The Rights Advocacy Coalition for Equality (R.A.C.E.) and Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) are hosting a free educational event: Confronting Race and Racism in the Criminal Justice System.

Why collect race-based statistics? The Ontario Human Rights Commission finds data collecting can help: verify, monitor, measure and address gaps, trends, progress and perceptions proactively identify opportunities for improvement and growth improve the quality of decision-making, service delivery and programming Examples of why collecting data is a good idea: Prevent or address systemic barriers to […]

According to the 2013 Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Abuse and Neglect, the numbers of children likely to be investigated as possible victims of child abuse or neglect compared to white children.

Kimberly Roach, one of our leads for the Racialized Communities Strategy (RCS), attended the One Vision One Voice symposium on changing the child welfare system for African Canadians.