Joy Henderson

Joy Henderson is a Toronto-based Black Native and Lakota[1][2] writer, community educator and organizer.

Early life

Henderson was born in 1978 and grew up in the Regent Park area of Toronto.[3]

Activism and career

She works as a child and youth care practitioner.[2]

She quit from the New Democratic Party in 2021, after reporting on their racist actions towards a Black candidate.[4]

In 2022, she was critical of the Ottawa Police Service for their lack of action of the Canada convoy protesters, in contrast to more robust action from police in the context of Indigenous protestors.[5] Following the publication of her writing in the Toronto Star, she received death threats and racist comments.[5]

Selected publications
  • Joy Henderson (2020) Hiding and Being Found: How Inequity Found Its Spotlight during COVID-19 and What It Means for the Future, Child & Youth Services, 41:3, 256-258, doi:10.1080/0145935X.2020.1834964

Family life

Henderson has three children. Henderson has African-American and Native American heritage and ancestry.[2]

References
  1. "Racist Halloween costumes still abound in Toronto stores". thestar.com. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  2. Wong, Jessica (9 Jun 2021). "Kids are learning more about residential schools than their parents, but experts say it can't be a 'one-off'". CBC.
  3. Layton, Jack (2006). Speaking out Louder. McClelland & Stewart. pp. 156, 182. ISBN 978-0771046155.
  4. "NDP fallout over B.C. government actions harms federal election chances". Ricochet. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  5. Forester, Brett (2022-02-04). "Why some Indigenous people support the trucker convoy—and why others watch it with dismay". APTN News. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
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