Anti-Oppression

Violence Prevention Toolkit: Facilitator Guide

Facilitator guide meant to provide tools for communities and organizations in order to address violence prevention among youth, and especially girls.

No More Potlucks

The magazine "focuses on arts, activism and politics across Canada from coast to coast" with a decidedly feminist slant and is organized into six thematic issues a year. The self-stated goal is to "redefine culture with each issue."

Media Awareness Network

MNet is a Canadian non-profit organization that has been pioneering the development of media and digital literacy programs by producing education and awareness programs and resources, working in partnership with Canadian and international organizations, and speaking to audiences across Canada and around the world.

MNet focuses its efforts on equipping adults with information and tools to help young people understand how the media work, how the media may affect their lifestyle choices and the extent to which they, as consumers and citizens, are being well informed.

Keep it Real (Media Literacy Manual)

Keep It Real is a manual for teachers and students who want to bring issues of Hip Hop, commodification and gender into the classroom.

Detour‐Spotting for White Anti‐Racists

An introduction into anti-racism for white people. This short essay addresses issues like white privilege and white guilt, the myth of reverse racism, being "colorblind", blaming victims of racism, and much more.

 

Investing in Aboriginal Education in Canada: An Economic Perspective by Jean-Francois Arsenault & Andrew Sharpe

Jean-Francois Arsenault and  Andrew Sharpe examine the strong positive correlation between education, employment and earnings that is well established in social science research, and postulates various positive economic outcomes for the Canadian economy – regionally and nationally – if Aboriginal educational attainment was improved even marginally.

Creative Alternatives

Creative Alternatives is a non-profit Creative Arts Therapies Center who use art, drama, music, and dance, to raise awareness, propose alternatives, inspire healing, and motivate critical engagement in social change.

Egale Canada

Egale Canada is a national organization committed to advancing equality and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified people, and their families, across Canada. Egale has members in every province and territory of the country. They have great resources, check them out.

Sacred Lives: Canadian Aboriginal Children and Youth Speak Out About Sexual Exploitation (2001)

This is a report of consultations with 150 at-risk Aboriginal children and youth in 22 communities across Canada. Conducted by two young Aboriginal women, Cherry Kingsley and Melanie Mark, it highlights a crisis and then voices the recommendations of youth to address it.

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