Everyday Politics with Laura Mae Lindo

A Promise to Black Communities: Party Leaders

Everyday Politics with Laura Mae Lindo presents "A Promise to Black Communities": Party Leaders.

Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner and Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles discuss some of the topics that matter most to Ontario's Black community.

Additional Resources:

Green Party Platform:

https://gpo.ca/platform/

Ontario NDP Platform [English and French]:

https://www.ontariondp.ca/news/marit-stiles-shares-her-plan-fight-rising-costs

About Grove Youth Wellness Hub

https://www.thegrovehubs.ca/

About Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario

https://youthhubs.ca/

Bill 170 Keeping People Housed Act

https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-170

Alliance for Healthier Communities: Statement from Black Health Leaders - Anti-Black Racism is a Public Health Crisis

https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-233

About Sickle Cell: Bill 233, Improving Access to Health Care Act, 2020

https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-233

Report of the Advisor on Race Relations to the Premier of Ontario, Bob Rae (June 9, 1992)

https://www.siu.on.ca/pdfs/report_of_the_advisor_on_race_relations_to_the_premier_of_ontario_bob_rae.pdf

Anti-Racism Directorate

https://www.ontario.ca/page/anti-racism-directorate

Addressing the Impact of Culture on Mental Health

https://campusmentalhealth.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CICMH-Impact-of-Culture-on-Mental-Health-Infosheet.pdf

Black Youth Action Plan

https://www.ontario.ca/page/black-youth-action-plan

Federal Government: Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism

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Laura Mae Lindo

Dr. Laura Mae Lindo (she/her/elle) is a respected activist, educator, and former politician who holds both a Masters and PhD in Education. Dr. Lindo is a knowledgeable advocate for the rights of womxn and girls, a respected ally to vulnerable communities, and, most importantly, a courageous public speaker, ready, willing, and able to speak to issues often left unaddressed. Dr. Lindo has worked at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Diversity Institute as well as lectured at St. Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia), the University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island), York University (Toronto, Ontario), and Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario). A former Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre and Ontario’s Official Opposition Critic for Anti-Racism and Equity as well as Colleges and Universities and Citizenship and Immigration, Dr. Lindo was the inaugural Chair of Ontario’s first Black Caucus. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario) and Founder and Director of the e(RACE)r Institute where she continues to put anti-racist theory into practice.