Thank you to the inaugural RBDC CAP

It is with heartfelt gratitude that we would like to thank the inaugural Race and Identity-based Data Collection (RBDC) Strategy Community Advisory Panel (CAP) members. Over the past three years, we have had the incredible support of 12 dedicated and committed CAP members who supported the work of the RBDC Strategy’s effort to measure our interaction with communities and our work to address systemic racism.

These individuals were selected out of 600+ applicants to represent the diverse population of the City of Toronto. The CAP includes diverse residents, particularly from Black, Indigenous and other racialized communities, as well as youth representatives. The members brought a diverse range of experience in community organizing, academia, and social services.

A collage of four photos each having a group of people and a thank you text in the center of the collage

This group supported overall community town hall engagements, reporting to the Toronto Police Services Board on their perspective and the work they conducted to produce the Phase 1 findings around the 2020 Strip Search and Use of Force data. This was the largest data collection that the Toronto Police Service had conducted and publicly released. As hard as this information was to digest, the Community Advisory Panel helped the Service find meaning and look at opportunities to address the disparities that impacted communities.

We know that the retiring Community Advisory Panel member’s efforts will impact our work for many years to come as we redefine, measure, and amend our interactions like Use of Force, Strip Search, and Arrests, as well as the related training, policies and procedures.

Throughout the majority of this year, the first set of advisory members committed to mentorship and supporting the new Advisory Panel members, handing over the torch to 14 new members. We know this work has been left in amazing hands based on the work over the past nine months of co-development.

We wish every member the best in their future endeavours and we are honoured to have work alongside this group of residents.

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