AMSSA Settlement & Integration Handout - Anti-Racism Foundations - For Inclusive Communities

In this workshop, service providers explored and identified examples of racism in Canada, how they affect the settlement and integration process, and their role in building an anti-racist settlement sector. [...] Racism in Canada & BC Race is a social construct and racism is the belief in the superiority of one’s “race” over others. [...] Anti-Indigenous racism in Canada is well-documented in the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls to Justice, and more. [...] This involves the cumulative and compounding effects of an array of societal factors, including the history, culture, ideology and interactions of institutions and policies that systematically privilege white people and disadvantage people of color. [...] Racism in the Settlement Sector Consider how racism and discrimination is showing up in the settlement sector? • Racism • Sexism • Gender-based discrimination • Anti-Black racism • Homophobia • Ageism • Anti-Indigenous racism • Transphobia • Ableism These terms and definitions are not one-size-fits-all and only serve as a starting point.