As a Community Foundation we believe that it is important to be representative of our community and at the same time meet the United Nations sustainable development goals to ensure that “no one is left behind.”
Our objective is to ensure that when delivering a program that is focused on a particular group in our community, that the program is developed with the guidance and support of the intended. These discussions need to take place for the betterment of our community.
We are working internally and externally to work to remove the lingering imprint of colonialism and systemic racism on our operational plans, policies and practices. To support our efforts our staff has collected a number of resources we believe can elevate your own understanding of diversity and inclusion.
We will continue to update our list as we continue to learn and expand our knowledge on these topics. If you have any resource recommendations, please let us know by emailing communications@theocf.org
- The Book Table, Black Lives Matter Reading List
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- How you can be an ally in the fight for racial justice by Deray Mckesson
- Amplify Restorative Justice Podcast
- Intersectionality Matters! Hosted by Kimberle Crenshaw
- Privilege/Class/Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers
- Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses “White Fragility”
- Q&A: Robyn Maynard on Anti-Black Racism, Misogyny and Policing in Canada
- Challenging Systemic Barriers Series
- Anti-Asian racism reading and resources list by the University of Toronto
- Addressing anti-Asian Racism, the Government of Canada
- National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
- “The Stranger” Official Video, Gord Downie
- Two Worlds Colliding Documentary
- First Contact, TVO
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Indigenous Peoples: Language Guidelines, University of British Columbia
- Powerful speech by NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq
- The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents: Indigenous Roots and Hoots
- Residential Schools Podcast Series
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Indigenous Reads
- Indigenous Canada, University of Alberta
- Women’s Equality Reading List, Forbes
- “This Changes Everything” (2018) Dir. Tom Donahue
- Are you biased? I am, Kristen Pressner
