout the world. The voices of Black, Indigenous and racialized groups are being raised and joined in unison by the community at large. We are demanding transformative change. We are demanding an equitable Canadian society. To achieve this equity, and take meaningful steps towards a just society […]
