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Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion : Home

A guide supporting the work of VCC's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Like all of us, it is always a work in progress.

JEDI Literature

VCC Resources

Local Learning

Musqueam Story
Squamish Nation
Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Historic Chinatown
Vancouver Chinatown Map Guide
Secret Vancouver: Return to Hogan's Alley
Storyhive (February 2016)
The Story of the Kogata Maru
Canadian Museum for Human Rights (2021)

Toolkits

Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.
How to Be an Antiracist: Book Club Kit
Ibram X. Kendi
Responding to Hate Toolkit: Combat Anti-Asian racism by Taking Action
respondingtohate.ca
Fostering a Sense of Belonging in Times of Crisis and Challenge An Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Handbook for Individuals and Organizations During COVID-19
University of Guelph (Spring 2020)
#Elimin8Hate
Vancouver Asian Film Festival (2021)
Project 1907 Resources
project 1907. (2021)

Guide to Employee Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Surveys
Conducting EDI surveys at your institution

Indigenous Voices

#Next150: Indian Horse
Indian Horse Productions.
Canada Reads spotlight: From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle
CBC/Radio-Canada (2020)
Original Voices
CBC Indigenous. CBC/Radio Canada (2019)
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
Centennial College
An Overview of the Indian Residential School System
Union of Ontario Indians. (2013)
21 things you may not know about the Indian Act
Bob Joseph. CBC/Radio Canada. (April 2016)

Black Voices

Eternity Martis reflects on the challenges of being a Black university student in her first book
Ryan B. Patrick. CBC/Radio-Canada (2020)
Dionne Brand: On narrative, reckoning and the calculus of living and dying
Dionne Brand. The Toronto Star (2020)
The Black Experience in Multicultural Canada
Ruth Mojeed. Douglas Magazine (June 2020)
How the spectacle of U.S. racism allows Canada to overlook its own
The Sunday Edition. CBC/Radio-Canada (June 2020)
Canada's slavery secret: The whitewashing of 200 years of enslavement
Kyle G. Brown. CBC/Radio-Canada (February 2019)
Resistance and Resurgence: Confronting Anti-Black Racism in Canada
Angela Marie MacDougall, Dr. Yvonne Brown, Cicely Blain, Denise Goldberg, Dr. June Francis, Junie Désil and Natasha Tony. facebook (June 2020)
Esi Edugyan, Robyn Maynard, Syrus Marcus Ware and Ian Williams join Desmond Cole on Maclean's Live
Maclean's (June 2020)
Saskatchewan’s Shiloh People: the province’s first black farming community
Global News (February 2019)

Community Support

AAPI Resources & Support
Harvard University: Health Services. (2021)
Disability Alliance BC
Since 1977, Disability Alliance BC has been a provincial, cross-disability voice in British Columbia.
Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Services Society
This page contains resources that will help you on your journey to learning and healing. It will be constantly updated to include the latest information about Vancouver's healing centres, justice programs and housing.
Vancouver Black Therapy and Advocacy Foundation
VBT&AF is a non-profit organization connecting Black community members in need to mental health resources such as free therapy and advocacy services.

TED Talks

Humanizing the refugee crisis
Brian Sokol. TED Talks (October 2017)

Anti-Asian Racism

ACT2endracism
ACCT Foundation. (2020)
Mass Capture
York Centre for Asian Research. (2021)
Hide Hyodo Shimizu: The Right to Education
Nathan Yeo. Nikkei Voice (June 2019)
Self-Care Tips For Asian Americans Dealing With Racism Amid Coronavirus
Brittany Wong. Huffington Post (April 2020)
What was the Komagata Maru incident and why does it matter?
Monique Muise. Global News. (May 2016)

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