Through years of research, advocacy, and organizing, Black communities in Toronto have highlighted the impact of direct and systemic anti-Black racism on Black Torontonians and has called on policy-makers and community groups to adopt an Anti-Black Racism Analysis in developing and implementing policies, programs and practices to address the needs of Black communities and achieve transformative ch. [...] The City of Toronto’s Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit (CABR) has been leading the implementation of the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti- Black Racism and has developed an Anti-Black Racism Analysis Tool for the City of Toronto to ensure municipal services, spaces and policies are fully inclusive and accessible to Black Torontonians. [...] Because the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the social, economic and health crisis in Toronto’s Black communities, the Anti-Black Racism Analysis Tool has been adapted to serve as a resource for governments and community organizations that are committed to making their services, planning, practices and programs more responsive to the unique and specific experiences of Black communities. [...] Effective, equitable and inclusive responses to Confronting anti-Black racism the COVID-19 pandemic necessitates that all during the COVID-19 pandemic individuals and institutions utilize an requires fundamental changes Anti-Black Racism Analysis to target the and knowledge in the way removal of systemic barriers and leverage individuals and institutions the experiences, knowledge, capacities, and. [...] Because of the lack of specific race-based data on the impact of COVID-19 on Black populations in Canada, it is difficult to understand the full scope of the challenges Black communities are facing during the pandemic.
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