Anti-Racism Resources

On this page, I’m curating material that will support individuals and organizations who want to deepen their anti-racism work and/or understanding. Check back often since this page will be dynamic and I’ll continue to add links:

 

Resources that Dr. Helen thinks are great:

 

Podcasts & Social Media

• The HBR Race at Work Podcast hosted by Porter Braswell
• The Trapdoor of Friendship episode of the “Call Your Girlfriend” podcast – especially
• Code Switch Podcast by National Public Radio (NPR)
• Black Physicians of Canada on Instagram and Twitter
• Parents for Diversity on Instagram plus their website with a rich set of resources (Ottawa-based parents and allies committed to every child’s right to quality education free from discrimination)
• Michael Eric Dyso‪n’s episode of the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (white privilege, the Capitol protestors, and why the 2020 election was so close, how race is shaped by the environment and context of the culture)
• Robert Livingsto‪n’s episode of the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (the science behind racism, how to synthesize and assemble it into something people can digest, and the ways to make profound and sustainable change around it)
• Quirks and Quarks with Bob McDonald: Black in Science Special - this episode examines the invention of the notion of race by European scientists and the way science has been misused to justify racism, slavery, segregation, and the mistreatment of generations of people. Listen on CBC and/or read the transcript.
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  The Indigenous connection to the Underground Railroad (Podcast episode from Unreserved, CBC)

 

Films/TV/Documentaries

• “Deconstructing Karen” chronicles women speaking up and being heard; 12-min interiew clip and full 51-min documentarty. Regina Jackson and Saira Rao confront 10 white women about their privilege over dinner.
• The Desecration of Priceville, Ontario’s History (30-min film; Canadian town settled by Black pioneers in the 1700s and 1800s)
• Black on campus: Students, staff and faculty say universities are failing them (The Fifth Estate, CBC)
• Films and documentaries by Ava Duvernay: Selma, When They See Us, 13th, and Colin in Black and White (all available on Netflix)
• United Shades of America – a weekly TV series on CNN
• Teenagers Discuss Microaggressions and Racism (2015)
• Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (YouTube web series) – is a safe place to have the uncomfortable conversations about race that many people have never been able to have.
• Black-ish follows an upper-middle-class African-American family led by Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross). It tackles many historical and contemporary issues that Black people face (ABC; streaming services).
• Rumble – The Indians Who Rocked the World (feature documentary; Sundance Winner)
• The Blue Eyes Brown Eyes applied social psychology experiment (“A Class Divided” full film, Frontline PBS documentary)
• Follow up to the Blue Eyes Brown Eyes experiment from the Oprah Winfrey Show
• Homecoming (stylized as HΘMΣCΘMING; subtitled: “A Film by Beyoncé“) is available on Netflix. It’s full of countless layers of meaning that may be hidden to some viewers. Many of the hidden meanings are explained here.
• How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion (25-minute TedTalk by Peggy McIntosh)
• Black on the Prairies (CBC)
• Profile of Joe Buffalo (5 min), Indigenous Skateboarder, Actor, and Residential School survivor; and a 45-min interview with Joe Buffalo
• How to be an Ally (BMB; F.D Signifier’s YouTube Channel)
• The Time is Now for Black Canadians in the Public Service – This powerful keynote and panel discussion examines the evolution of the application of merit criteria and its impact on different groups of employees in the context of equity, with a focus on Black public servants.

