Education & Resources
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.
Intelligence plus character–that is the goal of true education.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Building Your Racial Literacy
Racial literacy is our knowledge and understanding of concepts such as race and racism. The external resources found on this page are intended to help build your racial literacy and continue your education in anti-racism.
Identity-Specific Resources
Legislation & Government Resources
Research & Reports
Organizational Resources
Identity-Specific Resources
Anti-Asian Resources
Anti-Black Resources
Lydia-Joi Marshall, a Toronto-based researcher and President of the Black Health Alliance, talks about the research behind disparate health outcomes for Black Canadians, focusing on the day-to-day toll of racist interactions
Host Farah Nasser speaks with York University associate professor of Black Studies of the Americas, Andrea A. Davis, on why it’s important to understand the history of anti-Black racism in Canada and how diminishing discrimination faced by Black communities is harmful.
Elimination of disparity outcomes for Black Ontarians in the child welfare, education and justice sectors by 2024 to align with the close of the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent.
White supremacy means that our safety as Black people is set against the safety of non-Black people. So Black people need to imagine and bring forward new ways of protecting themselves. We need new, Black-centred definitions of safety.
In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2015 to 2024 as the International Decade for People of African descent. In proclaiming this Decade, the United Nation recognizes that people of African descent represent a distinct group whose human rights must be promoted and protected. Around 200 million people who identify as being of African descent live in the Americas. Many millions more live in other parts of the world, outside of the African continent.
Anti-Indigenous Resources
A summary of the discussion and findings contained in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report. This summary must be read in conjunction with the Final Report.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 94 calls to action in order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation.
The National Inquiry’s Final Report 231 individual Calls for Justice directed at governments, institutions, social service providers, industries and all Canadians.
A crowd-sourcing website that maps Indigenous territories around the world. Interact with the map by entering an address, or by searching on the map to see the relevant territories in a location.
Former MKO Grand Chief Sheila North reacts to some Canadian politicians denying systemic racism.
Legislation & Government Resources
The Human Rights Code (the Code) is law in Ontario and gives everyone equal rights and opportunities in certain areas of society. The Code is meant to provide protection from discrimination and harassment in five areas of our lives (known as “social areas”), and based on the 17 protected grounds (known as Code grounds).
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) works to promote, protect and advance human rights through research, education, targeted legal action and policy development.
A few notable OHRC resources related to anti-racism are:
The Anti-Racism Directorate leads the Ontario government’s anti-racism initiatives and works to eliminate systemic racism in government policies and programs that impact Black, Indigenous, and other racialized groups.
Building a Foundation for Change: Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy 2019–2022 takes immediate steps in combatting racism and discrimination in Canada by focusing on three guiding principles: Demonstrating Federal Leadership, Empowering Communities, and Building Awareness and Changing Attitudes.
Research & Reports
Diversity Leads 2020 was a report completed with the goal of providing a holistic view of diversity on boards through a quantitative analysis. The report also explores the board-related experiences of people who identify as Indigenous, LGBTQ2S+, and persons with disabilities through a qualitative analysis.
A 2020 Ipsos poll for Global News found that 60% of Canadians think racism is a serious problem, whether it’s “fairly serious” (36%), “one of the most serious” (20%), or “the most serious problem facing Canada today” (3%).
Organizational Resources
Video
Check out some insightful and engaging anti-racism video content.
Play Video
Walk-A-Mile Film Project
The Choice
The Canada no one wants to believe exists”: a poet’s call for racial justice
Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo
Belonging – Migrant Children’s Project Training Film
5 Tips for Being An Ally
Podcasts
If you are aware of any other specific anti-racism resources that should be shared with our community, please contact us via email at anti.racism@barrie.ca.
Community Partners
The Barrie Anti-Racism Task Force is proud of our connections to the community and are always looking for more partnerships.
