BLAC and a coalition of community organizations sent a joint letter to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Minister of Public Safety, and the Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion regarding immigration removals and anti-Black racism,...
BLAC STATEMENTS
BLAC responds to threats against a Black student in Simcoe County District School Board
On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, Parents of Black Children (POBC) informed us that students in the Simcoe County District School Board (the SCDSB) threatened to rape a Black girl, told her to kill herself, targeted her with pictures of a noose, and called her the “n”...
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...
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...
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,...
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...