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Committed to the removal of anti-Black systemic barriers
negatively affecting the lives of Black Canadians
The Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti-Black Systemic Racism is inviting senior leaders from the top 250 TSX companies, over 100 of the biggest private businesses in Canada, major banks, insurance companies, international companies who have a significant presence in Canada, and the largest asset managers and institutional investors in the nation, to take part in the inaugural BlackNorth Initiative summit to be held virtually on July 20, 2020.
At the summit, leaders will be asked to sign a CEO Pledge and deliver a statement regarding what their organization will do to combat the issue and to make our society at large free from anti-Black systemic racism.
Corporate Canada was bold enough to take up the challenge to add gender diversity to Canadian boardrooms and executive suites by declaring policies, setting specific targets, and holding itself accountable and is now well on the way to reforming the system.
Now it is time to do the same thing for Blacks.
Summit Co-Chairs:
Chairing the BlackNorth Initiative and the summit are:
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Wes Hall,
Executive Chairman and Founder
Kingsdale Advisors
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Victor Dodig,
President and CEO
CIBC
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Prem Watsa,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
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Rola Dagher,
President and CEO
Cisco Systems Canada
“Doing nothing now is akin to telling George Floyd to get up when he was powerless. Inaction is what has happened every other time the Black community has cried out. A system that oppresses Blacks is not a problem for Blacks to fix, it’s for the gatekeepers of the system. Those gatekeepers who fail to act must be moved aside. It’s time for a new and truly inclusive era.”
Wes Hall,
Founder and Chair
Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti-Black Systemic Racism