Moved by Miedema – Pilon. Approved by Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts, June 21, 2018.
WHEREAS the Board of Health is committed to ensuring all people in Sudbury and districts have equal opportunities for health; and
WHEREAS systemic racism is a significant, modifiable and unjust barrier to health opportunities; and
WHEREAS in 2017 Ontario established the Anti-Racism Directorate and launched a 3-Year Anti-Racism Strategic Plan, A Better Way Forward, that describes important pillars for comprehensive action on racism;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health declare its commitment to anti-racism and direct the Medical Officer of Health to engage in a collaborative process to develop an Anti-Racism Action Plan informed by the provincial strategic plan; and
FURTHER THAT the Public Health Sudbury & Districts Anti-Racism Action Plan be presented to the Board of Health for approval within one year of this date.
CARRIED with friendly amendment.