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Empowering Communities
Through Knowledge
Discover a curated collection of legal guides, research publications, toolkits, and webinars developed to support Ontario’s Black communities. These resources are designed to inform, educate, and equip individuals and organizations in the fight against anti-Black racism.
Complaints Policy
Any member of the public may file a complaint. This Policy outlines your rights and responsibilities and our commitment to dealing with all complaints fairly, respectfully, and timely.
Consolidated Amended By-Law 2023-1
The bylaws set out the rules governing the organisation’s operations and reflect our commitment to transparency, accountability, and good governance.
Complaint Form
Use this form to submit a complaint or concern about our services or operations. All submissions are reviewed in accordance with our policies and commitment to accountability.
General Brochure
The Black Legal Action Centre brochure provides general information about who we are, what we do, and how people can reach us. You can download, print, and share it.
Our Resources
BLAC Resources
Discover a curated collection of legal guides, research publications, toolkits, and webinars developed to support Ontario’s Black communities. These resources are designed to inform, educate, and equip individuals and organizations in the fight against anti-Black racism.
Know Your Rights: A Legal Toolkit for Protesters
For Black people, asserting our rights can come with significant risk. This toolkit provides a summary of your constitutionally protected rights to protest peacefully.
In Conversation with BLAC: A Webinar on Anti-Black Racism & Child Protection in Ontario
Watch this webinar for an in-depth discussion on anti-Black racism and how it relates to the child welfare system in Ontario.
A Forum on Black Youth and the Justice System
This webinar is hosted by the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) and Pathways to Care (Black Health Alliance). Learn more about the rights of Black youth in the justice system in Ontario, what to do if you or your family require assistance, and where to go for advice. Presented by: Tiyondah Fante-Coleman, Sade Makinde, Khaldah Salih, Jody Yaa Dunn, and moderated by Ameerah Craigg.
In Conversation with BLAC: Understanding the Human Rights Legal System
Watch this webinar to gain insight and legal information pertaining to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Presented by human rights lawyers Sasha Hart and Roger Love, and moderated by BLAC’s staff lawyer Piera Savage.
BLAC on COVID: The Disproportionate Impact of the Pandemic on Black Ontarians
In this webinar, the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is joined by a panel of experts to explore the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on the Black communities in Ontario. Presented by: Akwatu Khenti (PhD), Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity; Hermie Abraham, Labour and Employment Lawyer; Alex Battick, Education and Human Rights Lawyer.
This Resource Guide for Black Families in Ontario provides a snapshot of organizations across Ontario that provide culturally responsive services to Black youth and families.
Community Resources
Empowering Communities
Access helpful tools, information, and external services designed to support Black individuals and communities across Ontario. These resources connect you with programs, supports, and advocacy initiatives beyond legal services. Explore what’s available to help you navigate challenges and build resilience.
Colour of Poverty Website
Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change (COP-COC) is a network across Ontario working to build concrete strategies, tools, initiatives and community-based capacity through which individuals, groups and organisations (especially those reflective of the affected racialized communities – both Indigenous Peoples and peoples of colour) can begin to develop coherent shared action plans, including creating effective coordinated strategies for collaborating with mainstream policy analysts and institutions, anti-poverty and social justice advocacy groups, governments, funders and the media so as to best work together to address and redress this disturbing and growing structural or systemic ethno-racial inequality.
Law School Legal Clinics across Ontario
Legal Aid Ontario
Legal Aid Ontario provides legal services for financially eligible, low-income Ontarians in the following areas: domestic violence, family law, immigration and refugee law, criminal law, and poverty law. Services are also available in French.
Human Rights in Ontario
The Human Rights system in Ontario is made up of three separate agencies:
