Library Guides: Race & Ethnic Dynamics: Start Here

Key Resources

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: IAHS STACKS E184.A1 .K344 2019

Publication Date: 2019
Razing Africville: A Geography of Racism by Jennifer J. Nelson
Call Number: Fennell STACKS FC2346.9 .N4 N45 2008

Publication Date: 2008
Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education by Jo Chrona
Call Number: Fennell STACKS LC1099.515 .C85 C47 2022

Publication Date: 2022

Exploring Race in Society
Ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness research database. Covers the history and issues of race in today's society and provides critical context for learning more about EDI.
Canadian Points of View Reference Source
Point-counterpoint research database. Covers controversial and hot-topic issues from a Canadian perspective. Includes an overview essay of the topic, a point (argument) essay, a counterpoint (opposing argument) essay, and a guide to critical analysis.
CBC Curio
Streaming video and audio database from the CBC and Radio Canada. Contains documentaries, radio and TV content including Doc Zone, Dragons Den and News in Review. Includes documentaries, news, drama, teacher's guides and more.

"Panthers or Thieves": Racialized Knowledge and the Regulation of Africville
2011
This essay addresses the multiple and interlocking ways in which the criminalization and racialization of the poor, Black community of Africville, Nova Scotia, contributed centrally to its destruction by the City of Halifax during the 1960s.
New immigrants 3.2 times more likely to be poor
2007
New immigrants' poor English skills, not a lack of credential recognition, might account for much of the earnings gap between recent immigrants and native-born Canadians, says University of British Columbia professor of economics, David Green.

Africville: A Community Destroyed (Audio duration 55 minutes)
This link contains audio for the episode of Rewind with Michael Enright and uses materials from the CBC archives to chronicle the story of Africville.
Truth & reconciliation (Video duration 31 minutes)
This 2016 film explores the darkest chapter in Canadian history. From the establishment of the early Residential Schools to the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this film shines a light on to the cultural genocide that was perpetrated by the Canadian Government and churches towards Canada's Indigenous People. Written and directed by multiple award-winning Métis filmmaker Matt LeMay.

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
A place of learning and dialogue where the truths of the residential school experience will be honoured and kept safe for future generations.
The Residential School System
From First Nations & Indigenous Studies: The University of British Columbia
Study: The social and economic concerns of immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic
Source: Statistics Canada
Portrait of an Integration Process (PDF 762KB)
Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Difficulties encountered and resources relied on for newcomers in their first 4 years in Canada.