Racial Justice

ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES

In 2021 as part ICA’s call to action during the igniting of Black Lives Matter and murder of George Floyd we created a Racial Justice landing page. The intention has always been to create a community where everyone can fully participate and have equitable opportunity to succeed. To do this work we must address the historical roots of racism and discrimination that impact everyone. This includes creating tools to address systemic and institutional racism that exists in many workplaces.

In our 2021 Greater Victoria survey on community perceptions of racism across Greater Victoria, 61% of residents felt that supportive practices and anti-racism policies in workplaces were critical to addressing issues of racism within Victoria.

Every individual, workplace and institution has a responsibility to take action to fight racism. If we don’t know how, we need to learn how.

Here are some reading, watching, listening, acting and supporting options to do so. The list is by no means exhaustive.

Bystander Intervention Training

The Bystander Intervention Training Program is designed to equip individuals and organizations with practical skills and tools to be anti-racist allies and create cultures that promote dignity.

WATCH

Films:

  • 13th (Netflix)
  • When They See US (Netflix)
  • The Hate They Give (Cinemax)
  • American Son (Netflix)
  • Dear White People (Netflix)
  • See You Yesterday (Netflix)
  • If Beale St. Could Talk (Hulu)
  • King in the Wilderness (HBO)
Videos:
READ
Books:
  • How to Be an Anti-Racist – by Dr. Ibrahim X. Kendi
  • White Fragility – by Robin DiAngelo
  • Between the World and Me – by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • The New Jim Crow – by Michelle Alexander
  • Social dominance: An intergroup theory of social hierarchy and oppression – by J. Sidanius & F. Pratto
  • The Bluest Eye – by Toni Morrison
  • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria – by Beverly Daniel Tatum
  • So You Want to Talk About Race –by Ijeoma Oluo
  • I know Why the Caged Bird Sings – by Maya Angelou
  • The Can’t Kill Us All – by Wesley Lowery
  • Black Feminist Thought – by Patricia Hill Collins
  • Divided Sisters – by Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
  • Locking Up Your Own – by James Forman
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God – by Zora Neale Hurston
  • Fatal Invention – by Dorothy Roberts
  • The Miner’s Canary – by Lani Guiner and Gerald Torres
  • The Wretched of the Earth – by Frantz Fanon
  • 25 Books About Being Black in Canada
Articles/Essays:
Letters:
  • In the wake of the killing of George Floyd by police in the U.S., Maclean’sasked Black Canadian writers to pen open letters to America addressing the recent upheaval and the task of confronting racism that—deny it as some Canadians might—persists in their own country.
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Podcasts to subscribe to:
Donate
ACT – THINGS YOU CAN DO

 

More anti-racism resources to check out:
Mental health care  and substance use prevention in the BIPOC community
Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:
Books:
Podcasts:
Articles:

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GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE: (Resources Compiled with references from)

  1. Meneka Repka
  2. Towani Duchscher
  3. Feminist Deliver
  4. Sarah Sophie Flicker
  5. Alyssa Klein
  6. Evita Ellis

 

 

Tools for Equity

ICA’s Tools for Equity training program for businesses and organizations, addresses racial disparities and employment barriers faced by immigrants, refugees, and communities of colour in the Capital Regional District.

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GVLIP Anti-Racism at Work- Phase I

Anti-Racism at Work is everyone's job. Organizations from small to large will find local resources to help implement anti-racism strategies at work.

Local Immigration Partnership (GVLIP)

Greater Victoria Local Immigration Partnership (GVLIP) focuses on strategic partnerships to develop equitable policies impacting governance, education, health care and housing in our community.