SECOND ANNUAL BLACK CHILD AND YOUTH WELLBEING CONFERENCE

 Black children and youth in Canada experience poor physical and mental health. This encompasses poor social outcomes, engagement with the child welfare and criminal justice systems, and poverty. Anti-Black racism contributes to these outcomes. A landmark United Nations report identified the impact of anti-Black racism on Black communities and recommended participatory approaches with communities to address their needs. The goal of our project is to build the capacity of trainees, engage Black communities, and mobilize knowledge towards fruitful actions to improve the health and well-being of Black children and youth in Canada. Together with policy stakeholders, our conference event will work collaboratively to mobilize research evidence to communities. The project has recently completed a significant step of collecting survey data from over 2000 Black youth and 2000 parents of Black children. During the conference, all state-holders will be involved in co-developing an implementation and knowledge mobilization plan to advance the outcomes of Black children and youth in Canada. On the last day of our conference, we will integrate a reflection panel on knowledge dissemination.