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Recommendation 83:
The Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Division at the Ministry of Attorney General should acknowledge the multiple People of African Descent identities in BC by clearly emphasizing them in public communication related to the race-based data and the anti-racism legislations. It is also recommended that, in line with the proposed Canadian Institute for People of African Descent (CIPAD), the Province establishes a satellite institute in BC and collaborates with CIPAD, to promote a communal and focused approach to research, advocacy and the setting of priorities for persons and groups of African Descent in BC. This is particularly crucial in ensuring that People of African Descent plurality is adequately represented in diversity training curriculum within public bodies.
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Recommendation 7:
The Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Division at the Ministry of Attorney General plans to deploy an anti-racism non-police hotline must include unambiguous mechanisms to achieve adequate diversity of responders from minority communities and People of African Descent. It is also critical that all responders be trained to apply culturally sensitive practices, when interacting with People of African Descent, that involve empathy and contextual understanding of their unique situations.
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Recommendation 82:
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, the Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Division at the Ministry of Attorney General, and subject matter experts from the People of African Descent community, including the Canadian Association of Black Journalists, should collaborate to ensure that the anti-racism legislation imposes regulatory and authoritative oversight to seek greater accountability from the Fourth Estate, film, communications, and advertising consortiums by requiring targeted cultural sensitization outreach and structured engagements to encourage best practices in hiring, professional advancement, and minority representation in messaging content.
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Recommendation 84:
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport should promote the positive contributions that People of African Descent have made, and continue to make, to the advancement of BC. It’s strongly recommended that Black Canadian histories and identities be promoted in schools and across the media through collaborative enhancements of classroom and extracurricular content to promote a reflective, positive immersion into, and familiarization with, People of African Descent histories and cultures. The recent exhibit on BC’s pioneers of African Descent organized by the Black History Awareness Society with support from Digital Museums Canada or the commemorative naming of the Henry Houston Scott Park in Cloverdale, Surrey could serve as models.
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Recommendation 85:
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport should collaboratively develop nuanced guidance to media, arts, and cultural program agencies to promote diverse content, multi-racial decision-making teams, and reliable career paths to liberate the glut of underemployed talent residing within the People of African Descent community.
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Recommendation 89:
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport must support and the Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Division at the Ministry of Attorney General should fund the establishment of major People of African Descent community cultural centres at suitable locations across the province. This strategic support should enhance ongoing community efforts toward establishment of vital cultural spaces through grants, material support, donation of available physical facilities. These physical gathering spaces are critical to serve as hubs for cultural education, migrant settlement services, targeted training, mentorship and mental health support, intra-community dialogue, cathartic social gathering as well as multi-cultural socialization. The Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, opened in September 1983 could serve as a model. The African Descent Society in BC is seeking funds towards an African heritage centre in BC.
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Recommendation 86:
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport and the Gaming Commission should consult with the Canadian Association of Black Journalists alongside other bona-fide actors in this context, to design and provide incentives, targeted grants, and dedicated strategic support, including merit-based grants to Black journalists, content creators and media entrepreneurs to support their critical work of accurately telling People of African Descent stories and creatively highlighting Black issues.
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Recommendation 12:
The Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction should include mental health and substance use-related accommodations in accessibility guidelines given to WorkBC service providers such as varying levels of privacy and openness in waiting or self-serve areas, flexibility in pace and frequency of programs, and mental health literacy training for all staff.
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Recommendation 3:
The Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction should ensure that its commitment to develop and pass comprehensive accessibility legislation will go beyond physical notions of accessibility and ensure that people with invisible disabilities, in particular people with mental health or substance use-related disabilities, can fully participate in their communities.
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Recommendation 10:
The Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction should align the provision of WorkBC’s customized employment (CE) program with the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model that prioritizes strengths-based, rapid job search and placement, and reduce barriers to entering the program for people living with mental health or substance userelated disabilities, such as repeat information gathering and skills assessments.
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