Two Canadas: my story of generosity and systemic racism
Honorable Ahmed Hussen entered Canada as a child refugee and today is Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship. He shares his experience of Canada...
Anti-racist Arguments Are Tearing People Apart
The viral youtube video was cued to begin at 42:23, the moment most likely to elicit incredulity. A webcam was tight on the face...
Anti-Black Racism definition and history
Anti-Black Racism is defined here as policies and practices rooted in Canadian institutions such as, education, health care, and justice that mirror and reinforce...
White People, Are You Done “Listening & Learning” Yet?
The thing about whiteness is that it’s loud. It’s the obnoxious man in a boardroom yelling ideas that aren’t his. It’s Karens going viral...
We Didn’t Choose To Be Called Indigenous
Before first contact on Turtle Island, we Native peoples were simply ourselves. We, of course, had identities, the names by which we knew, and...
Racial Microaggressions Are Real. Here’s How to Navigate Them
White people find my halo of gravity-defying hair irresistible to the touch. I don’t mind as long as they ask before they cop a...
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Canada’s Dark Side: Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s 150th Celebration
On July 1, 2017, as a crowd gathered to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday on Parliament Hill in the nation’s capital of Ottawa, a group...
Why saying “I don’t see race at all” just makes racism...
When I was growing up in the 1980s, we were taught that the way to be a good person was to swear that race...
11 Anti-Racist Actions You Can Take at Work—Today and Every Day
The killings of Black people in cities across America—including most recently George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery—have sparked widespread civil unrest....
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History of Racism in Canada
Systemic racism exists in Canada today because our country was created to separate White people from Black and Indigenous people.
Companies aren’t ‘comfortable’ talking about anti-Black racism. Here’s how to start
Claire says she has been told numerous times by her employer she’s “too political” when she talks about anti-Black racism in her workplace. The...
How one TDSB school is dismantling racism and celebrating the Black...
A partnership between the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the non-profit Humewood House is working to dismantle anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism within the...
Le Profilage Racial
A French webinar about unconscious bias. Garihanna Jean-Louis explique l'ampleur du phénomène du profilage racial ici et ailleurs dans le monde.
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Why COVID-19 Is Even More Dangerous For Black Women
At the beginning of April, in need of a prescription refill, I took the subway to a drugstore in my Toronto neighbourhood where I...
‘A Matter of Trust’: The Grim Reality Behind Indigenous Vaccine Fears
The BC government has prioritized remote First Nations communities. But a record of health-care racism has left many skeptical.
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