*Last updated: June 24, 2020

Anti-Racism Resources

 

From the craft community

Calgary Arts Development: Anti-Racism Virtual Town Hall

Canadian Crafts Federation Enews: In Support of Black Lives Matter

Unsettling coloniality: a critical and radical fiber textile bibliography online

Power and Privilege in the 21st Century Museum Tactics for Change from the Museums Association Transformers Programme

A working document for scaffolding anti-racism resources. The goal is to facilitate growth for white folks to become allies, and eventually accomplices for anti-racist work.

Decolonizing Practices: Catalysing Social Change to Transform Colonial Narratives & Impacts
led by Indigenous Ways of Being

From The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking About Race, a new online portal designed to help individuals, families, and communities talk about racism, racial identity and the way these forces shape every aspect of society, from the economy and politics to the broader American culture.

 

Other lists and resources

Edmonton Arts Council Google Doc with links to artists and organizations in our community you can support and follow. We acknowledge that our community is much larger than what we currently have listed. If there is an artist or organization that should be added to this list, please email ghunka@edmontonarts.ca.

From the Edmonton Public Library: How to Be an Antiracist

A compilation of Anti-Racist Resources from Greater Good we suggest this article on collective heroism: Need a Hero? Look Around

Video from Future Ancestors Services: Whiteness and White Fragility (Anti-Racism Training Excerpt)

Diversity and Inclusion Reading List
from the Book Publishers Association of Alberta, the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association, and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta.