Brian Seremba is at the forefront of reshaping British Columbia’s education system. In 2019, the community leader co-founded the BC Community Alliance to address structural racism in educational institutions. The data-driven Black-led non-profit has advocated for anti-racism training, a comprehensive K-12 provincial curriculum showcasing Canadian Black history, and Black youth empowerment through a free mentorship program.

Genesis We got started out of a crisis in our community following a racist bomb threat at Lord Byng Secondary School in Vancouver. We weren’t thinking we needed to start an organization. We wanted to look at what community members were telling us and how we could address the issues they raised.

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