The Anglican Church of Canada's new primate says she hopes her communion can begin to fight racism within the church and society.

Linda Nicholls was elected Archbishop in 2019. The Anglican Journal reports that in her first address to the Council of General Synod (CoGS) Nicholls touched on her hopes to work toward racial justice.

“I believe that it is at the heart of many areas of difficulty for us,” she says. “It is certainly at the heart, in our country, of some of the challenges of our relationship with Indigenous peoples, for racism in its systemic forms is embedded in the laws and in the ways in which we have lived together."

Nicholls says that racism isn't just a problem in wider society but also within the church and a problem that even affects clergy.

"I’ve seen the pain amongst clergy of colour who are very clear when I ask them, ‘Have you been a victim of racism in our church?’ and every one of them nods."

The Journal says that Nicholls hopes the Anglican Church of Canada "would soon start work to deepen the commitment of the whole church to the Charter for Racial Justice in the Anglican Church of Canada."