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Racialized people
Recommendation 52:
The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training must promote transparent and responsive anti-Black racism reporting and accountability mechanisms in BC’s post-secondary schools. These mechanisms must be overseen by responders, investigators and counselors with the necessary anti-Black racism training and lived experience.
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Recommendation 62:
The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training must fund and support anti-Black racism education and training programmes in post-secondary schools for all students, educators and non-teaching staff across BC. For example, UBC and UVic have put in place relevant anti-racism training programmes that can be adapted and scaled across the province. The cost of such a program can be reduced by utilizing virtual and asynchronous learning technologies.
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Recommendation 64:
The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training must fund and promote the teaching of Black Canadian studies in BC’s post-secondary schools.
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Recommendation 57:
The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training must encourage BC’s post-secondary schools to have complaint, recruitment, award, leadership, admission, and promotion committees that have racially and gender diverse membership.
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Recommendation 61:
The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training must encourage and fund dedicated scholarship programs for students of African Descent at the post-secondary level.
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Recommendation 63:
The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training must commission a study to understand the challenges and inherent disadvantages experienced by People of African Descent with education credentials as they seek recognition and transition into the workforce.
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Recommendation 56:
The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training must collect data on the number of academics, counselors and administrators of African Descent in BC’s post-secondary education sector. This mandate can be backed by the Anti-racism data legislation.
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The Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General should work with the RCMP and local police to reform cultural sensitivity programs and other training to improve their anti-Black racism components. It is critical that specific anti-black modules or courses be established in such training to prioritize inter-cultural communication and sensitivities, and to promote effective relationships and trust building with the People of African Descent communities. It is also critical that anti-black racism training be made mandatory, under legislative/regulatory authority, for police forces and their leadership.
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Recommendation 6:
The Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General should prioritize and support the appointment of People of African Descent to police boards and other oversight and complaint structures and committees to improve their impartiality, inclusiveness, and adequacy in reflecting BC’s diversity in terms of race, gender, age, and income levels.
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Recommendation 1:
The Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General should lead the way in providing genuine, unequivocal, and public admission and acknowledgment that province-wide police forces, as institutions, have historically been characterized by colonial procedures that have led to discrimination and oppression towards People of African Descents and other minorities. Similar statements should also be expected from police chiefs across the province as a foundational act in restoring trust with the People of African Descent community.
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