Antiracist Resources For Educators.

Here is a list of helpful resources to get you started.

POV: White settler Educator located on the traditional territory of the T'Sou-ke Nation known colonially as Sooke, British Columbia.

Hello Educators!

Although I’ve been a teacher for over 15 years, it is only truly in the last two school years that I have paid close attention to bringing anti-racism into the classroom. Prior to joining MAR, I thought I knew what racism was, and I was certain that I wasn’t causing harm or condoning racism in my classroom and in my school. I now realize that there is no middle ground; if you aren’t actively doing the work to be anti-racist, to decolonize your classroom, then you are part of the systemic racism that BIPOC students face daily.

As part of my learning and unlearning, I have been exploring and searching for resources that teachers can use. Here is a list, to get you started, of things I’ve found helpful. I realize this list isn’t exhaustive, so if you have a suggestion for a great resource for anti-racist educators, please let me know and I will add it in! Thanks!

In solidarity,

Moms Against Racism Education Advocacy Team

Websites:

• Racial Equity Tools

• Department of Canadian Heritage: Black History Month

• BC Black History Awareness Society

• First Nations Caring Society

  • Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Virtual Participation

  • Shannen’s Dream

• National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

• Indigenous Perspectives Society

  • Information about Territory Acknowledgements

• Anti-Oppression Educators Collective

• The Conscious Kid

• Learning for Justice

  • Classroom Resources: Lessons

• Challenging Racist British Columbia

• Orange Shirt Day

• FNESC First Nations Education Steering Committee

• BCTF Advocacy: Social Issues

TED talks:

• The Danger of A Single Story - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Decolonization is for Everyone - Nikki Sanchez

• The Difference Between Being Not Racist and Anti-racist - Ibram X. Kendi

• How Can We Broach Hard Conversations in the Classroom? - Liz Kleinrock

Articles:

• NY Times: List of teaching resources for teaching about race and racism

• KQED: Tips for choosing diverse books for your classroom

• The Walrus (2020), Robyn Maynard: Canadian Education is Steeped in Anti-Black Racism

• ETFO Voice (2020): Learning to Critically Address Anti-Black Racism: Voice in Conversation with Kike Ojo-Thompson

• Canadian Commission for UNESCO (June 2020): A call to mobilize against racism and and discrimination *Includes a reading and resource list for teachers and others)

• Learning For Justice (2018): What is White privilege, Really?

Podcasts:

• Anti-racist Educator Reads

• Being Kind is not the Same Thing as Being Anti-Racist with Dr. Terri Watson (2020) - Leading Equity Podcast

• The Secret Life of Canada (2017 -present ) *Includes teaching guides

• Canada's Slavery Secret: The Whitewashing of 200 Years of Enslavement (2018) - CBC Ideas

• Slavery’s Long Shadow: The Impact of 200 Years of Enslavement in Canada (2018) - CBC Ideas

Films and Documentaries:

• The Skin We’re In: Pulling back the curtain on racism in Canada (2017) - Desmond Cole

• Approved by the Ministry of Education (2021) - Gioberti and Quincy Francois

Reading Lists:

• Books to Help Build Inclusive Classrooms - The Conscious Kid (pre-K to grade 12)

• 10 Powerful Inclusive and Anti-Racist Books for Kids and Teens - TIME Magazine

• Annotated Bibliography: A Resource for Ontario Educators Learning About Racism (2020) - written by a group of Ontario educators who learn and teach about anti-racism in their professional and personal lives

• Centering Black Lives: A Reading List for All Ages - Facing History and Ourselves (2020)

Books:

• Decolonizing Education-Nourishing the Learning Spirit - Marie Battiste

• This Book is Anti-Racist - Tiffany Jewell

• Speaking our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation - Monique Gray Smith

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

• Me and White Supremacy (2019) - Layla F. Saad

• How to Be an Anti-Racist (2019) – Ibram X. Kendi

• White Fragility (2018) - Robin DiAngelo

• Black Appetite. White Food. Issues of Race, Voice, and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom (2019) - Jamila Lyiscott

• Until we are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada (2020) – Diverlus, Hudson, Marcus (eds.)

• I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (2018) - Austin Channing Brown

• So You Want to Talk About Race (2019) - Ijeoma Oluo

• How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide (2018) - Crystal Marie Fleming

• Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race (2017) - Beverly Daniel Tatum

• Deep Diversity: Overcoming Us vs. Them (2015) - Shakil Choudhury

• We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom (2019) - Bettina L. Love

• Why I’m no Longer Talking to White People about Race (2017) - Reni Eddo-Lodge

• I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter (2018) - David Chariandry

• Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer

• Aboriginal Education: Fulfilling the promise, (editors) Marlene Brant Castellano, Lynne Davis, and Louise Lahache

• The Skin We’re in: A Year of Resistance and Power (2019) – Desmond Cole

Groups:

• Anti-oppression Educators Collective

Facebook Communities:

• Anti-racist Educators

• Ontario Anti-Racist Educators

• Teaching on Days After: Dialogue & Resources for Educating Toward Justice

• and of course Moms Against Racism Canada

People to follow on Instagram:

• Annie Ohana

• Woke Kindergarten

• Decolonize Myself

• Check your Privilege

• Decolonize Your Classroom

• Ancestors Future

• Sincerely.lettie

• MPowerChange

• The Technicolour Bookshelf

• The Conscious Kid

Toolkits:

Navigating race in Canadian workplaces: A toolkit for diversity and inclusion practitioners (2018) - Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

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