BOF National Health Working Group
Program Information
BOF’s National Health Working Group co-Chaired by BOF Board Members Dr. Bukola Salami, and Dr. Ato Sekyi-Otu is a national collective of practitioners, health professionals, academics, researchers, healthcare advocates and community organizations, working in communities across the country to improve health outcomes for Black people in Canada. BOF’s National Health Working Group hosts a series of virtual and in-person townhall events to create dialogue to support the development of a National Black Health Strategy for Canada in consultation with government and community. BOF’s National Health Working Group provides input and advice to guide BOF’s partnerships and granting to support impactful health initiatives across Canada.
About BlackOpportunity Fund
Black Opportunity Fund (BOF) is a community-led registered Canadian Charitable organization, whose mandate is to dismantle anti-Black racism by establishing a sustainable pool of capital to fund Black led businesses and Black led not for profits and charities, in order to improve the social and economic well-being of Canada’s Black communities.
The fund will catalyze the cultural, socio-economic, institutional, and political change required to enable Canada’s diverse Black communities to thrive. Black Opportunity Fund will prioritize initiatives around education, health, women, criminal justice, entrepreneurship, arts & culture, and youth that impact the quality of life in Black communities across Canada.
Black Opportunity Fund fulfills its mandate by
- Providing grants to Black-led not for profits and charities, who are leading initiatives that impact the quality of life in Canada’s Black communities.
- Facilitating access to capital for Black-led businesses to drive economic empowerment through the disbursement of loans, equity investments and other funding support.
Black Opportunity Fund’s Registered charity #727678070 RR 0001
- Black Opportunity Fund
- (BOF)
