View this email in your browser

Get involved! Come together with a panel of community members at a series of four events to talk about building inclusive communities in the Sea to Sky and Sunshine Coast.

This event developed from an idea to explore and share the experiences of immigrants and newcomers in our communities through meaningful conversations. However, these topics affect more people than just immigrants and newcomers.

We invite Canadians from all racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds in the Sea to Sky and Sunshine Coast to participate in these important discussions.

Dear Resident of the Sea to Sky Corridor

You are invited to participate in a study on racism in your area being administered by the Whistler Multicultural Society Spoke of the Resilience BC Anti-Racism Network. You can find more information on the Network at resiliencebc.ca. The results of the survey will be used to inform the creation of a protocol that outlines how service providers in the Sea to Sky region should respond to incidents of racism in the community.

Please participate and share this survey with your community members, use the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KC6VBZN

Why not visit the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre to learn more about their two distinct cultures? Access the Great Hall and exhibits, including a fifteen-minute film, to delve deeper into their stories, shared territories, and living heritage.

If you are unable to make it to the SLCC, you can explore the Cultural Centre virtually: Take a Virtual Tour

As a part of province-wide bystander trainings, Resilience BC has developed three mini-lesson videos that aim to serve as a tool to talk about racism with your friends, family and community. All three videos can be found on their YouTube Channel - Instagram - and Facebook.

• Multiculturalism - January 24, 2022

  Do we embrace multiculturalism? Or do we need to keep working towards more welcoming and inclusive communities?
  

• Diversity & Equity - January 25, 2022
  What can we do about harmful biases, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination to make our communities more inclusive?
  

• Immigration - January 31, 2022

  What does this expected influx of new immigrants mean for our communities in the Sea to Sky and Sunshine Coast?
  

• Belonging - February 1, 2022
  What should we be doing to make sure all of our community members feel that they belong?

The Resilience BC Anti-Racism Network website provides tools to help you do the hard work and make this vision a reality.

• E-learning
  

• Websites
  

• Read
  

• Watch
  

• Listen
  

• Research And Tools

Breaking the Silence Series - Resources

On Nov 22 & Dec 6, Whistler Multicultural Society hosted 2 sessions to speak about racism in the Sea to Sky corridor. The workshops were facilitated by Angela Ma Brown who is an Education Consultant in the areas of Anti-racism and Anti-oppression education, Diversity Awareness and Social Justice in Metro Vancouver school communities and community-based organizations across BC.

Thanks to all the people who joined our workshops and if you could not make it, here are some resources that were shared during the workshops:

1. Resources from session 1: Glossary of Terms (Racial Equity Tools)
   

2. Scaffolded Anti-racist Resources (a community compilation)
   

3. Dr. Barbara Love (Black Author, Consultant, Coach, Lecturer, Climate Change Activist, Personal & Organizational Transformation Specialist): Liberatory Consciousness site. PDF of the 4 Elements of developing a Liberatory Consciousness PDF.
   

4. Article: Complicated pathways: Settler Canadians learning to re/frame themselves and their relationships with Indigenous peoples
   

5. White Privilege Tik Tok Challenge (Kenya Bundy, Georgia)
   

6. Black Joy (National Black Theatre, NYC)
   

7. Dr. Carol Anderson (Black scholar, author "White rage") Ending white supremacy requires white people to realize black liberation isn't a 'zero sum game' video)
   

8. Canadian Books to help tackle racism (Canadian Children's book centre)

   · 20 Picture books for 2020: Readings to Embrace Race, Provide Solace and Do Good (Embrace Race)

9. Raising & Teaching Anti-racist Kids (OISE Library)
   

10. Anti-racism 101 for kids (Books for Littles)
    

11. Anti-racism books for kids and teens (Huff post)
    

12. Resmaa Menakem (Black trauma expert and author, "My Grandmother's Hands): Cultural Somatics Institute Free Course (White body supremacy, White body trauma, Black body trauma, Blue body trauma)
    

13. Dr. Pam Palmater (Mi'kmaq lawyer, professor, activist and politician and scholar) "Canada's State of Emergency" Ted Talk
    

14. Dr. Cindy Blackstock (Gitxsan activist for child welfare; Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada)"Bringing Justice to Indigenous Communities" presentation
    

15. Ibram X Kendi (Author, "How to be an Anti-racist") interview
    

16. Ijeoma Oluo (Author, "So you want to talk about race?") Presentation
    

17. Dr. Joy DeGruy Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome video
    

18. Nell Irving Painter (Black scholar): The History of White people (presentation)
    

19. Tim Wise (White Anti-racist Educator): "Checking White Privilege" (presentation)
    

20. Tim Wise History of Whiteness, Part 3
    

21. Whitewashed: Unmasking the world of whiteness

It’s hard to discuss racism. It’s awkward. It stirs up a lot of strong emotions. But it’s worth it, as we work toward a more equitable society.

Whistler Multicultural Society sends out information related to anti-racism and discrimination training opportunities, info-sessions, resources, and more…
To receive updates in the future click on the button, feel free to share the link with friends, family, and your community members…

⬇️⬇️

Respectfully acknowledging that we live and work on the unceded, traditional, and shared territory of the Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh and Líl̓wat Nations.