Projects and Plot Twists
What does the acronym BYAP stand for?
Black Youth Action Plan
Name all three directors in the ARD.
Andre Lyn
Jennifer Louis
Ahila Poologaindran
What year was the Anti-Racism Act introduced into legislation?
2017
Who is the Chair of the Premier's Council of Equality of Opportunity? (PCEO)
Patrice Barnes
Name all three transfer payment programs that are currently ongoing and active in 2025-26 that come out of the Programs and Partnerships Branch. Full names only, not just acronyms.
Racialized and Indigenous Supports for Entrepreneurs (RAISE)
Anti-Hate Security and Prevention (AHSP)
Black Youth Action Plan (BYAP)
What was the ARD's first Transfer Payment Program?
Anti-Racism Anti-Hate (ARAH) Grant Program
Name all three branches of the Anti-Racism Directorate.
What year was the Anti-Racism Directorate established?
2016
The ARD leads a whole-of-government approach to end systemic racism and advance racial equity.
As part of our service offerings, we collaborate with ministries and actively provide support to other program areas in identifying, addressing, and preventing systemic racism within government policies, legislation, programs, and services. What is the official name of this service?
Anti-Racism Support and Advisory Services
What year was the Advocate for Community of Opportunity role introduced?
2019. The ACO position was established on November 28, 2019, via a series of Orders-in-Council (OICs) as a short-term advisory position under the Agencies and Appointments Directive (AAD).
What are the four areas of action of the current Anti-Racism Strategy?
Name the two managers in the Strategic Policy and Planning Branch.
Miza and Bryon
Which ministries has the ARD been part of since its inception? Name all of them.
Cabinet Office, SOLGEN and MCM
There is an organization that is funded through the Black Youth Action Plan and is also a delivery partner for the RAISE program. What is the name of that organization?
DMZ at Toronto Metropolitan University
The ARD previously designed an educational learning and development program that aimed to provide all OPS employees and leaders with foundational anti-racism knowledge, skills and tools to foster open dialogue and collectively advance racial equity. What was the full name of that program?
Anti-Racism Competency and Capacity (ARCC) Learning Program
What is the current Anti-Racism Strategy called?
Building a Stronger and More Inclusive Ontario
Who was the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Anti-Racism Directorate, BEFORE Parm Bhatthal?
Nosa Ero-Brown
As part of the Anti-Racism Act, the ARD must publish a progress report on the anti-racism strategy which includes information on the strategy’s initiatives, targets and indicators. By what date is the Annual Progress Report required to be published by every year?
September 20
The Anti-Racism Anti-Hate (ARAH) Grant Program had an external steering committee with representation across many racial, ethnic and religious groups who informed the community-led and community-informed development of the program. Which one of these organizations was NOT on the ARAH Grant Program external steering committee?
- Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)
- The Canadian Tamil Congress
- Foundation for Black Communities (FFBC)
Foundation for Black Communities
Which one of these is the opening line of the Anti-Racism Act?
1. The Government of Ontario recognizes that every individual is entitled to be treated with dignity, respect, and fairness, and is committed to eliminating systemic racism and advancing racial equity across its institutions and communities.
2. Everyone deserves to be treated with fairness, respect and dignity, and the Government of Ontario is committed to eliminating systemic racism and advancing racial equity.
3. It is recognized that every individual is entitled to fairness, respect, and dignity, the Government of Ontario hereby affirms its commitment to the elimination of systemic racism and the advancement of racial equity.
2. Everyone deserves to be treated with fairness, respect and dignity, and the Government of Ontario is committed to eliminating systemic racism and advancing racial equity.
Which one of the following statements is NOT a legislated requirement under the Anti-Racism Act?
Which government introduced the Anti-Racism Act into legislation?
Kathleen Wynne's Liberal Government
In its population‑specific initiatives section of the Annual Progress Report, the ARD focused on communities disproportionately affected by hate. Name two of the communities explicitly identified in its 2025 Annual Progress Report.
Jewish and Muslim
ARD introduced the first race‑based data standards of their kind in Canada. What is the official name of these standards, designed to identify and monitor systemic racism and racial disparities within the public sector?
Data Standards for the Identification and Monitoring of Systemic Racism
There is a tool that was developed by the ARD and is a collection of publicly available identity and race-based data and establishes baseline data to track Ontario’s progress in advancing racial equity and removing systemic barriers in policies, programs, and services. What is the name of that tool?
Anti-Racism Data Repository