Resources on Anti-Blackness and Anti-Indigeneity

The Faculty of Medicine's 2020-2025 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plan names addressing and dismantling anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism as a top priority. The following are a collection of selected resources which can help to provide some foundational learnings about anti-Blackness and anti-Indigeneity, how they manifest in Canada, and tools of resistance. Anti-racism is lifelong work, and we encourage individuals and institutions to engage in continued research and learning.

*Trigger warning: The following resources contain content that includes anti-Black and anti-Indigenous stories and imagery.*

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Resources on Anti-Indigeneity

Videos

Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism Against Indigenous Children in Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOle9wMilm0
Racism against aboriginal people in health-care system 'pervasive': study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXr-Cfj3EPM
Indigenous Knowledge to Close Gaps in Indigenous Health | Marcia Anderson-DeCoteau | TEDxUManitoba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpKjtujtEYI
Looking at ‘structures of indifference’ that continue to devalue Indigenous lives | APTN F2F: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM0xN8O7aEc
Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger | TVO Docs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOT6snSDe4w
Researching and Revealing Indian Hospitals in Canada - In this presentation, Dr. Maureen Lux shares a few stories that she found in the archival and oral history research for her book Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLiyhvZTXXo&feature=youtu.be
What is the history of 'Indian hospitals' in Canada? - Dr. Maureen Lux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=datW_fSBHq8
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance - National FIlm Board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhvx51s_ZV8
Canadians have been breaking their promises to Indigenous people - CBC Docs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUHnKUaDYjs
The Wet’suwet’en Fight Against New Pipeline Spreads Across Canada with Blockades & Occupations - Democracy Now!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vna61ie47wQ
Mi'kmaq Livelihood Fishery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TRhZ4DvX9U
1492 Land Back Lane: Warrior Life Podcast with Skyler Williams and Myka Burning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS8Uk1X1C_0
SCHOLAR STRIKE CANADA: Solemn Promises /Stolen Land: Policing & Treaty-Breaking 1492 Land Back Lane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qLZC5YH5o0

Articles

Francis, A. (2020, October 01). 'This treatment is not unique to Joyce': Indigenous medical workers say Joyce Echaquan's death is the latest tragic symptom of a longstanding health-care crisis. Retrieved November 16, 2020, from https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/01/this-treatment-is-not-unique-to-joyce-indigenous-medical-workers-say-joyce-echaquans-death-is-the-latest-tragic-symptom-of-a-longstanding-health-care-crisis.html
Shingler, B., Page, J., & Leavitt, S. (2020). Racism at Quebec hospital reported long before troubling death of Atikamekw woman. CBC. Retrieved November 16, 2020, from https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-joliette-hospital-joyce-echaquan-1.5745150
Tuck E and Yang K W (2012) Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society 1(1): 1– 40, from https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/des/article/view/18630/15554

Reports and Action Plans

2015 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada Report 4—Access to Health Services for Remote First Nations Communities: https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_201504_04_e_40350.html
First Peoples, Second Class Treatment The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada - Wellesley Institute: https://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Summary-First-Peoples-Second-Class-Treatment-Final.pdf
Out of Sight: Interim Report of the Sinclair Working Group: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wxf3v5uh2pun0pf/Out%20of%20Sight%20Final.pdf?dl=0
Ontario Native Women's Association - Reconciliation with Indigenous Women CHANGING THE STORY OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS (2020): https://b4e22b9b-d826-44fb-9a3f-afec0456de56.filesusr.com/ugd/4eaa9c_be059fe0cd844671839aef58558d893d.pdf
Answering the Call Wecheehetowin Final Report of the Steering Committee for the University of Toronto Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/155/2018/05/Final-Report-TRC.pdf
U of T's 34 Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action: https://indigenous.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/UofT-TRC-34Calls2ActionBook-AODA-v1.pdf
U of T 2019 Indigenous Initiatives Annual Progress Report: https://indigenous.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.0-Indigenous-Initiatives-Annual-Progress-Report-2019.pdf
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action: http://nctr.ca/assets/reports/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/
Race Relations in Canada 2019 Survey - Environics Institute for Survey Research and the Canadian Race Relations Foundation: https://www.environicsinstitute.org/projects/project-details/race-relations-in-canada-2019

Images

Racism in Canada Timeline: https://bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/SocialJustice/Issues/Antiracism/RacismTimeline.pdf
"Indigenous Podcasts We Recommend" by @redhouseseries: https://www.instagram.com/p/CHV3dHkFQVr/
The History of the Term "2Spirit": https://www.instagram.com/p/CDezb9AAHti/?igshid=1gt7ks1861p6i