True Colours of Surrey

The True Colours of Surrey Project was an anti-racism project in 2016 led by the City of Surrey and the Surrey LIP, with funds provided by the Province of British Columbia.

The project was a response to findings identified by the Surrey LIP’s Surrey is Home: Immigrant Integration Research Project, 2015, which included a survey of 500 local residents that revealed that more than 50 percent of Surrey residents felt that “discrimination was a problem in Surrey.

The True Colours of Surrey project, guided by a diverse project advisory group, aimed to better understand racial discrimination issues in Surrey, and identify models and initiatives to address racial discrimination in the city, which led to a resource library of anti-racism programs.

The project also developed a public awareness anti-discrimination campaign called #WeAreSurrey, which featured posters and stories of 17 immigrants and diverse residents of Surrey.

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