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Recommendation 75:
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs must prioritize active recruitment of People of African Descent on all governmental and public boards and committees in the province to strengthen diversity and even out opportunities to build experiential knowledge in public governance for People of African Descent. It is strongly recommended that representation be equitable across age, gender and levels of experience or income.
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Recommendation 16:
The Ministry of Labour, The Ministry of Advanced Education, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery should work with employers, particularly those of African Descent, to provide dedicated employment, internship, volunteer and on the job training opportunities. This should include, but not be limited, to subsidized work placements opportunities for youth at risk.
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Recommendation 10:
The Ministry of Labour should ensure that there is an Anti-racism legislation that provides explicit levers against racism in employment and at the workplace. Amongst these levers, the Minister should be empowered to monitor and address the use of algorithms in sorting job applicants as they are most likely to extend human and historical biases against People of African Descent. It is also recommended that the legislation supports the establishment of a dedicated office for advising People of African Descent, and other minorities, on best practices in navigating labour relations in areas such as negotiating employment contracts or severance packages.
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Recommendation 12:
The Ministry of Labour should ensure that the race-based data legislation provides sufficient authority to collect, share and use data to evaluate fairness and equity in the wages provided to workers of African descent. This is critical to promote genuine, fair and accountable anti-racism mechanisms, both in the private and public sectors, that have been identified as non-negotiable prerequisites in contextualizing anti-racism complaints.
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Recommendation 17:
The Ministry of Labour should collaborate with People of African Descent community organizations to promote and fund People of African Descent-led mentorship, skills development, and leadership training programs for People of African Descent professionals and youth.
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Recommendation 11:
The Ministry of Labour and the Public Service Agency should promote and implement anti-Black racism training for human resource managers and recruiters, both in the public and private sectors. This is particularly critical considering concerns of lack of racial diversity on hiring committees. It is recommended that the PSA introduce specific anti-black racism modules or courses alongside its current diversity and inclusion training.
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Recommendation 14:
The Ministry of Labour and the BC Public Service Agency should embrace and champion equitable hiring practices such as blind hiring and interviewing to further increase fairness in recruitment. This is particularly critical for the PSA whose hiring practices have been strongly criticized by respondents and participants.
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Recommendation 30:
The Ministry of Justice in collaboration with the Ministry of Advanced Education should make funding available for law practitioners of African descent to provide mentoring and coaching services to youth and newcomers of African descent as it will ensure a greater holistic orientation on societal expectations.
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Recommendation 18:
The Ministry of Health should work with regional health services, and professional the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, and The BC Nurses association to make reflective anti-Black racism and inter-cultural sensitivity training compulsory for all health professionals and students in health-related programmes.
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Recommendation 24:
The Ministry of Health should promote and fund an advocacy mechanism dedicated to the promotion of the health and mental wellbeing of Peoples of African Descent in BC. It is particularly recommended to prioritize the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of health professionals of African descent in BC. This care of health care professionals of African descent should be implemented along other incentives designed to retain them in BC.
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