Race, Indigeneity, and Social Justice
On Mar. 5 the Honourable Janet Austin hosted a panel on “Igniting Greater Civic Engagement in Our Community, Our Province.” Guest speakers discussed equity, diversity, inclusion; democracy and civic engagement; and reconciliation.
Anti-Racist Commitment
Faculty and staff of the Okanagan School of Education are committed to fostering genuine dialogue around issues of racial injustice in education with educators, students, colleagues, and the greater community—bringing to bear policies and practices in our local and global institutions. We aim to empower educators and their students to dismantle patterns of racism and injustice in school and community settings, and invest in developing more democratic and more just societies.
Our hopes calling us to actions are to:
- Realize more sustainable intellectual, ecological, and cultural diversity, and more appreciation for gender identities, sexual orientation, peoples of colour, and the natural world
- Gain greater conscientiousness about inequalities that arise from social class differences and social stratification
- Transform patterns of intolerance (including but not limited to intolerance towards different intellectual and political viewpoints/traditions), exploitation and homogenization, towards patterns of respect, appreciation, and diversities
- Foster interdependent, caring relationships between humans and the natural world, and between diverse individuals and communities
- Learn from the past, stay alert in the present, and continuously create a just and sustaining world, for the children now and for future generations; for peoples to be
Upcoming Events
There are no upcoming events at this time. Please check back soon.
Past Events
Different together: Can we make it happen?
On June 11, the UBC community joined together for a conversation inspired by the global anti-racism protests, and BC’s #DifferentTogether pledge.
Resources
Together against Racism and Injustice, Office of the President, UBC
UBC Committee on Systemic Racism, Office of the President, UBC
Statement from Dean Blye Frank, Faculty of Education
Statement from Margaret Macintyre Latta, Okanagan School of Education
Listen, Change, Do More., UBC Equity & Inclusion Office
Activating Solidarity: A Guide to Anti-Racism Work | UBC Equity
Solidarity & Action: Five Tips on Tackling Racism | UBC Equity
Sustainable Self-Care: Finding Serenity in Times of Stress | UBC Equity
Ally Resources For Supporters Of Black Lives Matter | SWAAY (June 4, 2020)
Black Lives Matter: A guide to supporting anti-racism & human rights | Hip Hop Canada (June 4, 2020)
Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
Protests, donations, lesson plans: How the education world is responding to George Floyd’s killing | Matt Barnum and Kalyn Belsha (2020)
How NYC Students and Teachers are Making Sense of George Floyd’s Killing | Alex Zimmerman and Reema Amin (2020)
Place, Land, and the Decolonization of the Settler Soul | David Addington Greenwood (2020)
A Guide to Equity and Antiracism for Educators | Hedreich Nichols (2020)
Standing in Solidarity with our Black Colleagues and Black Community in the United States | Dr. Africa Stewart (2020)
Scaffolded Anti-racist Resources
Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism–from Ferguson to Charleston | Jon Greenberg (2015)
Settler Traditions of Place: Making Explicit the Epistemological Legacy of White Supremacy and Settler Colonialism for Place-Based Education | Gardner Seawright (2014)
Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy | Gloria Ladson-Billings (1995)
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics | Kimberle Crenshaw (1989)
Decolonization is not a metaphor | Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang (2012)
How to talk to kids about race, and why you should start now | Dr. Handel Wright
The push for more Black history curriculum in British Columbia schools | Dr. Annette Henry
White people have to step up to identify systemic racism in Canada | Dr. Michelle Stack
Charles Adler Tonight: Outrage and Sorrow in America | Dr. Annette Henry
Panel discussion: Dealing with racial division | Dr. Annette Henry
We must tackle and dismantle systemic racism and white supremacy | Dr. Bathseba Opini
The road to allyship: Breaking down anti-Black sentiments across cultures | Dr. Handel Wright
Solidarity & Action: Five Tips for Tackling Racism | UBC Equity & Inclusion Office
Worth the Risk: Towards Decentring Whiteness in English Language Teaching | JPB Gerald (2020)
Looking for Excellent “Diverse” Books for Children? Start Here! | EmbraceRace
25 books about being Black in Canada | CBC Books (2020)
Teaching For Black Lives | Edited by Wayne Au, Jesse Hagopian and Dyan Watson (2018)
White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism | DiAngelo, Robin J. (2018)
Teaching community: A pedagogy of hope | bell hooks (2003)
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches | Audre Lorde (1984)
Me and White Supremacy | Layla F. Saad (2020)
Do the work: an anti-racist reading list | Layla F. Saad (2020)
How to be an antiracist | Ibram X. Kendi (2019)
The Skin We’re In | Desmond Cole (2020)
Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities | Frances Henry, Enaskshi Dua, Carl E. James, Audrey Kobayashi, Peter Li, Howard Ramos and Malinda S. Smith (2017)
So You Want To Talk about Race | Oluo, Ijeoma (2019)
Anti-discrimination Response Training (A.R.T.) — What can YOU do when you witness discrimination? | Ishiyama, F.I. (2011)
Let’s Talk! Facilitating Critical Conversations with Students.| A teaching tolerance guide
Antiracism teacher resources | BCTF
10 TED Classroom Resources About Race in America | Laura McClure (2016)
Anti-racism resources | Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy
UBC Okanagan Equity & Inclusion Office
Building Inclusive UBC: An Inclusive Action Plan
Shaping UBC’s Next Century: UBC’s Strategic Plan
UBC Okanagan’s Different Together Webinar and resources
Education Library | Curated book lists, teaching guides and more resources
Task Force on Race, Indigeneity, and Social Justice | Faculty of Education (established Sept. 2019)
13th | Ava DuVernay (full feature available on YouTube via Netflix)
A brief history of the Black Lives Matter movement | CBC Kids News (YouTube)
Black Communities in Canada Channel | free collection of films by award-winning Black filmmakers, creators, and allies of the Black community | National Film Board of Canada
I Am Not Your Negro | 2016 documentary based on James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript Remember This House (official trailer, YouTube)
The Skin We’re In | CBC documentary following Desmond Cole as he researches his book