Sandy Hudson

Sandy Hudson is a political activist, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Canada, and a public intellectual who inspires a vision of just futures and effective social change. After co-founding the Toronto chapter of Black Lives Matter in 2014, Sandy Hudson established the first official Black Lives Matter chapter outside the United States. This pivotal initiative, catalyzed by police killings, quickly brought critical issues such as carding and defunding the police into national conversations, effectively challenging anti-Black racism across Canada and beyond. Demonstrating her commitment to systemic change, Hudson co-founded the Black Legal Action Centre in 2017 alongside Zanana Akande and Rinaldo Walcott.

A sought-after public speaker, she regularly engages audiences at universities, labour unions, and institutions across Canada, and her insights have been featured in The New York Times, Newsweek, and CBC News. Currently, Hudson is expanding her expertise at UCLA School of Law, specializing in critical race theory.