ANTI-BLACK RACISM RESOURCES

Although media attention tends to focus on the United States, Catholic teachers recognize that violence and discrimination against Black and other racialized people persists in Ontario and Canada as well. We also recognize that it is not enough to call for peace and equality; we must actively work toward justice.

Many teachers have been asking how we may have been complicit in upholding structural racism in our society, schools, and communities. We want to know how we can do more, and positively contribute to the change we want to see.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of materials from various sources that may provide a starting point for you to explore, learn, and build understanding, so we can all stand up and speak out against the discrimination and violence that Black and other racialized people face every day, and begin charting a new path forward.

Teaching Resources Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) lists a number of elementary and secondary teaching and learning resources on its website, along with free workshops in English and French.

https://ccla.org/education/remote-rights-project/

SafeAtSchool.ca offers lesson plans and toolkits to elementary and secondary educators, as well as resources for youth.

https://www.safeatschool.ca/resources/resources-on-equityand-inclusion/racism/tool-kits-and-activities

Centre for Race and Culture (CFRAC) has created the document Anti-Racism Education in Canada: Best Practices that outlines that provides a summary of best practices as well as examples of initiatives in anti-racism education in select Canadian cities.

https://cfrac.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/aares-reportforprint.pdf

Community and Race Relations Committee (CRRC) has created an Anti-Racism Resource Centre that offers tools for educators interested in teaching the histories and present-day realities of race and racism in Canada.

http://www.anti-racism.ca/resource/educators.html

Teaching for Diversity is a web site providing information, frameworks, and curricular resources to teachers to enhance curricular outcomes related to ethnic diversity, and to support teachers in their efforts to teach for and about diversity in schools. http://teach4diversity.ca/resources/

Annotated Bibliography: A Resource for Ontario Educators

Learning about Racism co-authored by six Ontario educators, this document provides entry-points for educators in Ontario who are navigating the complex field of anti-racism education.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hqg9nD9uge-NgaPzsBG9_ WDjTz1krCDJ/view

Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) policy and guidelines on racism and racial discrimination

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-and-guidelines-racism-andracial-discrimination/part-1-%E2%80%93-setting-contextunderstanding-race-racism-and-racial-discrimination

Towards Race and Equality in Education: The Schooling of

Black Students in the Greater Toronto Area is a collaborative project/report between Dr. Carl James, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora at York University; the African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC); and the Ontario Alliance of Black School Educators (ONABSE). The community consultations were organized by the ACLC and ONABSE, while the research (data collection, analysis, and reportwriting) was led by Dr. Carl James with Tana Turner.

https://edu.yorku.ca/files/2017/04/Towards-Race-Equity-inEducation-April-2017.pdf

Canadian Museum for Human Rights offers a number of education resources, lesson, and virtual lessons that explore various aspects of human rights. The resource “Be An Upstander,” offers teachers a series of lessons that guide student learning around human rights and introduces students to the impact that individual change can have on society.

https://humanrights.ca/

Elementary Bullying Prevention Resources for Teacher

Librarians and Classroom Teachers is compilation of professional resources, websites, and recommended literature with accompanying activities produced by OECTA. http://

www.catholicteachers.ca/OECTA/media/pdfs/Curriculum%20 Resources/elementary_bullying_prevention.pdf

Prayer to end racism - suggested Bible readings and prayers to end the sin of racism and discrimination https://static1.

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READ

The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole

Black Writers Matter edited by Whitney French

Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard

Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada edited by Rodney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson, and Syrus Marcus Ware

BlackLife: Post-BLM and the Struggle for Freedom by Rinaldo Walcott & Idil Abdillahi

Queer Returns by Rinaldo Walcott

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit From Identity Politics by George Lipsitz

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Dr. Joy DeGruy

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson WATCH

NFB – Black Communities in Canada Channel Explore the National Film Board’s free collection of films by award-winning Black filmmakers, creators, and allies of the Black community, detailing a rich history to better understand the present. https://www.nfb.ca/channels/black

communities-canada/

13th (Netflix): directed by Ava DuVernay

When They See Us (Netflix): directed by Ava DuVernay

Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement Documentary (YouTube): directed by Peabody and Laurens Grant

Fruitvale Station: written and directed by Ryan Coogler

Selma: directed by Ava Duvernay

The Hate U Give: directed by George Tillman and based on the novel of the same name by Angie Thomas

16 Shots (Showtime): directed by Rick Rowley

Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story (Paramount): sixepisode series directed by Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason

SUPPORT & FOLLOW

Canadian Civil Liberties Association @Cancivlib

Black Legal Action Centre @BLAC_Ontario

Black Health Alliance @BlackHealthCAN

Women’s Health in Women’s Hands @WHIWhHCHC

Black Lives Matter – Canadian Regional Chapters @BLM_TO

Black Youth Helpline @YouthBlack

Black Women in Motion @Bwim416

NIA Centre For the Arts @NiaCentre

CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals @cee_toronto

Black Boys Code @blackboyscode

Black Business and Professional Association @theBBPA

Federation of Black Canadians @fbcfbn

Harriet Tubman Community Organization

Toronto Black Film Festival @TOBlackFilmFest