Jacqueline Beckles

Jacqueline Beckles is General Counsel with the Department of Justice Canada and a part-time professor at Algonquin College. She is also an executive member of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers; co-chair of the LSO’s Equity Advisory Group; a member of the OBA Equality Committee and Institute Committee; and a member-at-large of the CBA Criminal Justice Section.

Opinion Beyond Black History Month: Basic principles for life

We can apply principles of gathering with purpose and collective brainstorming, and a philosophy of “I am because we are,” to continue to raise awareness and call for action, break barriers and celebrate Black excellence, and lift as we climb and light the way for others every day.

BY Jacqueline Beckles

An illustration of a group of racially diverse people gathered together with lines radiating from them like ideas and calls for action