Calgary's Anti-Racism strategic plan
Message from Mayor Jyoti Gondek
Mayor Jyoti GondekThe path towards becoming an anti-racist city is a difficult one, where entrenched systems and processes must be challenged and replaced.
Guiding principles
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Adopting an anti-colonial lens
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Advancing and advocating for racial equity and racial justice
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Amplifying transformative engagement
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Applying intersectionality
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Centring lived and living experiences
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Monitoring and evaluating for accountability
Areas of focus
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Collaborating to create opportunities for training and learning within our communities.
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Collecting and using disaggregated race-based data for City programs and services.
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Developing community points of connection that showcase the leadership of Indigenous, Black, and diverse Racialized peoples.
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Working towards accountability frameworks of City services with interested parties.
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Supporting community organizations that promote racism-free communities.
Our journey
The City of Calgary has been working on becoming an anti-racist organization for several years. The process kicked off with a call to action from Calgarians and has reached some key milestones along this journey.
- Petition signed by 70,000 people calling for public hearing on systemic racism - June 2020
- Notice of Motion - June 2020
- Public hearing on systemic racism - July 7-9, 2020
- Anti-Racism Action Committee established - October 2020
- Anti-Racism Program established - March 2021
- Community and employee engagement - 2021-2022
- United Against Racism - Hearing the Voice of Youth – March 2022
- Public safety engagement - September 2022 - June 2023
- 21-day Anti-Racism Challenge - September 2022
- The City of Calgary Anti-Racism Strategic Plan 2023-2027 launched - May 2023
- Racial Justice Conference – March 2024
- Anti-Racism 101 employee training launched – October 2024
Documents for download
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The City of Calgary Anti-Racism Strategic Plan 2023–2027
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The City of Calgary Anti-Racism Strategic Framework 2023–2027
The strategic framework is also available in other languages. See below.
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Community Anti-Racism Action Strategy - Executive Summary
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Community Anti-Racism Action Strategy
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The City of Calgary Organizational Anti-Racism Action Strategy
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Public Safety Action Strategy Executive Summary
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The City of Calgary Anti-Racism Maturity Model
The City of Calgary Anti-Racism Strategic Framework 2023–2027 is available in the following languages:
Arabic | Blackfoot | Chinese-Simplified | Chinese-Traditional | Cree | Farsi | French-Ca | Oromo | Pashto | Punjabi |
Tigrinya | Vietnamese