Resources for Learning

• What type of ally are you?
  Allyship is critical to social justice issues and to eradicating the challenges faced by equity-seeking groups. But what does an ally look like? In this webinar, we will look at the different types of allyship and how one can leverage their position as an ally to dismantle inequality and to support equity-deserving groups of our community.
• Unconscious bias
  The reality is that we all have bias – forces that shape our opinions and beliefs, which then in turn inform our behaviour. The key to making unconscious bias training work is translating awareness into action. This webinar will give you all the tools to answer the question - we all have bias, what can we do about it?
  
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• Addressing Anti-Asian Racism: A Resource for Educators: A guide to combatting Anti-Asian racism within schools and classrooms  

• Immigration Waterloo Region Resources: A guide to learn about racism and access resources, tools and information to assist in taking action to end racism in Waterloo Region. 

• Anti-Asian racism: Preparing for a changing workforce
  May is Asian Heritage Month, an opportunity for us to reflect on how far we have come in addressing Asian stereotypes and the advancement of Asian Canadians in the workplace. Join us for an exploration of the term “Bamboo Ceiling” to unpack the limitations and discrimination faced by employees of Asian descent in their quest for leadership roles, and what workplaces can do to be more equitable and inclusive.

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• Anti-East Asian Racism: An information sheet put together by the City of Toronto to address anti-East Asian racism. 

• History of South Asians in Canada: Timeline: Focusing on South Asians in Canada, this timeline gives a historical overview to the oppressive treatment of South Asian diasporic communities. 

• Breathe: a letter to my sons: Imani Perry Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world. 

• Dominant Cultural Narratives, Racism, and Resistance in the Workplace: A Study of the Experiences of Young Black Canadians: Published by Community Psychology and writted by Julian Hasford, focuses on experiences of young black Canadians in the workforce. 

• Interrupted childhoods: Over-representation of Indigenous and Black children in Ontario child welfare: Key findings published by the Ontario Human Rights Commission 

  • The Skin We're In. A Year of Black Resistance and Power: A book that addresses the “bubble of Canadian smugness and naïve assumptions of a post-racial nation” and “chronicles just one year- 2017- in the struggle against racism in this country” 

• Black History Month: Unlearning anti-Black racism
  The conversation around anti-Black racism has mostly focused on strategies for eliminating racism within organizations and communal settings. However, tools and strategies can only go so far when we have been socially conditioned into anti-Blackness. In this webinar, we will explore how we can unlearn internalized anti-Black racism.
  
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• Interrupted childhoods: Over-representation of Indigenous and Black children in Ontario child welfare: Key findings published by the Ontario Human Rights Commission 

• The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities: The book will be appeal to anyone interested in the issue of equity within the university setting. This includes faculty members from many disciplines; administrators at all levels; students and graduate students; and people interested in equity issues outside of academia.

• Anti-Racism Guide from Western Carolina University: Definitions of racism, anti-racism, white supremacy, a collection of resources for anti-racist allies and people of colour 

• Call it out: Racism, racial discrimination and human rights: A 30-minute interactive eLearning course that offers a foundation for learning about race, racial discrimination and human rights protections under Ontario's Human Rights Code. 

• How To Be An Anti-Racist: Excerpt: “Instead of working with the policies and system we have in place, Ibram X. Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building it.” 

• Me and My White Supremacy: Layla Saad’s 28-day challenge that leads readers through a journey of understanding their white privilege and participation in white supremacy, so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on black, indigenous and people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. 

• So You Want to Talk About Race: Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action to “model minorities” in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life. 

• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism: Antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively. 

• How to recognize and prevent it in the workplace:
  Reports from Statistics Canada demonstrate that although the national Jewish community constitutes only 1% of the total population, in 2018 hate crimes against the Jewish community were nearly 20% of the total reported hate crimes. There is a marked increase in antisemitism since the pandemic. Hate crime against other religious groups has dropped except for antisemitism. Antisemitism is the second most common form of Hate crime across Canada, and the most common in Toronto. We can all agree that antisemitism is a problem, and we want to eliminate it.
  
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• Confronting Antisemitism: An information sheet put together by the City of Toronto to address antisemitism.

• Trauma, Narrative, and Two Forms of Death: Goldberg explores the relationship of trauma and stories, using the Holocaust and Jewish identity as a backdrop. 

• Antisemitism in History and Politics: Bartov dissects the history of antisemitism within the realm of politics to highlight its pervasiveness in contemporary spaces.

• Addressing Anti-Semitism through Education: Teaching Aids | OSCE

• Bystander Intervention Skills: Intervening when Sexual Violence Occurs (uwaterloo.ca) Bystander Intervention Skills and Strategies developed by the University of Waterloo’s Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office 

• The Socio-Ecological Model of Sexual Violence Prevention: How it relates to Active Bystander Intervention on our University Campuses A resource developed by the University of Waterloo’s Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office.  

• Bystanders are Essential to Bullying Prevention and Intervention: A fact sheet put together by stopbullying.gov that focuses on bystander prevention and intervention within bullying. 

• Inclusive recruitment, retention and advancement: Developing innovative recruitment, hiring and retention practices is key to a diverse, inclusive, and equitable organizational culture. This webinar will highlight strategies to build a more inclusive hiring process, including job postings, interviews, and hiring decisions, as well as strategies on retention and inclusive advancement.

• Inclusive workplace Flexible work practices: The pandemic created a forced experiment in flexible work arrangements, and while growing pains were felt by many, data shows that flexible work policies lead to more inclusive organizations. In this panel discussion, we hear from organizations creating and implementing flexible work policies. We discuss what's working, what is not working, and consider where flexible work is going next.

