Understanding Anti-Black Racism: A theoretical, practical, and solution-based discussion (INC-021)

Overview

Delivery method

Virtual classroom

Duration

3 hours

Audience

Employees

Description

What is anti-Black racism? Isn’t it just racism that happens to be directed toward Black people?

This presentation will deepen participants’ understanding of anti-Black racism, covering:

• what it is, how it differs from other forms of racism, and why its specificity is important
• its general features in the Canadian context
• how it most often manifests in Canadian institutions such as the Federal Public Service.

The aim of the session is to help public servants to recognize anti-Black racism—particularly as it presents in work contexts in its structural forms as well as its interpersonal forms whether it is happening to themselves or to others. Participants in the session will leave with an understanding of why many institutional interventions against anti-Black racism have been ineffective, and develop a framework designing effective strategies.

Instructor Biography:

Dr. Philip S. S. Howard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. His scholarship is in the areas of Black Studies, anticolonial studies, and Critical Race Studies in education. Dr. Howard’s scholarship examines the ways that relations of race and anti/blackness mediate how we come to know ourselves, make life, and create community in the Canadian settler-colonial context. His most recent research projects investigate contemporary blackface in Canada as a postracialist phenomenon, Black people’s community initiatives in response to state schooling in Toronto, Halifax, and Montreal, and school to university transitions for Black students in Canada. His work is grounded in over 20 years of professional experience in K-12 education. Dr Howard’s recent publications include the book Performing Postracialism: Reflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education through Contemporary Blackface in Canada (2023), and the co-edited collection African Canadian Leadership: Continuity, Transition & Transformation (2019), both published with the University of Toronto Press.

Learning Objectives/ Topics Covered:

• Will understand general features of anti-Black racism in Canadian contexts
• Will understand how anti-Black racism it differs from other forms of racism, and why its specificity is important
• Will be provided with examples of how anti-Black racism most often manifests in Canadian institutions such as the Federal Public Service.
• Will help public servants to recognize anti-Black racism and begin to develop a framework for designing effective strategies to combat anti-Black racism

NOTE: This course is bilingual, with simultaneous interpretation available in both official languages.

Client: Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination Secretariat (ARADS) in collaboration with the Centre of Expertise for Learning and Professional Development (CoELPD).

Registration deadline: 5 working days prior to the course date.

Participants are responsible for adding their training activities to their Outlook calendars.

Cancelling your registration: Simply log into your JUScampus account and select "Unregister" from this event page.

Accommodation Measures: The Department of Justice is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free learning environment. If you need workplace accommodations to fully participate in this training, contact your manager or the Centre for Workplace Access-Ability, Health and Wellness (CWAHW). Please note, the CWAHW requires at least 72 hours to respond.

Please contact the Centre of Expertise for Learning and Professional Development (CoELPD):

• To flag any requests or accommodations needs, at least 10 business days before the training session.
• For more information or if you have any issues with this course.

This activity has not been assessed for CPD eligibility.

The link to the accreditation summary will be provided here, once available.