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Being Indigenous is more than just genealogy. Here Lorralene Whiteye from the Ojibway Nation checks her hair in a mirror before the start of a healing ceremony, held by Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction, to commemorate the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler

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Stolen identities: What does it mean to be Indigenous? Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 8
COVID-19 has laid bare how migrant workers in Canada are treated. (Tim Mossholder/Unsplash)

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How we treat migrant workers who put food on our tables: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 4

Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation; Anowa Quarcoo, The Conversation, and Ibrahim Daair, The Conversation

For much of its history Canada has encouraged people to come and work in this country. However, racialized migrant workers often face an immigration system designed to leave them powerless.
Whether they breastfeed or use formula, food insecure mothers are struggling to feed their babies. (Hessam Nabavi/Unsplash)

🎧 Don't Call Me Resilient, EP 12

Why are babies going hungry in a food-rich nation like Canada?

Lesley Frank, Acadia University

With the high cost of infant formula, food-insecure mothers who cannot breastfeed are struggling to feed their babies.
State surveillance has a big impact on the way RCMP treat Indigenous land defenders. Listen to our podcast for more info. Here, RCMP officers walk toward an anti-logging blockade in Caycuse, B.C., in May. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jen Osborne

🎧 Don't Call Me Resilient, EP 10

Intense police surveillance for Indigenous land defenders

Jeffrey Monaghan, Carleton University

In recent years, Indigenous land defenders have lived under increasing police and state surveillance while far-right, conspiratorial movements have not.
Scholar Cheryl Thompson discusses racist stereotypes, including the words used by comedians like Dave Chappelle, pictured here, in Toronto, in 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Thornhill

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What’s in a word? How to confront 150 years of racial stereotypes: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 1

Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation

In this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, host Vinita Srivastava and scholar Cheryl Thompson dive into the meaning of the n-word and the 150 years of racism embedded in it.
Russia threatened to withdraw from the International Space Station over sanctions imposed on the country following its invasion of Ukraine. 3Dsculptor via Shutterstock

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Ukraine invasion threatens international collaboration in space and shows how power structures are changing – podcast

Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Listen to two space experts discuss how the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens international collaboration in space on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
People in the Kalash valley in Pakistan during the Joshi festival. thsulemani/Shutterstock

The Conversation Weekly

How culture informs people’s emotional reaction to music – podcast

Daniel Merino, The Conversation

From the archive: researchers visited the remote Kalash valleys to investigate how the concept of ‘happy’ and ‘sad’ music differs across cultures. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Protesters at Liberty Park on Oct. 16, 2011, Day 31 of Occupy Wall Street in New York. David Shankbone/The Occupy Wall Street Creative Commons Project

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How to deal with the pain of racism — and become a better advocate: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 2

Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation

The writer and zen priest Reverend angel Kyodo williams speaks about the pain of racism, how she uses meditation to combat it — and become a stronger anti-racist activist in America today.
In this episode, Roberta Timothy talks about her new international health project, Black Health Matters, and explains why racial justice is a public health issue. In this photo, Dr. Janice Bacon, a primary care physician with Central Mississippi Health Services, gives Jeremiah Young, 11, a physical exam. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

🎧 Don't Call Me Resilient, EP 5

Black health matters: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 5

Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation; Anowa Quarcoo, The Conversation, and Ibrahim Daair, The Conversation

When COVID-19 first appeared, some called it the great equalizer. But the facts quickly revealed a grim reality: COVID-19 disproportionately impacts racialized communities.

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Fists raised in solidarity for George Floyd in Charlotte, N.C. (Unsplash/Clay Banks)

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Listen to ‘Don’t Call Me Resilient’: Our podcast about race

Don’t Call Me Resilient is a provocative podcast about race that goes in search of solutions for those things no one should have to be resilient for.
People take part in a mass meditation on the lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa in 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

How to be a mindful anti-racist

Mindfulness practices may help one examine long-held cultural assumptions, allowing one to better respond to current critical issues such as climate change and systemic racism.
Bill Robinson dancing with Shirley Temple in ‘The Little Colonel.’ (20th Century Fox)

How ‘Uncle Tom’ still impacts racial politics

‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ the best seller of the 19th century, is not a relic from the past. The complex Uncle Tom figure still has a hold over Black politics.

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