Centre For Black Development Options
Canada - CBDOC
Centre For Black Development Options Canada - CBDOC
A just, fair and inclusive Canada with a people centered development approach that dignifies humanity.
Upcoming Conference
Do not miss out on this captivating global platform focused on the experiences and challenges faced by Black immigrants and refugees and aims to shed light on their unique stories, struggles, and triumphs.
This enriching gathering will see leaders, experts, activists, journalists, and individuals from diverse backgrounds come together to discuss and celebrate the resilience and contributions of Black immigrants and refugees. Where new knowledge will be presented, promotion of world-class solutions, and engaging a broad spectrum of voices.
Who We Are
The Centre for Black Development Options is designed to offer an unparalleled opportunity to work directly with Black Migrants and Refugees in Ontario – Canada.
CBDOC works to address the most critical issues facing Black Migrants and Refugees in Ontario by enhancing their knowledge and understanding.
Our Programs
CBDOC is poised to design programs and activities issues reflecting the diversity of Black migrants and Refugee communities, including but not limited to;
This is the voice of CBDOC involvement in policy matters in Canada
Volunteer
By volunteering with us, you’ll not only make a positive impact in the lives of refugees, but you’ll also gain valuable experience and develop new skills.
Donate
If you share our commitment to making a positive impact, we encourage you to donate today for us to have a just, fair, and inclusive Canada.
Our Blogs
CBDOC is poised to design programs and activities issues reflecting the diversity of Black migrants and Refugee communities.
Land Acknowledgment
The offices of CBDOC are located on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge all Indigenous Nations who were, are, and will continue to be in relationship with this territory traditionally named Tkaronto.
The land that CBDOC sits on is included in Treaty 13 and Treaty 13A signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and the Williams Treaty signed between the Governments of Canada and Ontario and seven different First Nations communities. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action reaffirms that the Treaties with Indigenous Peoples must be lawfully honoured. We are all treaty peoples and are responsible for honouring and upholding those agreements.
As an organization, CBDOC acknowledges that our presence here is a direct outcome of the settler, colonial state whose policies of expulsion from the land and cultural genocide continue to impact Indigenous communities today. CBDOC also acknowledges that oppressive and inequitable socio-economic and political systems in Canada continue to perpetuate this legacy of racism, intergenerational trauma, and structural inequalities.
CBDOC is committed to the principles of social justice, equality, and solidarity with those who came here as settlers, as migrants either in this generation or in generations past – and those of us who came here involuntarily, particularly those brought to these lands as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. We pay tribute to those ancestors of African origin and descent