Calgary's Anti-Racism strategic plan
Our mission
To take actions to remove systemic racism in Calgary through education, engagement, collaboration, and policy changes.
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