Resources
"Year in Reconciliation: Reflecting on 2024 and Looking Ahead" (ALIGN “Reconciliation Talks” Blog)
As 2024 draws to a close, ALIGN Association of Community Services reflects on an impactful year dedicated to advancing Truth and Reconciliation. Through collaboration, learning, and action, we’ve deepened our relationships with Indigenous communities, expanded our resources, and championed culturally relevant practices in child and family services. Whether you’ve been part of this journey or are just joining us, we warmly invite you to reflect with us and look forward to an exciting 2025.
Toolkit Mobilizing on the Right to Housing for Women, Two-Spirit, & Gender-Diverse People
If you or your community has been impacted by the gendered housing crisis, your voice is needed! Check out the toolkit to learn how you can get involved in this historic process.
Cultivating Safe Spaces Training and Resources
Cultivating Safe Spaces (CSS) is an educational initiative that equips individuals and organizations to cultivate environments that are inclusive, respectful, and safe.
Truth and Reconciliation and Mental Health in the Workplace Recorded Webinar
This recorded webinar explores the intersection of truth and reconciliation and mental health and provides insight into the impact of intergenerational trauma on Indigenous peoples and its implications for mental health.
Proactively Removing Barriers to Inclusion (Workplace Strategies for Mental Health)
Removing barriers and creating accessible workplaces and access to services allows everyone to fully participate and thrive because they feel included and have what they need to succeed.
How Racism Impacts Mental Health for Indigenous, Black and People of Colour in Canada
Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour in Canada experience racism that: Increases the risk and severity of mental health problems compared to white people.
Alberta’s Anti-Racism Action Plan
A new plan for taking meaningful action to address racism will help build a more welcoming and inclusive province for all Albertans.
Shifting Power Dynamics: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Nonprofit Sector
This report from Imagine Canada is the first comprehensive study to explore what Canadian charities and nonprofits are doing to advance EDI within their organizations.
What Is Disability Discrimination in the Workplace?
Going beyond federal legislative responsibility, how can employers work to create a less discriminatory workplace?
Ensuring Your Conversations & Communications are Free from Colloquialisms
Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. explores terms and colloquialisms that should be avoided
5 Barriers to Overcome and Advance Your Board’s DEI Commitment
While board composition is just one piece of the puzzle, it’s one of the ways that we see how little change has occurred
BoardSource Blog: Lessons From a Cross-Racial Team About Building Belonging
Just diversity, or recruiting board members from different racial backgrounds alone, is not enough. Boards of historically white-led organizations must do more to intentionally work to build diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into board culture
Volunteer Connector Report: An Anti-Racist Approach To Volunteering
This report takes a deeper dive into understanding the colonial structures inherent in volunteerism
VIDEO: Decolonizing Pathways Towards Integrative Healing in Social Work
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto held a two-hour workshop on Decolonizing Pathways Towards Integrative Healing in Social Work, inspired by Michael Yellow Bird and Kris Clarke’s book of the same name
A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity within Data Integration
Learn about the six phases of the data life cycle, highlighting both positive and problematic practices as well as real-world examples of work taking place at each stage
Conscious Disability Inclusion Strategies
Did you know that over 1 in 3 people show unconscious bias against people with disabilities (including neurodiversities)? This is higher than the levels of bias on the basis of gender or race. And, can affect the productivity, engagement, and wellbeing of your staf
Two Spirit and Indigiqueer Cultural Safety Considerations for Practice and Policy
In celebration of National Indigenous Month and Pride Month, the Indigenous Cultural Safety Webinar Series invites you to sit in circle with Dr. James Makokis and Dr. Karina Walters to reflect on our understandings of and contributions towards cultural safety for Two Spirit and Indigiqueer peoples.
Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action.
In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.
CWLC Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Learning Resources
The Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC) recognizes that systemic racism exists in our communities and institutions, that it is longstanding and deep-rooted, and that transformational change across systems will require courageous action. (Excerpt from CWLC Statement on Racism)
Two-Spirit Dry Lab
Turtle Island’s first research group/lab that focuses exclusively on Two-Spirit people, communities, and experiences.
Building Diverse & Equitable Nonprofit Boards
Those who identify as immigrants, persons of colour, LGBTQ2+ individuals, persons with a disability, and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit are vastly underrepresented on nonprofit and charity boards of directors
How Language Shapes the Way We Think
Language affects the way different cultures view time, direction, colors, numbers, and even logic.There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world — and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think?
Equity, Diversity And Inclusion Workplace Resources
A wide range of topic to support employers broaden their awareness and implementation of inclusive practices in the workplace
Bridges to Safety: Building the capacity of the settlement sector
Considerations for working with newcomer, immigrant and refugee communities, and the collaborative tools we can use to address it.
Documentary: YYC Colours
This documentary was created, filmed, and shot in Calgary using stories, places, and people local to our community. Made by the Calgary Cultural Mosaic Foundation.
Cultural Diversity in the Community Disability Services Sector
The project purpose is to develop organizational capacity in the disability services sector, through training and Workplace Essential Skills (WES) development, to increase the engagement and effectiveness of a diverse workforce.
Free Workplace Cultural Health Assessment
Looking for a more accurate assessment of your organization’s health? Complete ACHIEVE’s Workplace Cultural Health Assessment.
The Touchstones of Hope Movement (First Nations Child & Family Caring Society)
Success of the The Touchstones of Hope Movement relies on giving space for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to participate in reconciliation
Using Inclusive Language in the Workplace
This article sheds light on the importance of workplace language, practical strategies on how to be more gender-inclusive
New EDI Data is a Wakeup Call for White-Led Nonprofits
Learn more about the macro trends that will impact the sector in the coming months in this latest edition of Imagine Canada’s quarterly blog series
