Anti-Racism Education Resources
Anti-Racism Education Resources
Perpetual Foreigner
Act2EndRacism Network | Anti-Asian Racism | video | Intermediate
Interviews with diverse Asian Canadians to disuss the Perpetual foreigner stereotype- that teaches the false idea that only white people can be true Canadians.
* Warning: Real footage of a racist attack
See Resource
Model Minority Myth
Act2EndRacism Network | Anti-Asian Racism | video | Beginner
Discussion of the model minority myth. Shares facts about the racism experienced by Chinese people who immigrated to Canada to build the railroad and the Japanese Internment Camps. Discussion of the racism experienced by temporary foreign workers. Bamboo ceiling.
The Truth About the Model Minority Myth and Anti-Blackness
Dear Asian Youth | Anti-Asian Racism | video | Beginner
Explains the history of the Model Minority Myth, how it contributes to Anti-Blackness and disconnect between Asian people and Black people. American focused.
How 4 Asian Canadians are dismantling the ‘model minority’ myth
CBC British Columbia | Anti-Asian Racism | video | Beginner
Discussion of the model minority myth. Interviews with four Asian Canadians. Discussion of intergenerational trauma. Time: 6:23
Eyes Open: An Anti-Asian Racism PSA
Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice | Anti-Asian Racism | video | Beginner
Using poetry and images- describes experiences of Anti-Asian Hate and offers encouragement, inspiration, and valuing of Asian Canadians.
* Warning: use of some racial slurs
See Resource
Model Minority- A History of Silence by Chris Tse
Act2EndRacism Network; Chris Tse | Anti-Asian Racism | video | Beginner
Graphic storytelling with poetry- shares the history and present experience of Anti-Asian Hate. Connects to racism experienced by Indigenous and Black people in Canada and the connections between Racialized groups.
* Warning: racial slur
See Resource
Model Minority Myth
Act2endracism Network | Anti-Asian Racism | video | Beginner
Breakdown of the “Model Minority Myth” that impacts Asian Canadians. How Asians are elevated and expected to be more hardworking, intelligent, and submissive than other racialized groups.
We Are the Roots: Black Settlers and their Experiences of Discrimination on the Canadian Prairies
Bailey and Soda Films; Deborah Dobbins | Anti-Black Racism | video | Beginner
A documentary about the Black settlers who immigrated to Alberta from the US and established Black settlements in Alberta between 1905-1912.
BLACK LIVES IN ALBERTA:Over a Century of Racial Injustice Continues
Deborah Dobbins; Bailey and Soda Films | Anti-Black Racism | video | Beginner
Black Lives in Alberta: Over a Century of Racial Injustice Continues tells the story of five generations of Black Albertans and their experiences of discrimination living on the Canadian Prairies. Descendants of a large wave of African American immigrants who moved to Alberta and Saskatchewan in the early 20th Century to escape racism and persecution in the United States candidly share their family histories and discuss how their racial identities have shaped their experiences of living in Alberta.Includes Teacher Guide.