News tagged: Anti-racism

The Ontario Library Association released a statement commiting itself to dismantling harmful practices within the Association and the library sector that perpetuate racism, white supremacy and colonial attitudes.

L’OLA s’engage à démanteler les pratiques néfastes au sein de notre organisation et de notre secteur qui perpétuent le racisme, la suprématie blanche et les attitudes coloniales.

Through four short modules, Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures explores the legacy of systemic racism and unconscious racial bias in Canadian institutions.

The British Columbia Library Association (BCLA) shared an update on the Association’s anti-racism work, including a current state assessment report prepared with The Common Consulting.

Join us for the Winter 2023 edition of the open classroom series on antiracism and decolonization in the information professions, with a focus on archival and records management in this academic term.

The survey will assess people’s experiences with personal and structural racism in ARLIS/NA.

The Urban Libraries Council (ULC) this week called on all library executives to own the challenge and impact of enduring racism, acknowledge their own biases and use their leadership to dismantle structural racism, starting in their own library systems.