Introduction
Welcome to the first edition of the Black Parent Resource Guide, provided by the Health and Immigration Policies and Practices Research Program. I am Anjola Oyelami , a high school student from Archbishop Macdonald and author of this first guide. This project was completed as part of my research training during the Black Youth Mentorship and Leadership Program.
The purpose of the Black Parent Resource Guide is to increase access to services for Black parents by improving knowledge of available supports. Previous work by Dr . Bukola Salami and members of the Health and Immigration Policies and Practice Research Program indicates Black parents experience challenges accessing services.
In response to this, Dr . Salami organized a stakeholder engagement day in 2017 on African child well-being. Recommendations of the implementation committee created after the stakeholder engagement day to mobilize knowledge included the need to create a resource guide for Black parents.
We hope this resource guide will help improve Black children’s well -being. The contents include 23 different categories of resources, most of which are based in Edmonton but some that are Alberta wide. I would like to acknowledge and thank Neisau Ramcharan, Bukola Salami , my mother , and family friends for their support in the development of this resource guide.
