Council for Advancement of African Canadians in Alberta (operating as Africa Centre)

Published purpose

Through this 32-month systemic change project, The Africa Centre will help advance the economic security and prosperity of Black women through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within the settlement sector for Black Newcomer women. This will be achieved by collecting stories about the settlement experiences of Black immigrant women to identify discrepancies and gaps in the settlement services sector; collaborating with settlement services agencies to understand and reform existing practices; and developing and sharing equitable and inclusive policy and process recommendations with key decision-makers in the settlement ecosystem. The Africa Centre will work with identified key stakeholders and an external evaluator to create and implement evaluation frameworks, apply evaluation findings and measure and assess the impact of this systemic change project. By the end of the project the organization will have achieved meaningful outcomes and system improvements in their continuing goal to provide Black Newcomer women with equitable opportunities for economic advancement in Alberta.