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Glossary of EDIA terms and definitions
View Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion's glossary of terms: A reference tool for inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility terminology.
Respectful Language Best Practices Handbook
Explore our Respectful Language Best Practices Handbook, which offers guidance and practical tips to foster inclusive, thoughtful and respectful communication.
Resources by topic
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