• Advancing inclusive recruitment, hiring and retention: Developing innovative recruitment, hiring and retention practices are key to a diverse, inclusive and equitable organizational culture. This webinar will highlight strategies to build a more inclusive hiring process from job postings, searching for the right candidates, making hiring decisions to retention and promotion.

• DEI 101: Practical strategies for inclusion: Successfully implementing diversity and inclusion strategies in the workplace can seem like a complicated and lengthy process. DEI 101 dials the discussion back to the basics and fundamentals which are necessary for future growth and progress of your DEI initiatives.

• How workplaces can respond to tragic news and events: When tragic news and events occur in society, organizations are expected to respond quickly in a way that reflects their values, provide support and demonstrate compassion for employees affected by the event. CCDI hosted a roundtable of industry leaders to share their perspectives and challenges in responding to social events. This webinar will highlight some of the key learnings from the roundtable.
  
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• Ableism and discrimination based on disability: This 20-minute audiocast is based on the OHRC’s Policy on ableism and discrimination based on disability (2016).  

• Leading Towards Disability Justice: A podcast episode by Dr. Gillian Parekh that highlights disability justice and combatting ableism in higher education.  

• Resources for Promoting Disability Justice: A resource guide put together by Columbia University to help people combat ableism.  

• Skin, Tooth, and Bone: The Basis of Movement is Our People: A primer created by Sins Invalid to offer concrete suggestions for moving beyond the socialization of ableism.  

• Working Together: The Code and the AODA: This 5-part eLearning series (20 minutes) is for public, private and not-for-profit sectors and completes the training requirements for section 7 of the Integrated Accessibility Standards of the AODA. 

Mental health: A DEI priority: For Mental Health Awareness Month, CCDI brings together experts to continue ongoing conversations on the importance of employee mental health and well-being. Panelists will share elements of an effective mental health strategy and address the growing importance for organizations to make mental health a priority.

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• Microinterventions and microaffirmations: Microaggressions are common in the workplace, and sometimes we don't know how to address them. This webinar will provide you with the tools to identify and address microaggressions effectively in the workplace.
  
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• Dr. Kevin Nadal’s A Guide to Responding to Microaggressions: A guide on different forms of microaggressions and how to respond to them.  

• Project Implicit: A non-profit organization and international collaborative of researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition. 

• Examples of Racial Microaggressions: A guide that outlines different racial/ethnic microaggressions and the message they each give off. NOTE: some of these microaggressions can be retraumatizing, please approach this with your own comfort in mind.  

• That’s So Gay! – Kevin L. Nadal: A book that focuses on the 2SLGBTQIA+ experience and microaggressions.  

• Unpacking microaggression - dismantling 2SLGBTQ+ stereotypes: A guide put together by Toronto Metropolitan University that outlines how we can challenge implicit bias regarding 2SLGBTQIA+ identities. 

• Examples of Disability Microaggressions in Everyday Life: A guide created by Washington State University Vancouver that covers common examples of ableist microaggressions.  

• Online microaggressions strongly impact disabled users: A study done by the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science regarding the link between ableist microaggressions and the internet.

Neurodiversity: An introduction: Neurodiversity is a biological fact. It influences the way an individual thinks, learns, interacts and perceives the world. This webinar offers an introduction to what neurodiversity is, evolving terminology, and how we can embrace neurodiversity in the workplace.

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• Removing systemic barriers faced by Muslim communities: CCDI sits down with Muslim thought leaders to deepen our understanding of Islamophobia in Canada, how it is manifested, and what workplaces and communities can do to address bias and hate against Muslims.
  
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• Islamophobia: An initiative put together by the City of Toronto to address Islamophobia and how to support Muslim communities.
• Combatting Hate: A report on Islamophobia and its impacts on Muslims in Canada by the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights.
• Systemic Islamophobia in Canada : A Research Agenda: This collection of short essays focuses on different manifestations of institutionalized Islamophobia in Canada.

• On the Borderzone: Toronto’s Diasporic Queer Muslims: Nayrouz Abu-Hatoum’s Masters thesis on the experiences of “home” and “exile” felt within the Muslim Queer community in Toronto.   

• Queer Lovers and Hateful Others by Jin Haritaworn: An exploration of the tensions between queerness and Islamophobia with a concentration on the study of homonationalism.

• “I felt like I was being watched”: The hypervisibility of Muslim students in higher education: A study focused on how pervasive Islamophobia is in university environments, often manifesting as microaggressions. 
• Critical Race Theory and Islamophobia: challenging inequity in Higher Education: Gholami uses Critical Race Theory to highlight how institutional approaches to race and religion play a key role in the perpetuation of educational disadvantage for Muslim students.

• DEI stories of success: 2SLGBTQI+ inclusion.
  How can organizations demonstrate allyship towards individuals identifying as 2SLGBTQI+? DEI leaders discuss Canada's first Federal 2SLGBTQI+ Action plan and share success stories of initiatives that lead to creating an inclusive and psychologically safe space for individuals identifying as 2SLGBTQI+.
  
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• GLOW Trans Resources: Resources put together by the University of Waterloo’s GLOW Centre, Canada’s longest standing 2SLGBTQIA+ university group. 

• Your Journey: A Career Guide for Trans and Nonbinary Students: A guide created by the University of Toronto to help provide career support for trans and nonbinary students.

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• Human rights and newcomers: eLearning series that were originally created in response to the Syrian refugee crisis. They can help all newcomers, support agencies and the public learn about their rights and responsibilities under Ontario’s Human Rights Code. 

• Removing the “Canadian experience barrier”:  eLearning on Removing the "Canadian experience" barrier in employment and rights and responsibilities under the Ontario Human Rights Code.