DoS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Working Group
The DoS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Working Group focuses on:
- Providing and sharing EDI education and training opportunities for DoS staff;
- Understanding the existing EDI analysis and lens in current policies, programs and initiatives;
- Applying an EDI lens to new policies, programs and initiatives;
- Providing good practice guidelines (that may include language and a framework) to support an EDI organizational culture in the portfolio; and,
- Collecting and sharing data on our current state and progress with regard to EDI initiatives in the portfolio.
Resources
Organizations that work with black communities in Alberta
- National Black Coalition of Canada Society – Edmonton Chapter
- Africa Centre
- Black Women United YEG
- The Come Up
- Centre for Race & Culture
- Anti-racism Advisory Council, Government of Alberta
- Black Heath Alliance
Black History in Canada
- Black History in Canada
- Africville
- The Story of Africville
- Black Settlers Come to Alberta
- Keeping the Keystone Legacy
- Fixing Obadiah Place
- Amber Valley
- Documentary - We are Roots: Black Settlers and their Experiences of Discrimination on the Canadian Prairies
- History of black immigration sheds light on forgotten connection between Alberta and Oklahoma
- RETROactive Exploring Alberta's Past
Books
- The Skin We're In by Desmond Cole
- Deep Diversity: Overcoming Us vs. Them by Shakil Choudhury
- Queer Returns: Essays on Multiculturalism, Diaspora, and Black Studies by Rinaldo Walcott
- Trailblazers- The Black Pioneers who have shaped Canada by Tuyahna Ridley-Padmore