Black Class Action Secretariat
08/01/2025
Emancipation Day: Remembering, Resisting, Rising
Today, on Emancipation Day, the Black Class Action Secretariat honours the unbreakable spirit of resistance and hope that defines the Black experience in Canada.
We recognize and celebrate the hard-won progress achieved through generations of struggle, sacrifice, and unwavering advocacy. Yet the very structures born out of slavery and colonialism remain alive today. These systems continue to adapt, often in subtle ways, threatening to erode hard-won gains and block the path to true liberation.
This legacy lives on in anti-Black racism embedded in our institutions, in public service, education, policing, healthcare, and immigration. Through the Black Class Action, we see the clear throughline: the systems that once enslaved Black people now restrict opportunity, suppress voices, and block advancement.
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Emancipation Day: Remembering, Resisting, Rising Today, on Emancipation Day, the Black Class Action Secretariat honours the unbreakable spirit of resistance and hope that defines the Black experience in Canada.We begin by acknowledging that we stand on the traditional and unceded territories of Indigenous Peoples. These lands, like our communities...
05/29/2025
The Black Class Action Secretariat is proud to announce an exciting new placement partnership with Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University to advance social justice and systemic advocacy. The Black Class Action Social Justice Placement, launching in the summer of 2025, will provide a funded professional placement opportunity for Lincoln Alexander Law students to gain hands-on experience in litigation, legal research, and advocacy while working to dismantle systemic discrimination in employment.
“The Black Class Action Social Justice Placement is a bold step forward in equipping the next generation of legal professionals with the tools to fight systemic discrimination and ensure access to justice for all,” said Nicholas Marcus Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of BCAS. “We are proud to partner with the Lincoln Alexander School of Law to provide this unique opportunity for students to make a meaningful impact.”
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BCAS and Lincoln Alexander Law Launch Social Justice Placement The Black Class Action Secretariat (BCAS) is proud to announce an exciting new placement partnership with Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University to advance social justice and systemic advocacy. The Black Class Action Social Justice Placement, launching in the summer of 20...
"If you use the complaints process, your career is dead."
This devastating testimony, shared anonymously by a Black executive in the federal public service, exposes the harsh truth about systemic anti-Black racism at the highest levels of government.
They cannot speak openly out of fear. But their story speaks for thousands.
Watch. Listen. Understand the weight of this moment.
For decades, Black workers have followed the rules, filed grievances, and trusted in broken systems, only to be denied justice again and again.
Now, we need leadership.
When Parliament resumes, The Honourable John Zerucelli, Secretary of Labour, must bring forward the long-overdue amendments to the Employment Equity Act, including the formal recognition of Black workers as a designated group.
This can’t wait. Our voices have gone unheard for far too long.
We demand justice. We demand action.
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