TORONTO -- Hundreds of parents and students marched through the streets of downtown Toronto Monday afternoon to demand the end of systemic anti-Black racism in schools.

Organized by Parents of Black Children and the Vaughan African Canadian Association, the Provincial March for Black Students began at Nathan Phillips Square at 2 p.m.

Carrying signs and chanting, "I'm Black, and I'm proud," "racist teachers got to go," "no justice, no peace," and "Black youth, matter," demonstrators marched along University Avenue and made their way to Queen's Park.

The march, organizers said, is in response to the recent announcement by the province about the end of academic streaming in Grade 9 and the elimination of discretionary suspensions for kindergarten to Grade 3 students.

While these are changes are significant, they don't go far enough, organizers said.

Among their demands include amending the Education Act to include Black history in the curriculum, de-streaming of all grades, and bias and racism accountability and training for teachers.

"Our children are constantly being abused in the education system. And we're just tired of it," said Charline Grant, the founding member of the Parents for Black Children.

"The main demand is reforming the Education Act. It doesn't talk about Black students, Black people as a whole. We just need a change for our children to see themselves in it."