A library of recommended reading and JEDI resources

ASIAN HERITAGE RESOURCES
Asian Heritage Month 2022 Canadian Resources: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/asian-heritage-month.html
Proj1907 - combatting Anti-Asian racism resources: https://www.project1907.org/resources
Elimin8Hate Racial Equity for Asian Canadians: https://www.elimin8hate.org/resources
History of the Chinese Head Tax in Canada: https://humanrights.ca/story/the-chinese-head-tax-and-the-chinese-exclusion-act
Countries of Asia: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-four-regions-of-asia.html
Asians Aren’t Yellow: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2184754/chinese-were-white-until-white-men-called-them-yellow
Right to Be - Bystander Intervention Training: https://righttobe.org/bystander-intervention-training/
Fight Covid Racism (report Anti-Asian racism incidents): https://www.covidracism.ca/
Alternatives to Calling the Police - Resources for Asian Diaspora in Canada: https://bit.ly/asians-dont-call-cops
Butterfly - Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network: https://www.butterflysw.org/
Asian Representation in the Media: https://linkin.bio/representasianproject
ACCT (Action! Chinese Canadians Together): https://acctfoundation.ca/
Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice: https://ccncsj.ca/
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION and COMBATTING ANTISEMITISM RESOURCES
Websites:
B’nai Brith 2021 Antisemitism Audit Report: https://www.bnaibrith.ca/antisemitic-incidents/
CBC summary of B’nai Brith report: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2026934339882
CBC interview with Irwin Cotler: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-antisemitism-violence-report-1.6430495
Yom Hashoah in Israel Video: https://youtu.be/4uK5uz7d-Oo
Various Jewish websites on Yom Hashoah:
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https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/yom-ha-shoah-holocaust-memorial-day
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https://www.shiva.com/learning-center/commemorate/jewish-holidays/yom-hashoah/
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https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/yom-hashoah-holocaust-memorial-day/
United Nation’s Outreach Programme on the Holocaust:
https://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance
United Nation’s Holocaust education materials: https://www.un.org/en/holocaustrememberance/additionalresources/educationalmaterials
Antisemitism vs. anti-semitism (a small hyphen makes a big difference): https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/antisemitism/spelling-antisemitism
Videos:
Yom HaShoah in Israel, when the siren sounds: https://youtu.be/4uK5uz7d-Oo
ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES
Websites:
Take Action: https://www.un.org/en/fight-racism/get-involved/engage
Background on the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: https://www.un.org/en/observances/end-racism-day
UN’s Durban Declaration: https://www.un.org/en/fight-racism/background/durban-declaration-and-programme-of-action
Training and resources on Nonviolence and racial equity: Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation
American Association of Biological Anthropologists say race is not biological: https://physanth.org/about/position-statements/aapa-statement-race-and-racism-2019/
Racism History, Definition and Training Resources: DismantlingRacism.org
What is Racism? Video series: https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/
Government of Canada website of notable Black individuals who have helped shape Canadian heritage and identity: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/black-history-month/black-canadians.html
Ontario Human Rights Council’s racism fact sheet: https://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/racial-discrimination-race-and-racism-fact-sheet
US Eugenics history: https://ihpi.umich.edu/news/forced-sterilization-policies-us-targeted-minorities-and-those-disabilities-and-lasted-21st
Canadian eugenics history: https://historyofrights.ca/encyclopaedia/main-events/eugenics/
Articles and Books:
Peggy McIntosh: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
https://nationalseedproject.org/Key-SEED-Texts/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack
Heather McGhee: https://bookshop.org/books/the-sum-of-us-what-racism-costs-everyone-and-how-we-can-prosper-together/9780525509561
History of Policing in America: https://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/
Videos:
We Must Talk About Race to Fix Economic Inequality https://youtu.be/caarVAS40jQ
Examples of Nonviolence in history (including Mahatma Gandhi): A Force More Powerful