About Us

Firmly rooted, ever growing

Our Mission

To restore the physical, mental and social health of black women and girls in Canada. We achieve this through collaborative empowerment within a variety of services dedicated to nurturing the soul, spirit and body.

Our Organization

Afya Collective was conceived and established by Odelia Bempah, Britney Bryan, and Octavia Sampson in June 2020. Afya Collective combines the diverse professional backgrounds and expertise of the founders.

  1. City of Toronto (2017). Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. Retrieved from  https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-109126.pdf
  1. John Stapleton, et al. (2019) The Working Poor in the Toronto Region: A closer look at the increasing numbers. Metcalfe Foundation. The working poor are defined as those between the ages of 18 and 64, outside of school, living independently, with an after-tax income below the Low-Income Measure (LIM), earning at least $3,000 a year.
  1. Nnorom O, Findlay N, Lee-Foon NK, et al. Dying to learn: A scoping review of breast and cervical cancer studies focusing on Black Canadian women. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Johns Hopkins University Press 2019;30:1331-1359.
  1. Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Catalogue No. 98-400-X2016210.
  1. Turcotte, Martin. Results from the 2016 Census: Education and labour market integration of Black youth in Canada. Insights on Canadian Society. February 25, 2020. Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 75-006-X. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2020001/article/00002-eng.htm
  2. Unit, J. C. K. N. M. C. A. R. O. T. O. C. O. A. S. I. (2020a, February 20). Black Women in Canada. Behind the Numbers. https://behindthenumbers.ca/shorthand/black-women-in-canada/ 

We'd like to sincerely thank our partners for their support:

A Community of
Black Women
by Black Women

We emphasize using evidence based policies, programs and strategies to advocate for Black women to engage in developing their holistic wellbeing.

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