Restructuring the Board of Health (2021-2024)
Hamilton’s Board of Health is entirely comprised of elected members of Council and lacks structural representation and analysis from local health experts, medical/post-secondary institutions, racialized, Indigenous communities, and environmental experts. This can be addressed through a structural change to the Hamilton Board of Health (Recommendation from the Just Recovery Policy Document).
For three years, residents and community organizations like the Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre worked with community to convince City Council to restructure the Board of Health. In 2024, City Council approved, in principle, a semi-autonomous Board of Health governance structure.
Photo taken by Justin Chandler (CBC Hamilton)
Kojo Damptey presenting at the Governance Sub-Committee meeting on why the Board of Health needs to be restructured to include community/health experts.
Community Safety & Well-Being plan for Black Youth in Hamilton Schools (2021)
The Community Safety and Well-Being Action Plan for Black Youth in Hamilton Schools is foundationally based in a need for the intervention and prevention of anti-Black racism in schools, with a specific focus on prioritizing proactivity over reactivity. These recommendations were formulated through the consultation and survey process, for and by Black youth and families for schools boards across both Hamilton and greater Ontario.
