Parents for DiversityFeb 33 minIs Your School Ready for Black History Month?We celebrate BHM as an opportunity to share the stories, voices and accomplishments of people of African descent to Canadian society.
Parents for DiversityOct 28, 20192 minHow to celebrate Halloween WITHOUT cultural appropriation or racist stereotypesThis week is Halloween, which means it is time to talk about costumes, racism, stereotypes, and cultural appropriation.
Parents for DiversitySep 24, 20196 minHow Blackface can be a teachable moment…in the Classroom and at Home How do we unpack the layered history of blackface and present it as a teaching moment to our children and students? We first need to situate
Parents for DiversitySep 15, 20193 minWhere are you REALLY from?I truly believe that we need to change these misconceptions that “being Canadian means being white” from an early age.
Parents for DiversityMar 6, 20194 minRacism in HockeyOutrage over a recent hockey game reverberated through social media after a Black hockey player, Jonathan-Ismaël Diaby, was targeted by racist taunting and s...
Parents for DiversityFeb 19, 20193 minA Weekend of Workshops on Addressing Anti-Black Racism in SchoolsIn March, 2018, Parents for Diversity, along with black organizations in the National Capital Region, met with then Attorney General of Ontario, Yasir Naqvi,...