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Anti-Racism Resources & Educational Information
Disclaimer: The materials including in this document may be difficult for some readers. You are not alone. We encourage you to engage in self-comfort, to reach out to a loved one or any of the support resources located at the end of the document, as needed.
This document includes resources on anti-racism. The information provided is not all-encompassing, but it is a great place to start and continue learning from. Please feel free to share this resource widely.
This list was developed by the organizers of Brave & Safe Ottawa. Any questions or further information about this document can be directed to braveandsafeottawa@gmail.com.
Resources
Articles
- ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
- Catherine Jones: The Work Is Not The Workshop: Talking and Doing, Visibility and Accountability in the White Anti-Racist Community
- Racism in Canada is ever-present, but we have a long history of denial
Videos
- Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses 'White Fragility' (1:23:30)
- "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
- White Privilege, Systemic Racism Explained: https://youtu.be/NZkGWmrIRFU
- An Animated Video Explaining Systemic Racism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHIQIO_bdQ&list=PLj5_almjUwnkhnUqQcUF4jlafkGeK01oz&index=9
- Dear Media: Yes, Canada is Racist
Books
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- Me and White Supremacy – A Personal Anti-Racism Tool by Layla F. Saad
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Films & TV Series
- Indian Horse
- Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
- Incident at Restigouche
- Four Sheets to the Wind
- Rhymes for Young Ghouls
- Minari
- Wuhan Wuhan
- Nakabingwit: First Comes Love
- Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
- 13th (Ava DuVernay)
- Dear White People (Justin Simien)
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin)
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton)
- King In The Wilderness
- Selma (Ava DuVernay)
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)
Podcasts
- Scene On Radio – Turning the Lens (Seeing White Series)
- Running from Cops
- Colour Code: A Podcast about race in Canada
- Brene Brown and Ibram X. Kendi: How to be an Antiracist
- The Secret Life of Canada with Falen Johnson and Leah Simone Bowen by CBC
- Code Switch by NPR
More Anti-Racism Resources
- Harvard Implicit Bias Test
- 106 things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Anti-Racism Project
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
- Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
- Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
- Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
Social Media Accounts
- The Conscious Kid @theconsciouskid
- Inclusive Canada @inclusivecanada
- Inclusive Story Time@inclusivestorytime
- Here we Read @hereweread
- Diverse Reads @diversereads
Asian-Specific Resources
- Book: Chinatown Stories Volume 3 by Chinatown Today
- Book: How Does A Single Blade Of Grass Thank The Sun?
- Book: Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety
- Book: Obasan
- Book: Older Sister, Not Necessarily Related
- Documentary: What Flowers They Bloom
- Film: Unwanted Soldiers
- Film: Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story
- Documentary: Lost Years: A People’s Struggle for Justice
- A Year of Racist Attacks: Anti-Asian racism across Canada one year into the COVID-19 pandemic by Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
- Road to Justice - The legal struggle for equal rights of Chinese Canadians
- Treating Yellow Peril: Resources to Address Coronavirus Racism
- “There’s a long, global history to today’s anti-Asian bias and violence”
- “The white elephant in the room: anti-Asian racism in Canada”
Black-Specific Resources
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
- How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change - Barack Obama
- Ibram X. Kendi: Ahmaud Arbery Could Have Been Me
- The American Nightmare: Ibram X. Kendi
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
- How To Be a Strong White Ally: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9841649/allyship-ahmaud-arbery-george-floyd?utm_campaign=planoly&utm_medium=refinery29&utm_source=instagram.com
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Indigenous-Specific Resources
- Decolonizing Conservation Reading List (Google Doc)
- Podcast: Red Man Laughing
- Podcast: Metis in Space
- Podcast: Media Indigena
- Podcast: Missing and Murdered
- Podcast: Warrior Life
- Book: Seven Fallen Feathers, Tanya Talaga
- Book: Dancing on Our Turtle's Back, Leanne Simpson
- Book: All our Relations, Tanya Talaga
- Book: Indigenous Writes, Chelsea Vowel
- Book: Unsettling Canada, Arthur Manuel
- Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization
- Indigenous Watchdog
Support
Distress Centre of Ottawa & Region
Distress Centre provides 24-hour bilingual support to all residents, regardless of age.
Call: 613-238-3311 / Text: 343-306-5550
Kids Help Phone
E-mental health services available 24/7 across Canada for kids, teens and young adults.
Call: 1-800-668-6868 / Text CONNECT to 686868
The Canada Suicide Prevention Service
Talk Suicide Canada provides nationwide, 24-hour, bilingual support to anyone who is facing suicide.
Call: 1-833-456-4566 / Text: 45645
https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/
Wellness Together Canada
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Support.
Adults: Toll free 1-866-585-0445 / Youth: Toll free 1-888-668-6810 or Text WELLNESS to 741741