Black Justice Strategy
Program Information
Canada’s groundbreaking Black Justice Strategy is a generational opportunity by Government to develop a consistent framework to guide policy and practices to help dismantle systemic anti-Black racism in Canada’s Justice System. The Strategy was developed in consultation with Black communities across Canada, including an external Steering Group of experts and leaders. This ensured that the Strategy reflects the diversity of experiences and regional realities of Black people in Canada, and how race interacts with a person’s ethnic or cultural origin, religion, gender, age, language, disability, income, sexual orientation, and multiracial heritage.
Black Opportunity Fund is proud to be a funder of the work of several of the organizations who facilitated the consultation process in communities across the country. The Steering Committee, led by Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Zilla Jones, was tasked with developing the framework for the Black Justice Strategy. Black Opportunity Fund’s National Justice Working Group consulted with and provided recommendations to the Department of Justice and the Steering Committee. BOF continues to be actively engaged with the Department of Justice and to facilitate community convenings and engagement to ensure continued meaningful investment in the 10 year implementation plan of the Black Justice Strategy
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
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