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These systems create barriers for racialized and Indigenous families, limiting their access to education, housing, healthcare, and economic opportunities. Centering our intersectional approach and the leadership and experiences of families impacted by racism and poverty, we aim to challenge these inequitable structures and transform systems that uphold racial injustice.
Rural reserves experienced a child poverty rate of 42.2%, significantly higher than the 30.2% rate observed in urban reserves. Based on 2020 Census data using the LIM after-tax measure, most racialized children in BC face higher poverty rates compared to non-racialized children. Arab, Korean, and West Asian children have more than double the risk of poverty. The poverty rate for Arab children is the highest at an outrageous 35.9%. The census data also reveals that in 2020, over one in five (21%) recent immigrant children aged 0-17 lived in poverty in BC.
Our Racial Equity Advisory Committee shapes and guides our work in this area.
Kindergarten to Grade 12 Without Racism is a parent-led community engagement and law reform project funded by the Law Foundation of BC. The project addresses systemic racism in multiple areas of BC’s public education system. Led by racialized and Indigenous parents with lived experience, the project engages parents and caregivers in communities across the province to gather data on the impact of racism in schools and mobilize evidence-based, parent-led policy and legislative change related to BC’s Anti-Racism Act. Through community-led research, advocacy, and strategic partnerships, the project seeks to reform BC’s School Act to ensure every child and youth can learn in an environment free from the harm of racism.
CFE is offering free training on decolonization and reconciliation. Join us!
K-12 Without Racism focus groups expression of interest form now open. Spaces limited, join now!
BC backslides on targeted measures to eliminate child, youth and family poverty
Erase Racism in BC Schools: Families Lead the Way - Report on the K-12 Without Racism Year 1 Scoping Survey Findings
Joint letter to Minister of Citizens' Services with the BC Alliance for Health Living addresses barriers to accessing physical activities for equity-seeking families.
A Listening Campaign is a form of community engagement we carry out with our members to build community, mobilize engagement, identify concerns and priorities, and chart CFE's strategic direction.
