Equity/Inclusion Resources
INDIGENOUS EXPERIENCE IN CANADA
Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada: an interactive tool developed by the CBC to track broad progress by the government regarding the 94 recommendations from the TRC report.
Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada: initiates conversations about the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada, by Chelsea Vowel
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act, by Bob Joseph
Peace and Good Order: The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada, by Harold Johnson
Black Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood Memory, by David Robertson
Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life, by James Daschuk
Indigenous Canada, a free online course offered by the University of Alberta
Doctrine of Discovery: Stolen Lands, Strong Hearts, a film that responds to the TRC calls to action by helping to provide education and insight into the racist foundations of many of our property and other laws.
RACE IN CANADA:
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power, by Desmond Cole
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada From Slavery to the Present, by Robyn Maynard
Deep Diversity: Overcoming Us Vs. Them - an open, honest, and plainspoken view of diversity issues, by Shakil Choudhury
They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada, Cecil Foster
Disorientation: Being Black in the World, Ian Williams
Welcome to Black Canada, a Resource
White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
Colour Code: A Podcast About Race in Canada
Waking Up White, by Debbie Irving
Articles
Healing the Broken Body of the Sangha
Understanding Our New Racial Reality Starts with the Unconscious
Resources for Asians Exploring White Supremacy
We've Been Here All Along - Funie Hsu
Lineage of Resistance – Funie Hsu
We're Not Who You Think We Are - Chenxing Han
The Road to Diversity - Lion's Roar Staff
No One Like Me - Lama Rod Owens
Buddhism & Diversity: Profiles, Teachings, and Conversations
The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes, animated interactive
The Urgency of Intersectionality, TED talk by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Books
How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem
Mindful of Race, Ruth King
The Way of Tenderness, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Radical Dharma, angel kyodo williams and Lama Rod Owens
Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger, Lama Rod Owens
Policing Black Lives, Robyn Maynard
Awakening Together, Larry Yang
The Inner Work of Racial Justice, Rhonda V. Magee
Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian-American Buddhists, Chenxing Han
You Belong: A Call for Connection, Sebene Selassie
When They Call You A Terrorist, Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandela
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge
So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
How To Be Less Stupid About Race, Crystal Marie Flemming
On the Other Side of Freedom, DeRay McKesson
Eloquent Rage, Brittney Cooper
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexandre
I've Been Meaning to Tell You, David Chariandry
Between the World and Me, Ta Nehisis Coates
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Country Segregated America, Richard Rothstein
We Were Eight Years in Power, Ta Nehisis Coates
The Fire Inside, James Baldwin (actually anything by him)
The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America, Nicolas Buccola
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks on Race, Jesmyn Ward
Black Panther comics by Ta Nehisis Coates
The Equity Myth, Frances Henry
BLACK EXPERIENCE IN CANADA
Canada in Africa - a well-researched historical look at Canadian involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, Yves Engler
Exploring Quebec's Black and Slave Past with historian and rapper Aly Ndiaye
North of the Colour Line - the underreported history of life in Canada for the estimated 5,000 Blacks who immigrated to Canada after the end of Reconstruction in the United States, Sarah-Jane Mathieu
They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada, by Cecil Foster
Policing Black Lives - the underreported modern and historical realities of anti-Blackness within a Canadian context, Robyn Maynard
