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View Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion's glossary of terms: A reference tool for inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility terminology.
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General
Conflict and managing difficult conversations
Offers resources focused on information and reducing harm, including a slide deck, how-to guides for tackling bullying and avoiding hate speech, fact checking and more.
Provides guidance on how to prepare, start discussion, encourage participation and guide and evaluate discussions, as well as a list of suggested books, articles and webpages to refer to.
A unique handbook that provides a list of topics and linked resources, a section of “Common Practices for Engaging Difficult Conversations in the Classroom”, and practical tools to conduct constructive conversation.
Provides basic tips to prepare, conduct and follow-up with difficult discussions. There is also a useful list of additional resources.
Anti-racism
Creating an anti-racist classroom
- MRU BN Curriculum Redesign website: Kennedy, A., Lima, A., Bussiere, K. (2022). Antiracist and Equity Self-Audit Curriculum Worksheets. Antiracism Working Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mount Royal University. MRU Anti-Racism and Equity Curriculum - Self-Audit
- Humber Teaching for Belonging
- Center for Educational Effectiveness, Just-in-Time Teaching, “Anti-racism Series Resource Book”
- Center for Educational Effectiveness, “Graduate Student Workshop - Building an Anti-Racist Classroom Environment” [video]
- UC Davis STEM Faculty Resource Guide - For Faculty Starting to Learn about Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Anti Racism
- Center for Urban Education. (2020). Laying the groundwork: Concepts and activities for racial equity work. Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California.
- Center for Urban Education: Laying the Groundwork: courselink https://www.cue-tools.usc.edu/phase-one-laying-the-groundwork
- George Brown College Anti-Racism Classroom Tips and Resources
- BGC Canada Anti-Racism Toolkit and Activity Guide
- Why your higher ed DEIJ initiatives fail—and 3 ways to drive success
Anti-racism: Exploring race and culture
- One Species
- Momondo
- CCDI Racism and anti-Black racism
- The history of Canadian slavery
- Canada Day: Resources for learning and engaging with Indigenous communities
- National Indigenous History Month
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation/Orange Shirt Day
- Canadian Islamic History Month
- Filipino Heritage Month
- Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Jewish Heritage Month
- Antisemitism Past and Present - Anne Frank House
- Antisemitism Explained
- CCDI Anti-Asian racism
- Anti-Asian-Racism Across Canada Two Years Into The COVID-19 Pandemic
- The white elephant in the room: anti-Asian racism in Canada
- Canadian Apartheid: Chinese Head Tax
- History of South Asians in Canada
- Japanese Canadian Internment
- Sikh Heritage Month
- Sikh Migrants Who Challenged Immigration Law
- 1001 Inventions
- How The Islamic Golden Age of Science Changed History
- Iran and the West
- Resources for Combating Anti-Asian Racism
- CCDI Indigenous inclusion
- The Lie That Invented Racism TedTalk
- How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion
- Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses 'White Fragility' (1:23:30)
- Journalism’s Racial Reckoning: The News Media’s Pivot to Diversity and Inclusion, by MRU Broadcast Media Studies associate professor Dr. Brad Clark
Research articles
- Feldman R. (2023). The neurobiology of hatred: Tools of Dialogue© intervention for youth reared amidst intractable conflict impacts brain, behaviour, and peacebuilding attitudes. Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), 112 (4), 603–616. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16676
- Lynch, B. (2024). Anti-Racist Social Work Education: “Ready or Not, Here I Come, You Can’t Hide...” Journal of Teaching in Social Work , 44 (2), 204–223. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841233.2024.2316350
- Porter, C. J. (2022). (Re)imagining belonging: Black women want more than survival in predominantly White institutions. Journal of College Student Development, 63 (1), 106–110. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2022.0002
- Pyke, K. D. (2010). What is Internalized Racial Oppression and Why Don’t We Study It? Acknowledging Racism’s Hidden Injuries. Sociological Perspectives, 53(4), 551-572. https://doi.org/10.1525/sop.2010.53.4.551
Tools for self-care
- MRU Health and Wellness Resources
- Surviving & Resisting Hate: A Toolkit For People of Color
- A Survival Guide for Black, Indigenous, and Other Women of Colour in Academe
- InCultureParent, “Resources for White Parents to Learn about Racism,” “12 Children’s Books about Racism and Injustice,” and “How to Talk to Kids About Race: Ages 3 to 8.”
Intersectionality
- Kimberle Crenshaw on Intersectionality
- What is intersectionality?
- Ressa, Theodoto W. and Scot Danforth. 2023. “Disability, Race, and Origin Intersectionality in the Doctoral Program: Ableism in Higher Education.” Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 25(1): 147–159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.911
- Scott, L. A., & Shogren, K. A. (2023). Advancing Anti-Racism and Anti-Ableism in Transition: Equity-Oriented Indicators for Research. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 46(4), 237-248. https://doi.org/10.1177/21651434231189665
Disability and accessibility
- Disability and accessibility
- Andrews, E. E., Forber-Pratt, A. J., Mona, L. R., Lund, E. M., Pilarski, C. R., & Balter, R. (2019). #SaytheWord: A disability culture commentary on the erasure of "disability". Rehabilitation psychology, 64(2), 111–118. https://doi.org/10.1037/rep0000258
- Gregor Wolbring & Aspen Lillywhite, 2021. "Equity/Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Universities: The Case of Disabled People," Societies, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-34, May.
- Brown, N., & Ramlackhan, K. (2022). Exploring experiences of ableism in academia: a constructivist inquiry. Higher education, 83(6), 1225–1239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00739-y
- Cieza, A., Sabariego, C., Bickenbach, J., & Chatterji, S. (2018). Rethinking Disability. BMC medicine, 16(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-1002-6
- Sherwood, K. L., & Kattari, S. K. (2021). Reducing Ableism in Social Work Education Through Universal Design for Learning and Policy. Journal of Social Work Education, 59(1), 119–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2021.1997686
- International Week of Deaf People
- Wolbring, G.; Nguyen, A. Equity/Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and Other EDI Phrases and EDI Policy Frameworks: A Scoping Review. Trends High. Educ. 2023, 2, 168-237. https://doi.org/10.3390/higheredu2010011
- Wolbring, G.; Escobedo, M. Academic Coverage of Social Stressors Experienced by Disabled People: A Scoping Review. Societies 2023, 13, 211. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13090211
- Rodgers, J., Thorneycroft, R., Cook, P. S., Humphrys, E., Asquith, N. L., Yaghi, S. A., & Foulstone, A. (2022). Ableism in higher education: the negation of crip temporalities within the neoliberal academy. Higher Education Research & Development, 42(6), 1482–1495. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2022.2138277
- Nicole Brown (2021) Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education, Bristol: Policy Press, 352 pp., ISBN: 978-1447354116
2SLGBTQIA+
- CCDI LGBTQ2S+ inclusion
- International Day of Pink / Pink Shirt Day
- Calgary Pride
- Skipping Stone
- Trans Inclusivity 101
- Centre for Newcomers | Services
- Centre for Sexuality
- The Trevor Project
- Egale
- The Alex
- Trans Lifeline
- Two Spirit Resource Directory
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health
- GLAAD
- International Transgender Day of Visibility
- Transgender Day of Remembrance
- GLAAD Transgender Media Program