Books and Articles

• The Book of Negros, and extraordinary work of historical fiction by Lawrence Hill
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015) – Calls to Action
• Diversity is more than just a buzzword: conversations with our Black colleagues (perspectives shared by racialized Canadian employees of the Federal Government)
• Indigenous Canada (free online course offered by Coursera)
• Obasan by Joy Kogawa (the story of the evacuation, relocation, and dispersal of Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War.)
• Critique about common approaches to anti-racism training
• UK government follows US with ban on unconscious bias training
• Me and White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
• 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
• Reconciliation Toolkit from the Anglican Church of Canada (history, resources, building relationships, practicing reconciliation)
• The Pervasive Reality of Anti-Black Racism in Canada
• How to be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
• I Look White To Many. I’m Black. This Is What White People Say To Me. (this also shows that silence can be racist)
• 7 Ways to Incorporate Reconciliation into Your Business
• One is the Loneliest Number – what it’s like to be the only BIPOC person in an organization
• ‘I didn’t want to be ridiculed’: The emotional toll of microaggressions at work (Out in the Open, CBC Radio)
• So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
• The Micropedia (shared by Zulu Alpha Kilo)
• Alberta University’s free online Indigenous Canada course
• Canadian People of Colour Carry an “Emotional Tax” at Work
• This is What Racial Trauma Does to the Body and Brain
• Racism at My Job Literally Gave Me PTSD
• Racism causes PTSD-like effects in Black women
• What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
• After 400 years of racism, Black Mental Health Day is way overdue
• Why BIPOC Is An Inadequate Acronym
• The value of working with a therapist or advisor of colour (Teen Vogue)
• 9 Terms to Avoid in Communications with Indigenous Peoples
• I’m Still Here – Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Austin Channing Brown)
• Black Women Less Likely to be Promoted, Receive Recognition for Accomplishments
• The dark history of Canada’s Food Guide: How experiments on Indigenous children shaped nutrition policy
• Workplace Diversity Goes Far Past Hiring. How Leaders Can Support Employees Of Color
• Microaggressions Are A Big Deal: How To Talk Them Out And When To Walk Away
• Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
• White Supremacy Culture in Organizations (2019) – Created by the Centre for Community Organizations (COCo), this resource helps to name the unsaid, unwritten, unstated expectations that exist in organizational cultures that create harm especially for racialized people.
• Policing Black Lives – State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present
• Can I be a Black mother in a world so dangerous to Black children? (this provides insights about the additional layers of challenges that Black parents are dealing with)
• Racism’s Effects on Black Mental Health
• These best friends created a wildly popular Google doc about how to be an ally to the black community (this includes learning plans for people who have 10, 25, or 45 minutes per day
• White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Regina Jackson and Saira Rao, the team behind Race2Dinner and the documentary film, Deconstructing Karen
• Goodminds.com – a First Nations family-owned business, specializing in First Nations, Metis, Inuit and Native American educational resources and products
• Professionalism Is a Relic of White Supremacist Work Culture
• The legacy of trauma (emerging research is exploring how historical and cultural traumas affect survivors’ children for generations to come)
• Thomas King’s The Inconvenient Indian – a resource for understanding and refuting common stereotypes
• Rethink your next big hire: Black people face very real bias and unfair standards
• Indigenous people can now reclaim traditional names on their passports and other ID (CBC, June 14, 2021)
• Black employees slam Ontario Public Service for rampant, systemic racism
• Indigenous Writes – A Guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues in Canada
• What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack?
• A Tale of Two Actuaries: The Origin Story (an excellent and simple case study that shows two very different career paths for white vs. BIPOC professionals)
• Slavery’s Ghosts – Canada remains haunted by a past it hardly acknowledges (Esi Edug an, The Walrus, Sept 1, 2021)
• How Ottawa psychologists are trying to treat the trauma of racism
• Racial Gaslighting Is Real, and for BIPOC Women, It’s Thoroughly Toxic
• The Micropedia – this is an encyclopedic website that features everyday microaggressions that those from various marginalized groups face
• Signs you could be suffering from racial trauma, and tools for healing, according to therapists (Taylor & Francis, April 2023)
• White supremacy culture – an 8-page PDF written by Tema Okun, dRWorks

 

From the I/O Advisory Services Career Development and HR Blog:

• Coded Language and Dog Whistle Expressions
• Values and Organizational Climate
• Racism … Is it at Your Place of Work?
• The Glass Cliff (more dangerous and painful than the glass ceiling)
• “Covering” at Work (inclusion and corporate culture)
• The Superwoman Syndrome, Even Harder Than It Looks …
• Feel Like an Impostor? Maybe You’re Just an Outlier …
• Hiring for Best Fit, Without Bias
• Is Workplace Authenticity Practical or a Myth?
  

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• The value BIPOC leaders bring to corporate risk management
• Systemic Racism and the Public Service: Moving the Dial Forward
• What is Allyship (Part 1)?  and Part 2
• Why Your Organization Needs a BIPOC Mentorship Program
• Inadequate Inclusion – A Barrier to Returning to Work

In addition to blogs, I have developed and delivered several online workshops, talks, and a playlist of AudioBlog articles that you can listen to (see bottom right corner of blog homepage)

 

Racism, bias, and discrimination resources from the American Psychological Association

 

 

 

Be the Change: Anti-racism tools and resources (developed for the Defence Team, Canadian Department of National Defense), which includes an anti-racism toolkit (e.g., guides and tips for having courageous conversations on racism and racial discrimination, etc.)

 

 

The Institute for  Communications Agencies (ICA‘s) list of anti-racism resources: https://theica.ca/en/anti-racism

This comprehensive list of resources was compiled in May 2020 by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein, and shared with the ICA by Creative Equals and it includes, books, articles, podcasts, and films. It is meant to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen their anti-racism work. (During the summer of 2020, I started working on materials to support a corporate mentorship program with the ICA with the expectation that it would launch in fall 2020).

 

On May 31, 2020, Brené Brown asked her social media community to share anti-racism resources. Below are the books recommended by the community. Starred books received numerous recommendations. Here’s the link: https://brenebrown.com/antiracism-resources/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anti-racism Resources Curated by the Harvard Business Review