Crazy Hair Day
Last month on Twitter, a Tweet about “Crazy Hair Day” sparked interesting conversations around words, hair, and spirit. A long-standing practice...
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...
Allies and Microaggressions
I’ve only recently learned what microaggressions are and the impact they have. Now that I know, I can see them happening...
Pickering, Ont., student’s yearbook tribute to grandma changed to racist message, prompts school investigation
A Pickering, Ont., high school has asked all students to return their yearbooks after a Black student's tribute was replaced with...
Private Schools Brought In Diversity Consultants. Outrage Ensued.
In the wake of George Floyd, elite institutions have tried to check their privilege. Not everybody is on board.
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Black Voters Know Climate Justice Is Racial Justice
It’s not only been a summer season (now autumn) of a deadly pandemic, toxic politics, and social unrest, but the nation...
How to curb anti-Black racism in Canadian schools
Ontario’s Minister of Education announced last summer that academic streaming would be phased out of the province’s schools in Grade 9....
Discrimination and Settler Violence Continues towards Mi’kmaq Fishermen in Nova Scotia
On October 13, 2020, a mob of non-Indigenous fishermen trapped and harassed two Mi’kmaq fishermen inside of a lobster pound in...
Pressuring pop culture creators can help fight racism in America
Today, the American political and social landscape seem fractured to a greater extent than at any time in recent memory. Many...
John A. Macdonald should not be forgotten, nor celebrated
The recent decision by the City of Victoria to remove a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from in front of...
