Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question.

Human Resources committee  I found the application to be streamlined and good in that sense. It was focused on capacity building. There were set kinds of projects that we could apply for, so that process I found to be efficient. The reporting process, as I mentioned, I think is still a bit too onerous and

Human Resources committee  Yes. In this scenario, I would say that if you have to use an intermediary, then, yes, having Black-led organizations that are regionally spread out is important to reaching groups on the ground, but I think the best-case scenario to implement this project, and given the fact th

Human Resources committee  Thank you.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for doing this important work.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. I think there is a tendency with Black-led organizations, even if the money is being allocated by another Black-led organization, to put a lot of reporting and administrative structures in place. For a $20,000 grant, I have a report that I have to fill out monthly. We

Human Resources committee  Just a point of clarification, you're saying that the three organizations that are in your riding also haven't been able to receive funds from the Black-led organizations that were tasked with distributing the funding. Is that correct?

Human Resources committee  I think one of the things that was really successful with the Youth Challenge Fund model—a designated fund—was that all of the staff who worked at the fund and the entirety of their roles were focused on building relationships with grassroots organizations, youth-led organization

Human Resources committee  Yes, the bias is well documented.

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry. The question just flew out of my head.

Human Resources committee  We have to recall, first and foremost, that Black-led organizations are a smaller contingent of charitable organizations, mostly because we've been underfunded and under-resourced over the years. When programs open up, particularly at the federal level, given that there are thous

Human Resources committee  Yes, of course. Thank you for your question, Ms. Chabot. I'll speak more slowly. Is the program well known? I think there are some differences between the business side of things and the charitable side. The SBCCI for the charitable section was administered to Black-led organi

Human Resources committee  I've been really dependent on other folks coming forward to support us and fill these gaps. For example, I mentioned that I do have an operations manager now, which has been critical in doing things like preparing to manage the facility, leading strategic initiatives and freeing

Human Resources committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Coteau, for the kind words and the question. Having Black-led organizations.... I think we more recently landed on the language of B3 organizations—Black-led, Black-governed and Black serving—as an important way to categorize the organizations that I consi

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and the committee, for making time for this important discussion. My name is Alica. I'm the executive director at Nia Centre for the Arts. We're a Black-led and Black-serving charitable organization based in Toronto. We support young people through career de