The Canadian Race Relations Foundation is Canada's leading agency dedicated to the elimination of racism and all forms of racial discrimination in Canadian society.
The announcement of Canada’s new anti-racism strategy, Building a Foundation for Change: Canada's Anti-Racism Strategy 2019–2022, provides an important roadmap for the ongoing fight against racism and discrimination. The establishment of a federal Anti-Racism Secretariat and a commitment to a partnership between the federal, provincial and territorial governments bodes well for progress towards a more inclusive public service and progress towards equity in employment, social participation and justice. We look forward to working with the government, the public sector and the wider community to move forward on the targets of the strategy.
Join us at the CRRF screening of "Mother Tongues: The Journey of Tam Goossen." Watch and hear Tam Goossen, community activist, tell her personal story by shedding light on the importance of learning the mother language, preservation of culture, fighting for inclusion, and breaking stereotypes as a Chinese immigrant in Toronto.
The Conference Organizer is inviting proposals (approximately 1-3 pages) for papers for this policy dialogue. Proposals should address at least one of the four themes and related questions listed below concerning Blackness in Canada.
(1) The Black Canadian population as a national ethnoracial identity.
(2) Investigating how the experiences of Black Canadians are shaped by intersecting social, political, and economic factors.
(3) Determining the most promising strategies, techniques and approaches to alleviate anti-Black racism experienced by them.
(4) Building a public policy network(s) and knowledge sharing partnership(s) aimedat influencing policy development, implementation and outcomes.
The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) is embarking on a strategic planning process with
its Board of Directors. They have hired Toronto-based consulting firm HSC Vision Group (consultants
Gary Sandor and Anu Radha Verma) to facilitate the strategic planning process.
The CRRF joins with all Canadians to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act and to note with pride the progress that all Canadians have made in building a country that is rightly ranked as one of the best in the world.
We encourage Canadians to take time during the month of June to review the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and to choose, from the list of 94, one item that they can work towards over the next twelve months
The increase in the number of hate crimes recorded by Statistics Canada and the rise of intolerant speech in both the public square and the online environment challenges us to build bridges to our fellow Canadians rather than walls to separate us