Neptune Four
In November 2011, members of the Toronto Police Service assaulted, pulled a gun on, arrested, and charged four Black teens as they left their homes in Toronto Community Housing and headed to a neighbourhood mentorship program. The youth filed complaints. In 2021, two police officers were found guilty of unlawful arrest and discreditable conduct. However, […]
Frank Dorsey et al. v. Attorney General of Canada
There is a crisis of mass incarceration and anti-Black racism in the criminal justice system. One of the forms this takes is that Black prisoners serve longer sentences at higher levels of security without access to critical rehabilitative programming. The Appellants, Frank Dorsey, a Black man, and Ghassan Salah, are two prisoners who have been […]
Letter in Solidarity with Parents of Black Children
The Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) expresses solidarity with Parents of Black Children (PoBC)’s necessary and important work to support Black families navigating Ontario’s education system. PoBC’s Advocacy Framework highlights conduct that they discourage school officials from engaging in when communicating with parents and advocates, including “tone-policing.” In a letter dated March 20, 2023, from […]
BLAC in Black and White: A quarterly newsletter on all things BLAC
Check out our latest newsletter for May 2023 here! Here are our previous issues which feature BLAC’s work over the past year: February 2023 October 2022 August 2022 May 2022
Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in Canada
The Black Legal Action Centre has made a join submission with the Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change, Chinese Canadian National Council For Social Justice, Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, Council Of Agencies Serving South Asians, Ontario Council Of Agencies Serving Immigrants, and the South Asian Legal Clinic Of Ontario. Read the full […]
PRESS RELEASE: Black Legal Action Centre, Refugee Law Office, and the Canadian Council for Refugees Pleased with the Jury Recommendations from the Abdurahman Hassan Inquest
Many of the recommendations presented to the jury by the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC), the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), and the Refugee Law Office (RLO) were accepted by the jury in the inquest into the death of Abdurahman Hassan. Read the full Press Release from BLAC, RLO and CCR here. For more information […]
Abdurahman Hassan
On June 11, 2015, Abdurahman Hassan, a 39-year-old Somali man living with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, died after police officers restrained him. Mr. Hassan had been in custody at the Central East Correctional Centre for three years awaiting deportation. After suffering a seizure while in segregation, he was transferred to Peterborough Regional Health Centre. In […]
BLAC in Black and White: A quarterly newsletter on all things BLAC
In this issue: Take action to stop the deportation child welfare survivors! Read about how we are combatting anti-Black racism through litigation and system navigation. Check out our new case numbers and what our clients are saying about us. And, find out where we’ll be during Black History Month! Read our latest newsletter here!
BLAC is hiring an Executive Director! (Deadline Extended)
Click here for the job posting. Interested individuals may submit an application to the Selection Committee, by emailing blacklegalactioncentre@gmail.com. The deadline was extended to March 7, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
Abdurahman Hassan
On June 11, 2015, Abdurahman Hassan, a 39-year-old Somali man living with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, died after police officers restrained him. Mr. Hassan had been in custody at the Central East Correctional Centre for three years awaiting deportation. After suffering a seizure while in segregation, he was transferred to Peterborough Regional Health Centre. In […]
