Truth and (then) Reconciliation in Canada
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission – Calls to Action:
- Reconciliation Education
- National Center for Truth and Reconciliation – Education
- Business Reconciliation
- Saskatchewan’s Teacher’s Federation – Let’s Talk About Decolonization
- University of Alberta – Indigenous Canada (FREE!)
- The Ethical Space of Engagement
Did you know?
- 8 First Nation reserve FAQs
- Treaties of Canada
- What is a treaty?
- What does this look like on a map?
- What are some of the by-products of these treaties?
- Land Acknowledgements
- Learn to write your own…
- …Recognize that that is not enough
- What is Land Back and Why is it important
- Land Back
- Fairy Creek Blockade and Old-Growth Forests in B.C. | The Narwhal
- Five things you should know about the Wet’suwet’en’s fight for their rights
- ‘Residential’ ‘Schools’
- Unmarked graves
- Child welfare to prison pipeline
- The dark history of Canada’s Food Guide: How experiments on Indigenous children shaped nutrition policy
- Naming of Non-Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination
- Know your terms – Terminology Resources
- What is a Microaggression?
- The Institute for Anti-Racist Education @antiracistedinstitute
Podcasts
- 2 Crees in a pod – Amber Dion and Terri Suntjens https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/2-crees-in-a-pod/id1517083728
- Season 2 – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls with Gladys Radek
- Season 1 – 60’s Scoop with Colleen Hele-Cardinal
- Season 1 – Restorative practices with Andre Bear
- Finding Cleo
- Missing and Murdered
- The Secret Life of Canada
- Stuff the British Stole
- Cone of Shame podcast – Dr. Andy Roark
- Episode 37 – Breaking Racial Barriers in Veterinary Medicine https://soundcloud.com/coneofshameshow/cos-037
- Brené with Austin Channing Brown on I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
- DiversityMatters at AAVMC
- Episode 56 – From Bystander to Ally https://soundcloud.com/diversitymatters-at-aavmc/56-from-bystander-to-ally
- Episode 66 – Anti-Asian Discrimination amid the COVID-19 Pandemic https://soundcloud.com/diversitymatters-at-aavmc/66-anti-asian-discrimination
- Episode 73 – Black Lives Matter in Veterinary Medicine https://soundcloud.com/diversitymatters-at-aavmc/73-blacklivesmatter-in-veterinary-medicine
Ted talks
- The Urgency of Intersectionality by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- The path to ending systemic racism in the US by Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero, Chris Anderson, Whitney Pennington Rodgers
- The difference between being “not racist” and antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, Chloe Sasha, Whitney Pennington Rodgers
Articles
- “Pet Owners Are Diverse, but Veterinarians are overwhelmingly White. Black Veterinarians Want to Change That” by Melissa Chan
- “Students, recent grads from underrepresented backgrounds are building spaces for themselves” by Kaitlyn Mattson
- “‘I had never, ever seen a Black vet’: Guelph students create network for Black Canadian veterinary professionals” by Jonathan Duncan
- “White Privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack” by Peggy Mcintosh
- “An overdue awakening: Addressing systemic racism in veterinary medicine” by Erica Tricarico
- “How Black People Learned Not To Trust” by Charles M. Blow
books
- Navigating Diversity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine edited by Lisa M. Greenhill, Kauline Cipriani Davis, Patricia M. Lowrie, and Sandra F. Amass
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
- Racism without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
- White Fragility by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
Videos and films
- The First But Not The Last: Honoring Black Veterinarians by the MCVMA and BlackDVMNetwork
- White Fragility – Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses ‘White Fragility’
- We Were Children directed by Time Wolochatiuk
- Available on PrimeVideo, Apple TV, or https://www.nfb.ca/film/we_were_children/
- Indigenous Stereotypes – Wab Kinew
- A Profession in Crisis: Discrimination in Veterinary Medicine by the MCVMA
Relevant EDI NETWORKS AND ASSOCIATIONS
- Black DVM Network @blackdvmnetwork
- The Canadian VIBE Network @canadianvibe_
- Multicultural Veterinary Medical Association @multiculturalvma
- Latinx Veterinary Medical Association @latinxvet
- Association of Asian Veterinary Medical Professionals @asiansinvetmed
- Native American Veterinary Association Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/753809451452278
- OVC DIVERSE @ovcdiverse
- VOICE – Veterinarians as One Inclusive Community for Empowerment @vetvoicenational
- Black Lives Matter YXE @blacklivesmatteryxe
- WCVM PRIDE @wcvmpride
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