Anti-Racism Resources: Anti-Asian Racism

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. This co-publication with the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) is an effort to raise awareness about the history of anti-Asian racism and dispossession in British Columbia and the impacts that history still has today.

Links to information on awareness, statistics, and support resources.

#FaceRace is an open challenge to all Canadians to confront racism amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the late-1700s, people of Asian descent have made important contributions to Canada’s history and identity. Each year, as part of its annual Asian Heritage Month campaign, the Government of Canada encourages Canadians to learn about how Canadians of Asian descent have and continue to help shape Canada as we know it today.

Website platform dedicated to tracking and reporting anti-Asian racism and xenophobia in Canada. Created by the Chinese Canadian National Council and partners.

The rise in anti-Asian hate incidents over the past year has resurfaced the need for many to have deep, often uncomfortable conversations about racism and discrimination with their loved ones. Those conversations are particularly fraught — and particularly necessary — between parents and children.

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated xenophobia and bigotry toward Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Psychologists are identifying ways to address the distress caused by that hate.

CTV News article about above report.

Statistics Canada. July 2020.

A new report from Statistics Canada show that the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a 301-per-cent increase in police-reported hate crimes against East and Southeast Asian Canadians compared to the previous year.

Provides information on the difference between hate crimes, hate incidents and acts of discrimination, as well as links to the various organizations people can reach out to in order to report a hate act, whether they were a victim or witness.

A new report shows that Asian women are three times more likely than men to report racist harassment related to COVID-19.

This resource offers new learnings and innovative actions to ensure immediate changes in learning environments and partnerships with families and
communities.

A project funded by the Government of Canada.

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My Farmland is a powerful film about how Chinese investors and immigrant farmers are changing the landscape of Canadian farming and the impact of this change on local farmers. With intimate and unique access, the film captures the subjects’ deep emotional journeys in a changing world and the challenges both cultures face in the agriculture business. The film delves into many sides of this complex, unfolding transition. Is the increase in foreign ownership resulting in xenophobia or racism? Can two very different cultures find common ground and work side by side?

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A new report from the British Medical Association says racism could be partly to blame for the deadly impact of COVID-19 on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. The report calls for more detailed data collection, culturally targeted education campaigns and better occupational risk assessments.