Canadian Anti-racism Resources

Podcasts

Colour code. (Globe and Mail 2016): Welcome to the Globe and Mail’s new podcast series about race in Canada. For hosts Denise Balkissoon and Hannah Sung, it’s first things first: things first: What is race? And why do we need this conversation right now?

(on Spotify and Apple podcasts)

Black Tea (Frequency 2018): The diversity that makes Canada special isn’t often reflected in the stories we hear and the discussions we have. Black Tea will change that. Writers Andray Domise and Melayna Williams are here to have the tough but important conversations right out in the open, and have some laughs while doing it. Join them each week for insightful and uncomfortable discussions; about issues that matter to Canada’s Black communities.

https://frequencypodcastnetwork.com/podcasts/black-tea/

Race, Health, Happiness: Navigating professional life as a "racialized" person can be exhausting. Join Dr. O, a Public Health Physician Specialist in Toronto, as she interviews guests who are overcoming the obstacles of overt and institutionalized racism to achieve their professional goals while creating healthy and fulfilling lives. If you'd like to learn about thriving in the face of adversity while staying well, this is the podcast for you.

http://racehealthhappiness.buzzsprout.com

Organizations to follow and support

Black Lives Matter Toronto: https://www.facebook.com/blacklivesmatterTO/

Black Medical Student’s Association of Canada https://www.facebook.com/bmsacanada/

Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Website: https://www.crrf-fcrr.ca/en/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FCRRCRRF/

Equity in Medicine - Canadian Medical Association

@EquityinMed on Twitter

History 

Canadian Museum for Human Rights: The museum is currently doing virtual tours of their exhibits that focus both on Canadian history as well as international events many of which are centred on racial injustices.  https://humanrights.ca/visit/explore-the-museum-from-home

Blog by Queen’s researcher Edward Thomas, detailing his work on the 1918 Ban on Black medical students at Queen’s https://sites.google.com/view/ghosted-legacies

Documentaries

Freedom Summer Written and directed by Lu Asfaha (11:48) Black youth in Toronto learn about self-love and Black liberation at Freedom School, a summer camp run by Black Lives Matter. https://www.cbc.ca/shortdocs/m_shorts/freedom-summer

Deeply Rooted by Cazhhmere (23:02) Filmmaker Cazhhmere is a 7th-generation black Canadian. Despite this deep history, she’s constantly asked to explain where she’s from – even though the answer is always “Canada.”

https://gem.cbc.ca/media/short-docs/season-1/episode-25/38e815a-00bb7981a6d

Disruptor Conductor by Sharon Lewis (44:08) Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser is an unlikely hero on a mission to create live orchestral shows that are for everyone.  

 https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/m_episodes/disruptor-conductor

The Skin We’re In by Charles Officer (44:11)- A documentary about anti-Black racism in Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/firsthand/episodes//the-skin-were-in

Training and Online Courses

Call It Out by the Ontario Human Rights Commission: A 30-minute interactive eCourse that offers a foundation for learning about race, racial discrimination and human rights protections under Ontario's Human Rights Code. The course offers a historical overview of racism and racial discrimination, explains what “race,” “racism” and “racial discrimination” mean, and provides approaches to preventing and addressing racial discrimination.

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/learning/elearning/call-it-out

Intercultural Awareness Certificate offered at Queen’s. A five-part series of workshops which will help them to recognize that gaining intercultural awareness requires a commitment to life-long learning. ** note these have been postponed until further notice**

https://quic.queensu.ca/get-involved/intercultural-training/#schedule

 Books

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

Decolonizing Academia: Poverty, Oppression and Pain by Clelia O. Rodríguez  

Racism and Anti-Racism in Canada by David Este, Liza Lorenzetti and Christa Sato 

Critical Race Theory (3rd edition) by Richard Delgado

The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole

Boomerang Ethics: How Racism Affects Us All by Joseph Mensah and Christopher J. Williams

Becoming an Ally, 3rd Edition Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in People by Anne Bishop    

North of the Color Line by Sarah-Jane Mathieu

This list was created by three Canadian medical students at Queen's University (Cara van der Merwe, Andrew Lee, Sabreena Lawal).