Item - 2020.HL21.1
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Board of Health on October 5, 2020 and was adopted with amendments.
HL21.1 - Training Session on Anti-Black Racism, Understanding Equity from Africentric Values and Principles, and Embedding Equity and Anti-Black Racism in Governance and Leadership
- Decision Type:
- Presentation
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Confidential Attachment - The education or training of the Directors.
Board Decision
The Board of Health:
1. Directed that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 remain confidential in their entirety, as they pertain to the education or training of the Directors.
Decision Advice and Other Information
The Board of Health recessed its public session to meet in closed session to consider this item, as it pertains to the education or training of the Directors.
Summary
Liben Gebremikael, Executive Director, TAIBU Community Health Centre, Dr. Kisha McPherson, Founder, Creating Consulting Group, and Kimberley N. Tull, Director, Community Development and Engagement, University of Toronto Scarborough, will provide a three-hour training session on Anti-Black Racism, Understanding Equity from Africentric Values and Principles, and Embedding Equity and Anti-Black Racism in Governance and Leadership in order to build the Board's capacity to provide equitable space for racialized and marginalized representation, further to the Board's decision on Item 2020.HL17.9, Addressing Anti-Black Racism as a Public Health Crisis in the City of Toronto.
The Board of Health will meet in closed session on this item in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 which permits the closing of a meeting for the education or training of the Directors.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-157094.pdf
(April 18, 2015) Article from Gerry Veenstra and Andrew C. Patterson on Black-White Health Inequalities in Canada
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-157156.pdf
Preliminary Check-In: Self-Reflection on Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Toronto - Black Governance and Leadership Project (BGLP)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-157095.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Workbook on Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Toronto: Examining the Issue Moving Forward to Advance Change
Confidential Attachment 2 - Presentation on Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Toronto: Examining the Issue Moving Forward to Advance Change
Motions
That:
1. The Board of Health permit the following individuals to be in attendance for the Board's consideration of Item HL21.1 in closed session:
a. Councillor Paul Ainslie;
b. Liben Gebremikael, Executive Director, TAIBU Community Health Centre;
c. Dr. Kisha McPherson, Founder, Creating Consulting Group; and
d. Kimberley N. Tull, Director, Community Development and Engagement, University of Toronto Scarborough.
1:07 p.m. - That the Board of Health recess its public session to meet in closed session to consider this item, as it relates to the education or training of the Directors.
That:
1. The Board of Health direct that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 remain confidential in their entirety, as they pertain to the education or training of the Directors.