New learning modules from the Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Office
Building awareness about racism and oppression through education and training is central to becoming a more inclusive and equitable...
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Jan 813 min read
Celebrating Black Canadians
Happy Black history and futures month! Black History Month was first recognized in Toronto in 1979, and a decade later it was observed...
Jan 85 min read
Ending the erasure: Black studies course brings stories of Black joy, excellence, and resistance to the forefront
For years, Mel Scheuer was acutely aware of the absence of Black voices in classroom lessons and resources about BC and Canada’s history...
Jan 84 min read
Book reviews and recommendations for Black History Month and beyond
Promise Boys is a recently published book that is a murder mystery novel for students who like a fast-paced read with multiple...
Nov 7, 20238 min read
The making of Melanin Magic: A case for BIPOC groups in schools
In the fall of 2017, Carmel Bennett, youth and family counsellor at Cedar Hill Middle School in Victoria, BC, noticed that many of her...
Aug 18, 20233 min read
BIPOC 2050 Project takeover edition: Centring BIPOC voices and experiences
The May/June 2023 edition of Teacher magazine is a first for the Federation: it is the first written entirely by...
Aug 17, 20232 min read
Why representation matters
I grew up in a suburb of Toronto in the 1980s and 1990s as the daughter of Caribbean immigrants, and the only Black student in my class...
Aug 17, 20234 min read
Where I am from: Poetry and reflections from the BIPOC 2050 Project
Over the past several months, members involved in the BIPOC 2050 Project have hosted gatherings...
Aug 17, 20233 min read
The burden of representation
Standing out as the only person of colour in a room is not a new experience for me...
Aug 17, 20233 min read
Summer reading list
BIPOC authors recommended by BIPOC readers
Aug 17, 20233 min read
Sher Vancouver Podcast: Celebrating queer and trans BIPOC stories
As educators, it is our hope that all students and staff feel comfortable and safe at school...
Aug 17, 20236 min read
Reflections on teacher identity: Race, gender, and the struggle for “legitimacy”
Over spring break, Natasha and I met to catch up—and discuss facets of our teacher identity...
Aug 17, 20234 min read
Putting your name forward: Q&A with Rick Kumar and Marilyn Ricketts-Lindsay
Q&A with Rick Kumar and Marilyn Ricketts-Lindsay, recently elected to the BCTF Executive Committee
Aug 17, 20233 min read
I’m me, be you
A free-verse monologue on identity, representation, and self
Aug 16, 20235 min read
BIPOC teachers supporting students
We gathered some perspectives from former students who were a part of Rockridge Secondary’s Youth Alliance for Intersectional Justice...
Aug 16, 20235 min read
Anti-racism in science class
It may seem like anti-racism is best left to the humanities, but that is not true...
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