Ready to make a difference? Taking action against racial injustice is essential in dismantling systemic oppression. Explore our collection of resources to empower yourself and contribute to positive change in racialized communities.
Organizations to Join
National/ International
An organization founded to build the power of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean low wage immigrant workers, youth, and families to win economic and educational justice, and civil and immigrant rights.
A call on people to join a peaceful revolution to honour Indigenous sovereignty and to protect the land & water.
A coalition working through the community, courtrooms, classrooms, and halls of Congress to protect the constitutional right to practice your faith without fear.
A global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.
Local
The Anti-Racism Advisory Committee is a volunteer committee established to provide leadership and advice to City Council on enhancing access and inclusion for diverse cultural communities to fully participate in City services and civic life.
The Diversity Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee is a volunteer committee established to provide leadership and advice to City Council on matters related to equity, inclusion, and the elimination of discrimination using an intersectional equity lens and community driven approach.
Where to Donate and Contribute
A fundraiser website where you can donate to help support Black mental health services and supports.
Black Lives Matter has created a one stop card with information, resources and much more! “Ways you can help, When you’re done: educate yourself. This doesn’t go away once the topic ins’t, ‘trending’.”
Black Lives Matter Toronto aims to be a platform upon which black communities across Toronto can actively dismantle all forms of anti-black racism, liberate blackness, support black healing, affirm black existence, and create freedom to love and self- determine.
On May 27th 2020, Regis Korchinski Paquet, tragically lost her life. Justice For Regis is ran by Regis’s family. She was kind, beautiful and she will be missed beyond belief. Her family are asking the public to help with meeting are goal to get the proper justice we need.
The Movement for Black Lives is a Black-led organization and ecosystem in service of uplifting ALL Black people. We elevate the experiences and leadership of the most marginalized Black people, including but not limited to those who are women, queer, trans, femmes, gender nonconforming, Muslim, formerly and currently incarcerated, cash poor and working class, disabled, undocumented, and immigrant.
The Black Health Alliance is a community-led registered charity working to improve the health and well-being of Black communities in Canada. Building on our track record as an effective mobilizer and champion, we continue to grow our movement for change.
The Indian Residential School Survivors Society began in 1994 as a working committee of the First Nations Summit. We were known as the Residential School Project, housed out of and as a part of the BC First Nations Summit. Our work was primarily to assist Survivors with the litigation process pertaining to Residential School abuses.
Political Activism
To read more about each level of the government’s Anti-Racism strategies, click on the links below:
- Canada: Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy
- Ontario: Anti-Racism Directorate
- Niagara Region: Niagara region joins anti-racism coalition
Writing a letter to local government representatives is a great way to create change. Voicing your concern to your governmental representatives is a step in getting involved in political action. To find your local representative please click on the following links for provincial and federal officials.
Petitions are a simple way to participate in the creation of a better future. Each signature adds legitimacy and urgency to the campaign! Petitions are a way to demonstrate to law and policy makers that certain topic are high priority for the public.
Protesting is a useful strategy to make your outcry heard by not only the public but government officials, policy makers, and media. Protesters may protest in order to urge others to take direct action in an attempt to create change.
Know your rights while protesting:
Campus activism is a great way for students to get involved in social justice of all kinds. From grassroots to international campus chapters, students continue to create change across Canada.
Resources for Campus Led Activism: