Anti-racism & Diversity Resources

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit bill. The killing drew an international spotlight on the issue of anti-black racism. It is incumbent on everyone to reflect on systemic discrimination and how we all can contribute to a better, more inclusive tomorrow. 

Supporting diversity and inclusion, promoting pluralism, and responding to systemic discrimination have been long-standing priorities for me. One of the reasons I decided to become an academic was to channel my student activism into a positive and creative response to the mental and emotional challenges of constantly reacting to demoralizing, and generally sad news related to the treatment of visible minorities and First Nations peoples in Canada.

The issue of Islamophobia remains an anomalous occurrence in the patchwork of the Canadian cultural and religious mosaic. Nevertheless, it  present and pressing concern which I focus on in my social outreach work, as well as in my work in the classroom. Social change rarely starts from the top down, and it is therefore incumbent on all of us to speak out against injustice in all of its modalities and dream of a better tomorrow, that which only can be founded on the products of our labour today. Below is a selection of resources on diversity and anti-racism issues in Canada. 

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Canada Day at the City of Edmonton, City Hall. Photo Credit: Dustin Lafleur