RJ & DEI Resources
Racial Justice & Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Recourses
General
TED Talk: How To Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time
TED Talk: How Racism Makes Us Sick
Miss Universe: We Can’t Be What We Can’t See
Why We Must Talk About the Asian-American Story, too
Greta Thunberg isn’t the Only Young Climate Activist You Need to Know
How the GI Bill’s Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans
Don’t Talk about Implicit Bias Without Talking about Structural Racism
Threats to Equity: White Supremacist and Colonial Logic
Blaming Trump is too Easy: This is Us
The People’s Institute For Survival & Beyond
So You Wanna Be An Intersectional Feminist
I’m gonna mess up, and that isn’t gonna stop me
30 of the Best Articles Written by People of Color 2016
For White Parents
The Benefits of Sending Your Privileged Child to an “Underperforming” School
White supremacists are recruiting white teens online. Parents must stop them.
Podcast: Tips for talking about race with small children
Why Aren’t White Mothers Being Blamed for the Opioid Crisis Like Blacks Mothers…
Here’s How We Examined 900 Yearbooks — and Why
New Report Examines the Racial Makeup of Private Schools in the United States
TED Talk: How to Teach Kids to Talk About Taboo Topics
Safe Space Radio: Talking to White Kids About Race
Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness
How Well-Intentioned White Families Can Perpetuate Racism
Why White Parents Need to Do More Than Talk to Their Kids About Racism
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness
Recommended Reading for Children & Youth
Raising Race Conscious Children
What White Children Need To Know About Race
Handouts
White Fragility & Receiving Feedback: A Guide
Anti-Racist Checklist for Whites
Tools / How-To
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
9 Phrases Allies Can Say When Called Out Instead of Getting Defensive
Me and White Supremacy Workbook by Layla F. Saad
Ten Things You Should Know About White Privilege
Education / Schools / Teachers
27 Mistakes White Teachers of Black Students Make and How to Fix Them
24 Books for Anti-Racist Teachers – White Fragiles Beware!
How Detention Causes Long-term Harm to Children
10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools
Indigenous Solidarity Working Group Decolonization Reading List (for Turtle Island)
Unsettling Canada Arthur Manuel
The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy Arthur Manuel
Indigenous Writes Chelsea Vowel
Indigenous Nationhood: Empowering Grassroots Citizens Pam Palmater
The Winter We Danced: Voices from Past, Future, and Idle No More The Kino-nda-niimi Collective
Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto Taiaiake Alfred
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Brown
Medicine Unbundled Gary Geddes
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition Glen Sean Coulthard
Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling Paulette Regan
Memory Serves Lee Maracle
My Conversations with Canadians Lee Maracle
Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and Loss of Aboriginal Life James Daschuk
Restoring the balance : First Nations women, community, and culture Gail Valaskakis
Maps and Dreams Hugh Brody
Chaos Inside Thunderstorms Garry Gottfriedson
In The Rapids: Navigating the Future of First Nations Ovide Mercredi
We are the Dreamers Rita Joe
Inconvenient Indian: a Curious Account of Native People in North America Thomas King
Comparing Mythologies Tomson Highway
Settler: Identity and Colonialism in 21st Century Canada Emma Lowman, Adam Barker
Surviving Canada: Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal Myra Tait
The right relationship : reimagining the implementation of historical treaties John Borrows
Returning To the Teachings: Exploring Aboriginal Justice Rupert Ross
Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit Marie Battiste
Alliances: Re/Envisioning Indigenous-non-Indigenous Relationships Lynne Davis
Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Joanne Barker
Beyond Settler Time: Temporal Sovereignty and Indigenous Self-Determination Mark Rifkin
What We Have Learned: Principles of Truth and Reconciliation Murray Sinclair
Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival Bev Sellars
The Second Long Walk: The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Jerry Kammer
The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book Gord Hill
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Gord Hill
Canada’s First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times Olive Dickason
As Long as This Land Shall Last: A History of Treaty 8 and 11 Rene Fumoleau
The Fourth World George Manuel, Michael Posluns A Narrow Vision: Duncan Campbell Scott and Admin of Indian Affairs In Canada Brian Titley
Our Elders Understand Our Rights: Exploring Int. Law Re: Indigenous Rights Sharon Venne
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life Winona LaDuke
The Winona LaDuke Chronicles Winona LaDuke
First Peoples Law Bruce McIvor
Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization Peter McFarlane, Nicole Schabus
A Tortured People: The Politics of Colonialism Howard Adams
Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide Ward Churchill
Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of Residential Schools Ward Churchill
The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture Daniel Francis
Entering the War Zone: A Mohawk Perspective on Resisting Invasions Donna Goodleaf
In Defense of Mohawk Land: Ethnopolitical Conflict in North America Linda Pertusati
Accounting for Genocide: Canada’s Bureaucratic Assault on Aboriginal Peoples Dean Neu, Richard Therrien
Gustafsen Lake Under Siege Janice Switlo
Blood of the Land: The Government and Corporate War Against First Nations Rex Weyler
People of the Pines: The Warriors and the Legacy of Oka Geoffrey York, Loreen Pindera
Being Salmon, Being Human Martin Lee Mueller
The Land We Are: Artists and Writers Unsettle the Politics of Reconciliation Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill
Policing Indigenous Movements : Dissent and the Security State Andrew Crosby
Land Education: Rethinking Pedagogies of Place Kate McCoy, Eve Tuck
Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States Audra Simpson
Unsettled Expectations: Uncertainty, Land and Settler Decolonization Eva Mackey
For Indigenous Eyes Only: A Decolonization Handbook Waziyatawin
For Indigenous Minds Only: A Decolonization Handbook Waziyatawin
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City Tanya Talaga
The Haida Gwaii Lesson: A Strategic Playbook for Indigenous Sovereignty Mark Dowie
Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism John Borrows
Resurgence & Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations & Earth Teachings Michael Asch
Making space for Indigenous feminism Joyce Green
Nation to Nation, Aboriginal sovereignty and the future of Canada Bird, Land, McAdam
The Truth About Stories Thomas King
Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography Chester Brown
Islands of Decolonial Love Leanne Simpson
Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock Aslan Tudor
No surrender : The Land Remains Indigenous Sheldon Krasowski
Policing Indigenous Movements: Dissent and the Security State A. Crosby, Jeffrey Monaghan
Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer Decolonizing Methodologies Linda Tuhiwai Smith