Fight Racism in Canada!

Educator's Tools & Resources

In collaboration with teachers, students, and families from Asian Canadian communities across the GTA, this learning series includes videos, posters, resources, and a facilitator’s guide for further learning to help students (Grade 4 and up) learn about racism and how to fight in their communities! A facilitator’s guide is included for educators and adults to support student learning.

INFOGRAPHICS

Facilitator's Guide

A set of guiding questions for parents, guardians and adults to have conversations with students.

FURTHER LEARNING

Hi there! Now that you have watched our videos and read our infographics, we welcome you to keep learning! Here is a list to start you off. After you have finished this list, we hope you look for more videos, articles, websites and books!

Citations

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Bell, M. K. (2016). Teaching at the Intersections.

Bivens, D. K. (2005). Chapter 5: What is Internalized Racism? In Flipping the script: White Privilege and Community Building.

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Crenshaw, K. (2015, September 24). Opinion: Why Intersectionality Can’t Wait. The Washington Post.

Este, D., Lorenzetti, L., & Sato, C. (2018). Racism and Anti-Racism in Canada. Winnipeg, MB: Fernwood Publishing.

Gaffney, C. (2016). Anatomy of an Ally.

Global News. (2019, September 25). What is Internalized Racism?

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Hammond, Z. (2015). Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

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Kalvapalle, R. (2020, September 11).’This is a Canadian problem, too’: U of T’s Maydianne Andrade on finding the will to address anti-Black racism. U of T News.

Knight, D. (2015). “What’s ‘colorism’?”.

Kwong, E. (2018, August 29). Tossing, hiding or being shunned for ‘stinky’ school lunches: 8 Canadians on the ethnic food they were embarrassed to eat in class. Toronto Star.

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Miller, J., & Chan-Smitham, B. (2020, July) Bystander intervention to stop anti-Asian/American and xenophobia harassment. hollaback! and Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Virtual workshop hosted on Zoom. 

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Adler, M. (2020, February 24). Hit hard, Scarborough Chinese businesses hope to beat COVID-19 fears. toronto.com. 

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Coloma, R. S. (2017). “Too Asian?”: On racism, paradox, and ethno-nationalism. In R. S. Coloma & G. Pon (Eds), Asian Canadian studies reader (pp. 363-382). Toronto: ON: University of Toronto Press.

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Lee, J. (2020, August 12). Chinese Canadians share their experiences of racism during COVID-19. Maclean’s.

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Trinh, J. (2020, June 23). Canadian doctors of colour offer a frank look at racism in medicine. CBC News.

Tsekouras, P. (2020, April 9). ‘It happened because I’m Asian’: Toronto ER nurse says she was spit on, verbally assaulted. CTV News.

Wang, S. (2020, January 31). Business down at Wuhan Noodle restaurant in Markham amid racism, coronavirus fear. Toronto Star.

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Slaughter, G., & Singh, M. (2020, June 6). Five charts that show what systemic racism looks like in Canada.

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Made possible with the support and guidance of our reviewers:
Pamala Agawa
Joe Gallagher
Rachel Mishenene
Maria Montejo
Michelle Zante
Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT)
Supported by the Government of Canada.

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