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Viruses don’t discriminate. People do. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rapid rise in racism and xenophobia against Chinese and other Asians around the world. In Canada and the US, we have witnessed increasing incidents of anti-Asian discrimination in many forms, ranging from verbal attacks to boycotting Asian businesses to physical violence and public displays of racist comments from government leaders. Racism, stigma and discrimination hurt everyone. We need to confront and challenge racism, stigma and discrimination. The following is a list of resources and current news on how we address such challenges.
‘Labelling’ is a powerful process used to segregate and stigmatize people. Throughout history, infectious diseases have been used as labels to justify discrimination against specific groups in society (e.g., leprosy as a disease of the …
Social Justice Week 2021 Waves of Change#SocialJusticeWeek2021October 25 – 29, 2021 | X Universityhttps://www.ryerson.ca/socialjustice Social Justice Week 2021 examines the waves of change that have touched communities locally and nationally. …
Amidst a surge in anti-Asian racism and violence, University of British Columbia (UBC) President Santa Ono convened the National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism. The Forum aimed to facilitate candid conversations in order to formulate directions for …
The National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism: Building Solidarities will bring together academic leaders, students, faculty and staff, as well as community partners, to engage in a timely and open dialogue about anti-Asian racism in Canada’s …
This report aims to highlight the experiences of work and life during the COVID-19 pandemic for Chinese Canadian frontline workers and discusses some social and policy changes that are necessary to adequately support Chinese Canadian immigrant …
Canada has faced a rude awakening around the rise of anti-Asian racism. The COVID-19 pandemic brought along a surge of attacks on Asian-Canadian seniors and vandalism of many Asian-Canadian businesses. As a result, the …
On September 20, the Canadian federal election is approaching. The Chinese Professionals Association of Canada (CPAC) has discussed in advance racial equality and the BIPOC community-especially the Asian community-some important issues involving racism.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only shone a light on the longstanding, structural inequities at the root of our education systems — it has also deepened them. For Asian and Asian American communities, COVID-19 also amplified and stoked anti-Asian …
A Main Street coffee shop has reverted to takeout only, citing concern about double vaccinated unhoused people not having access to COVID-19 vaccine passports. “Those with no fixed address and no smartphone will inevitably be unfairly refused …
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese Canadians and other visible Asians became targets of threats and attacks in the nonsensical scapegoating of the coronavirus. In 2020, the Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter (CCNCTO) and …
Key Findings Historically, the LGBT+1 community has faced mental health and substance use problems at higher rates than their non-LGBT+ peers. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted the lives of people across the globe, has …
