May 127 minAnti-Asian Racism: When My Food Becomes Your Fear FactorThey weren’t eating the food I love in appreciation. They were eating it as a gross-out challenge.
Mar 284 minIt’s About Racial Equity and Empathy, Not RepresentationRace matters. Racialized experience matters. It matters because of the empathy and inclusion that can only come from shared experiences.
Mar 86 minWhy I Pulled my Changing Lenses Podcast off Spotify“It’s about my integrity. It’s about being who I am inside aligning with who I am outside." - India Arie.
Feb 167 minA Case Study in Privilege: Black Hair Discrimination and LegalizationJust because something isn’t technically illegal, doesn’t mean it’s legal – and it definitely doesn’t mean it’s ethical.
Feb 154 minKingian Nonviolence vs. the Violent Trucker Takeover5 Examples of Nonviolent Action that Led to Real Social Change, in Contrast to the Violence of the Ottawa Occupation
Oct 29, 20216 minColonial Consequences: Race-on-Race RacismAlmost every country outside of Europe and Great Britain has been colonized at one point; and the impacts of colonization are ongoing.
Jun 30, 20215 minCancel or Celebrate Canada Day 2021?How about commemorating instead? Better yet - how about letting Indigenous people decide? Today is the 20th and final day of sharing the...
Jun 29, 20215 minThis Hits Home – Church Apologies, Reconciliation, and UNDRIPToday's CTAs are particularly convicting for me, because I’m a practicing Christian. So let me start by saying, I’m sorry.
Jun 18, 20213 minTRC CTAs 43-45 & 47: Land from an Indigenous perspectiveDay 11 of sharing the 94 Calls to Action (CTAs) in response to the Residential Schools. CTAs 43-45 & 47: Land and Reconciliation.
Jun 11, 20213 minTRC CTAs 32-36: Mental health and trauma intersects with justice for Indigenous peoplesImportant examples of the need to look at justice, equity, diversity and inclusion for Indigenous people with an intersectional lens.
Jun 10, 20212 minTRC CTAs 25-31: Justice for Indigenous peoplesDay 7 of sharing the 94 Calls to Action (CTAs) in response to the Residential Schools. Calls for Justice - Part 1.
Jun 5, 20212 minTRC CTAs 11-21: Healthcare rights for Indigenous peoples - remembering Joyce EchaquanDay 5. I think of Joyce Echaquan, the Atikamekw mother of 7 who died in a Quebec hospital while being verbally abused by staff.
Mar 8, 20216 minWomen Can. Women Do. Women Shouldn’t Have To.My mom is amazing. She raised me, and worked, and sacrificed. She is an immigrant woman who got things done. But I wish she didn’t have to.
Nov 30, 20206 minWhat’s in a Name?Them: "What’s your name?" Me: "Rosie." Them: "And what’s your Chinese name? Can anyone else relate to this?
Nov 9, 20206 minWith Truth Comes FreedomWe are in prison. Not a physical prison. Our way of thinking, how we see and interpret the world, are imprisoned.
Oct 18, 20206 minAccepting the Truth: My Dark Side"Drawing from some inner well of strength, however difficult he found it to accept, he had to accept it. It was the truth.”
Oct 6, 20204 minSword of Truth: Facing my Racism“Abruptly he saw another side to himself. He recoiled in horror from what he was seeing. He could not accept it. He could never accept it!”
Aug 29, 20204 minSystemic exclusion through the lens of a short personIf you’re not sure if systemic discrimination exists, or how to define it – it’s probably because the system was built for you.