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Nicholas Marcus Thompson, right, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat, and Bernadeth Betchi, a CHRC employee and representative plaintiff, participate in a news conference on the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions’ special review of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, June 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

International review of the Canadian Human Rights Commission can provide limited gains for anti-racism advocacy

Publicizing an international review of the Commission is helping civil society advocate for reforms to combat racism, but the outcome of the review is set to maintain the status quo.
A woman speaks at a protest in Washington D.C. following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of its decision in the Roe v. Wade case on abortion rights, June 24, 2022. (Shutterstock)

How racialized women can tackle backlash when advocating for change

Advocacy often provokes strong reactions from those in power. This backlash deters others from speaking out and perpetuates a cycle of silence, gaslighting and compliance.
We put together a list of staff recommendations of our podcast for your summer listening. This is a collage of the guests of those episodes. (The Conversation Canada)

Some of our favourite episodes you may have missed: Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast

In this bonus episode, you’ll meet some of the producers who help make this podcast to revisit some of our favourite episodes from past seasons.
It is important that we in Canada understand our history so that we know how to move forward with clear solutions. (Shutterstock)

Why DEI in Canada struggles to uplift Black people

Canada was never designed to be a space for unequivocal diversity, equity or inclusion. Rather, DEI initiatives are based on policies that maintain an unequal status quo.
While literary texts can nurture deep understandings about racism and power, it’s not enough to provide students with racially and culturally diverse texts. (Rasheeq Mohammad)

How literature teachers can create anti-racist classrooms

When teachers are self-aware of how their identities impact their values, beliefs and experiences, they are better prepared to help students build bridges between their lives and literature.
Image credits: AP/Hatem Ali (Palestinians displaced by the Israeli offensive in Gaza in Rafah in Jan)., AP/Chris Pizzello (Taraji P. Henson), THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick (sign at climate protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa), CP/Spencer Colby (police at a pro-Palestinian protest), Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP (rainbow-haired “Stop Cop City” protestor with fist raised), DCMR logo.

Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast: Listen to the new season trailer

The DCMR team has been busy prepping new episodes and next week, we start releasing episodes for season 7, taking our anti-racist lens to the news and issues occupying a lot of our minds these days.
A study saw racialized students in Ontario French immersion programs write monologues and stories about their experiences, and also invited immersion stakeholders like teachers and parents to give feedback on race and racism in Ontario immersion programs. (CDC)

Anti-racist, culturally responsive French immersion: Listening to racialized students is an important step towards equitable education

Listening to voices of racialized students in French immersion matters for creating more inclusive schooling.
A social media narrative that anti-racism and equity work is to blame for a high school principal’s death could mean challenges ahead for equity workers. (Christina Wocintech/Unsplash)

Why a Toronto high school principal’s death is wrongly linked to anti-racist training

The media storm that is building on equity work after the death of a Toronto school principal will test Canadians’ commitment to doing the work needed to be done to address racism.
People visit the Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act exhibit at the Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver on June 30, 2023. The exhibit features hundreds of special identity documents called C.I. certificates that were issued to Chinese residents by the Canadian government. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A century after the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese women still face challenges in Canada

The Chinese Exclusion Act and other discriminatory measures had profound and lasting impacts on Chinese women and families in Canada.

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