Viola Desmond’s Canada - the story of Viola Desmond, civil rights pioneer from Nova Scotia, by way of an overview of the Black experience in Canada, from slavery under French and British rule in the eighteenth century to the practice of racial segregation and the fight for racial equality in the twentieth century, Graham Reynolds
The Skin We’re In: documentary on anti-black racism in Canada, focusing on Desmond Cole
Films:
Do the Right Thing
Fruitvale Station
Moonlight
Dead Presidents
In the Heat of the Night
Get Out
13th
To Sleep With Anger
The Hate U Give
To Kill a Mockingbird
Malcolm X
Let The Fire Burn
Just Mercy
Gook
Dear White People
Loving
If Beale Street Could Talk
I Am Not Your Negro
The Joy Luck Club
Pariah
The Big Sick
Blindspotting
Beatriz at Dinner
12 Years A Slave
Real Women Have Curves
Remember the Titans
Colors
When They See Us
The Namesake
American History X
People to follow on social media:
Lama Rod Owens
Rev Angel Kyodo Williams
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Robyn Maynard
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Michelle Alexandre
Roxane Gay
Thomas King
Emmanuel Acho
Akala
Lowkey
Innocence Project
JoAnna Hardy
Ruth King
Dear Nexus
Van Jones
Patrisse Cullors-Brignac
Know Your Rights Camp
Austin Channing Brown
Tamika Mallory
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Color of Change
Ibram X Kendi
Check Your Privilege
Decolonizing the Music Room
Woke or Whateva Podcast
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Saffiyah Khan
Layla F Saad
Jagmeet Singh
Jana Augustin
Awkwafina
Jeremy Dutcher
Logan Browning
Dear White People
Trevor Noah
Ta Nehesi Coates
Ijeoma Oluo
Sebene Selassie
East Bay Meditation Centre
Deeyah Khan
Shanice Nicole Speaks
Venerable Pannavati
Mumia Abu Jamal
LGBTQIA2S
How to be an Ally to Non-binary, Gender Non-conforming People
9 Things People Get Wrong about being Non-binary
11 Ways to be a Great Trans Ally
What does gender non-conforming mean?
Other resources
Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in People
What's the Difference Between Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?
French resources
Une Colère Noire, Ta Nahesi Coates
L’Étranger (Albert Camus) and Merseault Contre Enquête (Kamel Daoud), I often use it to show perspective (white vs Arab experience of same event)
Qu’Allah Bénisse la France, Abd Al Malik
Islamo-Psychose, Thomas Guenolé
Peau Noire, Masques Blancs, Frantz Fanon
Les Damnés de la Terre, Frantz Fanon
L’œil du maître, Dalie Giroux
L’Indien malcommode (traduction de The Inconvenient Indian), Thomas King
NoirEs sous surveillance – Esclavage, répression, violence d’État au Canada (traduction de Policing Black Lives : State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present), Robyn Maynard
Pour mes fils, mon silence est impossible
Portrait du colonisé, Portrait du colonisateur, Albert Memmi
La statue de sel, Albert Memmi
Le jeune noir à l'épée, Abd Al Malik
Contre le colonialisme dopé aux stéroïdes, Zebedee Nungak
11 brefs essais contre le racisme: pour une lutte systémique, Auteur.e.s varié.e.s
Discours sur le Colonialisme, Aimé Césaire
Les Empoisonneurs: Antisémitisme, Islamophobie, Xénophobie, Sébastien Fontelle
Bande de Colons: Une Mauvaise Conscience de Classe, Alain Deneault
Une Arme Blanche: La mort de George Floyd et les usages de l'histoire dans le discours néoconservateur, Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec
Mélancolie Identitaires: Une année à lire Mathieu Bock-Côté, Mark Fortier
Critique de la Raison N**re, Achille Mbembe
Kuei, Je Te Salue: conversation sur le racisme, Deni Ellis Béchard et Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
La Pensée Blanche, Lilian Thuram
Je Suis une Maudite Sauvagesse, An Antane Kapesh
Retour sur l'émeute étudiante la plus importante de l'histoire du Canada
Histoire du premier quartier multiracial de Montréal
Films
Les Misérables - version Ladj Ly
Qu'Allah Bénisse la France
La Haine
La Vie Scolaire
Banlieusards
Follow on social media:
Dany Laferrière
Émilie Nicolas
Abd Al Malik
Decolonisons Nous
Hoodstock
Racines Montreal
Assa Traore
Camelia Jordana
Ladj Ly
Mais non c'est pas raciste
Je ne suis pas raciste mais...
Briser le code
Aissa Maiga
La vérité pour Adama
Rokhaya Diallo
Fabrice Vil
Idilosophy
Marieme
Kerry James
Neo Quebec