BLAC

Racial discrimination should not exist.

And yet, it continues to shape lived experiences in ways that are both visible and unseen.

In recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we are reminded that the work toward equity, dignity, and justice is ongoing.

This past Saturday, BLAC attended the B’Well Clinic & Wellness Event in Rexdale ; a space grounded in health, education, and community support for Black men.

Alongside the Black Action Defence Committee (BADC), we connected with community members and shared resources, while also introducing our joint initiative — The Black Circle of Care.

This initiative is rooted in trauma-informed support for Black victims/survivors of crime, creating pathways to healing through culturally relevant care, peer support, and community connection.

Thank you to all the volunteers and members from BLAC and BADC who helped make the day meaningful.

This is what building community looks like. More to come.

200 Years Didn't Wipe Our Memory

Many people frame racial injustice as a historical grievance; something distant, resolved, or no longer relevant. But that misunderstands how social harm operates.
When people refer to “200 years ago,” they are often pointing to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: a period when modern Canadian laws and institutions were being formed, and access to land, work, housing, and mobility was structured unevenly across communities.
Racial inequity was never only about personal prejudice. It was shaped through law, policy, and economic decisions that determined who could accumulate property, access opportunity, and pass stability across generations. In Canada, these dynamics did not always take the same form as elsewhere, but they nonetheless structured deferential outcomes.
When the formal rules changed, the effects did not disappear. Advantages and disadvantages accumulate. Communities inherit both.
So, when we say, “it’s not 200 years ago,” we are right about time but wrong about cause. Present inequities are not disconnected from history; they are shaped by it.
The question is not whether injustice is old. The question is whether it was ever repaired.