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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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Recommendation 4:
The Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General should ensure that the anti-racism legislation is intentional about promoting the wellbeing of Black officers and removing all anti-Black racism they face within the police services.
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Recommendation 3:
The Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General should ensure that sufficient authority is provided under the “Race-based” data legislation for the collection, access and use of race-based data to assess the progress of diversity measures undertaken by the Province in terms of People of African Descent membership of police forces and their leadership; and to assess operational activities such as street checks, arrests and detentions. Methodologies and data points used in public reports and engagements such as that of the Vancouver Police Department on this matter could be used as models and referents in drafting regulations.
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Recommendation 5:
The Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and the BC Public Service Agency should actively promote and support the recruitment of People of African Descent as police officers to have a force that better reflects the rich cultural diversity of BC. It is important that this recruitment be intentional, genuine, and underpinned by continuous efforts to understand and amend traditional barriers such as exclusionary application requirements. As it is understood that the Provincial government has limited levers in influencing local police recruitment, it’s also recommended that a program similar to the Aboriginal Youth Program be established that would provide funding for the recruitment of determined numbers of People of African Descent officers by local police.
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