Cultural Humility Self-Reflection Tool for School Staff
Author: School Mental Health Ontario
Grade/Audience: Educators, Administrators
Topic: Cultural humility
Type: Reflection tool
Description: The tool is meant to be completed individually to help you be more intentional, mindful, and reflective about your social location and biases and how they impact your work.
Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy in the Early Years: It’s Never Too Early!
Author: ETFO Voice
Grade/Audience: Educators
Topic: CRRP
Type: Article
Description: An article on the importance of culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy (CRRP) in the early years, the theory behind CRRP, and how educators might apply it in classroom spaces.
Author: Project Implicit
Grade/Audience: Educators, Administrators
Topic: Implicit Biases
Type: Survey
Description: In the book Blindspot, the authors reveal hidden biases based on their experience with the Implicit Association Test (IAT). Project Implicit is graciously hosting electronic versions of Blindspot’s IATs. These should work properly on any desktop computer and on several touch-screen devices including iPads, Android tablets, Nook tablets, and the Kindle Fire.
Intersectionality: what is it and why it matters
Author: The University of British Columbia
Grade/Audience: Educators, Administrators
Topic: Intersectionality
Type: Article
Description: This article talks about the importance of learning about intersectionality and how it affects all of us, both in our work and personal lives, allow us to respectfully communicate with peers, and deepens our understanding of the ways in which diversity, equity, and inclusion are relevant to our community.
Kimberlé Crenshaw: What is Intersectionality?
Author: National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Grade/Audience: Educators, Administrators
Topic: Intersectionality
Type: Video
Description: Kimberlé Crenshaw, a 2017 NAIS People of Color Conference speaker, civil rights advocate, and professor at UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, talks about intersectional theory, the study of how overlapping or intersecting social identities—and particularly minority identities—relate to systems and structures of discrimination.
Author: Government of Canada
Grade/Audience: Educators, Administrators
Topic: Intersectionality
Type: PDF
Description: The wheel of power and privilege is inspired by Sylvia Duckworth’s illustration by the same name. It provides examples within the Canadian context to illustrate how intersectionality of different categories uphold power and privilege. In using the tool, we should not limit ourselves to these categories alone. Intersectionality is a broad concept and this tool is only a beginning point to address systems change from an equity and Anti-Racism perspective.