April 2025 Recap
The Federation of Black Canadians (FBC) is proud to announce that we have officially received registered charity status in Canada. This marks a historic and transformational milestone in our journey toward advancing equity, opportunity, and wellbeing for Black communities across the country. With this new status:
- We can now issue charitable tax receipts for donations, making it easier and more rewarding for individuals and organizations to support our mission.
- We’re eligible for a wider range of grants and funding opportunities, including those that are only open to registered charities, allowing us to expand our reach and scale our programs.
- We gain stronger credibility and public trust as a nationally recognized charitable organization advocating for the advancement of Black Canadians.
- We can deepen partnerships with community groups, businesses, and government agencies looking to support Black-led charitable work in Canada.
Stay informed with our monthly recaps!
April 2025 Recap
The Federation of Black Canadians (FBC) is proud to announce that we have officially received registered charity status in Canada. This marks a historic and transformational milestone in our journey toward advancing equity, opportunity, and wellbeing for Black communities across the country. With this new status:
- We can now issue charitable tax receipts for donations, making it easier and more rewarding for individuals and organizations to support our mission.
- We’re eligible for a wider range of grants and funding opportunities, including those that are only open to registered charities, allowing us to expand our reach and scale our programs.
- We gain stronger credibility and public trust as a nationally recognized charitable organization advocating for the advancement of Black Canadians.
- We can deepen partnerships with community groups, businesses, and government agencies looking to support Black-led charitable work in Canada.
Stay informed with our monthly recaps!
Latest News
A CALL TO ACTION: Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Black Canadian Federal Public Service Workers
The need to take swift action can hardly be overstated. At present, the only work-related options for Black public service workers is to obtain counseling and therapeutic support through the Health-Canada facilitated federal Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Resiliency Through COVID-19 National Research Project Info & Feedback Meetings
Over 40,000 thousand people signed our petition for this project and it’s finally here! FBC and the University of Toronto are moving forward with a national race-based data collection project. It is a community-based project so we want to get your input on the tools and research practices that will be used
Resiliency Through Covid19: Using Race-Based Data to Create Intervention Through a Health Equity Lens
In the spring and summer of 2020 the Federation of Black Canadians heard loud and clear that our members felt that Covid-19 was an enormous concern within the community.
✨ Test Your Knowledge ✨
Q1. Which Canadian city hosted the first-ever National Black Canadians Summit in 2017?
A) Toronto
B) Halifax
C) Ottawa
D) Montreal
Q2. Viola Desmond—featured on Canada’s $10 bill—challenged racial segregation in which province?
A) Ontario
B) Nova Scotia
C) British Columbia
D) Alberta
View Trivia Answers
Trivia: d; b
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Flags: São Tomé and Príncipe
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