Calgary Council Adopts its First Anti-Racism Strategy

The City of Calgary Council has adopted a new Anti-Racism strategic plan in the city. The council promises to take action against racism in the city.

According to CBC News, the council voted unanimously to accept the Dismantling Systemic Racism, Transforming Lives: City of Calgary Anti-Racism Strategic Plan. The plan outlines the guidelines and focus areas for Calgary’s Anti-Racism work from 2023 to 2027.

The purpose of the plan is to ensure all Calgarians, regardless of their race, to have equal access to the city’s programs and services and that municipal employees can thrive within the organization.

The focus areas of the plan includes developing and implementing anti-racism education and training; promoting and integrating disaggregate race-based data; increasing representation of indigenous, Black and diverse racialized people in the positions of leadership.

Also the plan will focus on developing, promoting and delivering racially equitable programs, services and policies and creating anti-racist safe-spaces and processes that are free from hate.

The plan comes after 70,000 people signed an online petition circulated by the Canadian Cultural Mosaic Foundation in 2020, calling on the city to consult the community on systemic racism.

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