SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES CAPACITY TO BUILD FUNDING FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES August 30, 2019 (Ottawa) On Tuesday, August 27, 2019, the Federal Government announced $25 million over five years starting in 2019-20, for projects and capital assistance that will provide Black organizations with capacity to build research, policy and...
The UN Decade for People of African Descent (UNDPAD) Push Coalition and thirty other Black organizations meets with the ESDC on July 23, 2019 with the goal of Building Capacity: Supporting Black Canadian Communities....
March 21, 2019 Ottawa, Ontario The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: “Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we reflect on the progress we have made as a global community to...
In proclaiming this Decade, the international community is recognizing that people of African descent represent a distinct group whose human rights must be promoted and protected. Around 200 million people identifying themselves as being of African descent live in the Americas. Many millions more live...