Resources to Support Your Anti-Racism Education
As fall sets in, this is a good time to reflect on any personal anti-racism education you committed to during the spring to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Whether you’ve kept up or fallen short of your goals, consider learning more. The Friends of the Vancouver Public Library Board has compiled the following resources to support your journey.
Resources
If you’re interested in learning about the long history of the Black community in Vancouver:
- Documentary on the Hogan’s Alley Community by Story Hive
- Learn more about the Hogan’s Alley Society
- Fight the power: Redressing displacement and building a just city for Black lives in Vancouver by Dr. Stephanie Allen
You can check out these resources about Canada’s historical racism towards Indigenous communities:
- Of residential schools and their legacy in Canada (The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC)
- Racism Against Aboriginal People (OISE UoT)
- The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
And some additional collections of resources and articles about race from other organizations:
- Anti-Racist Readings Lists from the VPL for Preschool, Kids (Grades K-7), Teens, and Adults
- Books on Race from VPL for adults
- Streaming Movies from VPL
- Movies from the National Film Board
- 10-45 min/day learning plans from Justice in June
- Indigenous Collection from VPL
- #blacklivesmatter Web Archive (Internet Archive Global Events)
- Disrupting Whiteness in Libraries and Librarianship: A Reading List (2019)
To view the Friends of the Vancouver Public Library’s Anti-Racism Statement and Commitment, please follow this link.