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A dynamic ceremony in Montreal celebrated three organizations advancing health equity across Canada, highlighting powerful speeches on community leadership, systemic change, and culturally grounded care.
On a crisp November midday in Montreal, leaders from across Canada’s health, advocacy, and community sectors gathered at the Novartis Canada office for an event rooted in purpose: the 2025 Health Equity Initiative Awards Ceremony. The gathering carried the energy of a community determined to reshape the structures that dictate who receives care, who is heard, and who is included. With the Honourable Marjorie Michel, Federal Minister of Health, in attendance, the morning began with a shared sense of possibility.
A new partnership between North York General and Mino Care expands culturally safe Black maternal and reproductive care across the GTA. Community-rooted services now meet hospital-based resources to better support Black women, birthing people, and families.
Access to maternal and reproductive care that respects culture, identity, and lived experience remains a major concern for many Black families in the Greater Toronto Area. Stories from our communities continue to highlight gaps in understanding, representation, and trust when seeking support through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum life. Against that backdrop, a new collaboration between a community-rooted provider and a major hospital signals an important shift.
An inspiring evening hosted by the Black Experience @ SickKids brought together community leaders, families, and donors. The event highlighted the urgency of equitable care and the collective responsibility of improving health outcomes for Black children.
Members of Toronto’s Black community gathered last week for a meaningful and deeply resonant evening hosted by the Black Experience @ SickKids (BE@SK) in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Urban Financial Professionals (CAUFP). Held recently, on November 20, the event brought together more than 100 people dedicated to one shared goal: strengthening health outcomes and ensuring equitable care for Black children and families.
The Toronto District School Board’s Black Student Summer Leadership Program returns for its sixth year, empowering over 100 Black students through paid internships, mentorship, and culturally grounded leadership development at George Brown College.
A vibrant energy is pulsing through the halls of George Brown College’s St. James Campus this summer, where over 100 Black high school students are not only preparing for their futures, but boldly reshaping the narrative of leadership, education, and community care.
From July 2 to August 15, 2025, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), in partnership with George Brown College, is hosting the sixth annual Black Student Summer Leadership Program (BSSLP)—a transformative experience built around the theme: From the Village to the Vision: Leadership Born of Community.
The six-week “Up The Score” basketball and leadership certificate builds on 15 years of The Project's arts and sports programming
The Forgiveness Project, an innovative Toronto-based grassroots initiative providing arts and sports programming to individuals within Canadian federal prisons, today announced a landmark collaboration with the NBA Foundation. This collaboration, the first and only of its kind in Toronto and Canada, will significantly expand The Forgiveness Project's team and capacity to deliver critical programs, focusing on empowering young men in custody through the sport of basketball. This new certificate program integrates basketball with life skills development for young men aged 18-29 who are incarcerated in Greater Toronto Area prisons. The program's clear objective is to increase leadership skills, leading to entrepreneurial and employment success upon release.
The Network of Black Studies Educators (NBSE) Elementary Community Showcase, on June 4, 2025, welcomed over 350 attendees, and marked a milestone moment in the Network’s journey: the successful expansion of Black Studies into elementary classrooms across Peel District School Board (PDSB).
Museum of Toronto Announces the Extension of the Black Diasporas Tkaronto-Toronto Exhibition with a New Line-Up of Events and Free Admission
In the lead-up to the celebration of Black History Month, Museum of Toronto is announcing the extension of their popular exhibition and an exciting line-up of free programming as a part of their Black Diasporas Tkaronto-Toronto exhibition. Throughout January and February, the public can access a series of engaging panel discussions, short film screenings and workshops for no charge. Providing a unique opportunity for participants to engage with leading academics, scholars, archivists, artists and educators in the field, these events are designed to highlight the importance of documenting Black histories and the significance of community archiving as a whole. Black Diasporas Tkaronto-Toronto has been extended to March 1st, 2025.
The Black Academy in partnership with Insight Productions have revealed the 11 participants and mentors/trainers for the third iteration of The Black Academy’s Skills Development Program. The program is designed to increase the number of Black Canadians working in the Canadian screen industry and to empower Black Canadian talent to pursue and sustain their careers.
