New Initiative launched to build more Black Community Leaders
Toronto, Ontario, January 10, 2023 – Skills for Change (SfC) is pleased to announce Professor Wesley Crichlow of Ontario Tech University will be our Scholar in Residence for our new Black Leadership Institute (BLI). As part of the Canadian Women’s Foundation Investment Readiness Program funded by the Government of Canada’s Social Innovation/Social Finance Strategy, Professor Crichlow will be working with SfC on curriculum development, conduct leadership trainings for aspiring Black leaders, with a focus on Black women leaders, and corporate employer engagement.
Professor Crichlow is a critical race intersectional theorist. His teachings and research focus on Anti-Black Racism and Decolonization; Critical Equity and Diversity Studies; Critical Race Theory; Race and Queer Criminology; State, Race, Masculinities & Prison Subculture; Race, Ethnicity & Crime Within Canadian System; Black-lives-Matter as Racial Justice Love and Activism. Professor Crichlow teaches at Ontario Tech University within the youth and criminal justice discipline for over 25 years
Professor Crichlow has been our great supporter of our Black Community Access Programming department as mentor and trainer. He was highly instrumental in establishing our Black Leadership Institute on Social Action for Change (BLISC) and has been the champion of Black leadership knowledge and empowerment within SfC.
The goal of the BLI is to empower Black Women and Black identified professionals to develop leadership skills within the context of Anti-Black Racism. The program will have two streams; one for corporate clients looking to facilitate training for Black employees and create impactful internal programming and an individual stream that will offer subsidized training to interested professionals within the community.
Welcome on-board Professor Crichlow!
For more information or media related inquiries, please contact Sampada Kukade at skukade@skillsforchange.org.
The BLI is offered within Skills for Change’s Black Community Access Programming department (BCAP). Our BCAP offers Black Canadians access to resources and programming needed most in the Black community, including employment, entrepreneurship, leadership development, youth and women’s specific programming, with a focused lens on combating Anti-Black Racism in the community and workplace.
About Skills for Change:
Founded in 1982, Skills for Change is a leading non-profit organization serving immigrants and refugees in Canada. Our mission is to build
welcoming and equitable communities. We offer over 25 programs and services and annually serve more than 16,000 immigrants and refugees.
Skills for Change is known for pioneering programs that respond to shifting immigration and workplace trends and lead to employment. We create
learning and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community.
Our Agency has played a major role in uplifting immigrant and equity-seeking communities for 40 years. As one of the leading holistic service
providers in our sector, Skills for Change offers more than 25 programs and services, and annually serves 16,000 people who are newcomers,
immigrants, and equity-seeking groups in services around employment, integration, mental health, leadership, entrepreneurship, and more.
Founded in 1982, Skills for Change is a leading non-profit organization serving immigrants and refugees in Canada. Our mission is to build
welcoming and equitable communities. We offer over 25 programs and services and annually serve more than 16,000 immigrants and refugees.
Skills for Change is known for pioneering programs that respond to shifting immigration and workplace trends and lead to employment. We create
learning and training opportunities for immigrants and refugees to access and fully participate in the workplace and wider community.
Our Agency has played a major role in uplifting immigrant and equity-seeking communities for 40 years. As one of the leading holistic service
providers in our sector, Skills for Change offers more than 25 programs and services, and annually serves 16,000 people who are newcomers,
immigrants, and equity-seeking groups in services around employment, integration, mental health, leadership, entrepreneurship, and more.
Skills for Change is working to:
- Reduce Poverty through Decent Jobs
- Settle newcomers to build a life in Canada
- Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Build skills to promote increased labour market freedom
- Advocate for environmentally sustainable and healthy communities
- Combat social and professional isolation through mentorship and networking
- Help underserved seniors to make friends and be digitally safe
- Empower entire communities to work towards eradicating systemic racism
- Provide youth with equal access to opportunities
- Promote gender equality
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