Equity & Inclusion Library
The What Works Toolkit offers resources, supports and leading practices to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion within your organization. There are many ways to use the What Works Toolkit based on your needs and priorities as an organization. To begin the game, it is recommended to start with the Mapping Your Journey to 50 – 30 tool. 50-30 Challenge: Your Diversity Advantage – Info & Sign Up
GBA+ (Gender-based Analysis Plus)
This list is curated by Michelle Tsutsumi, Zanna Ekeroth and Litzy Baeza.
Equity & Inclusion in Co-ops Resources
English
- Inclusive Orientation & Onboarding Checklist – Co-ops DEI Tool
- Accountability Practices – Co-ops DEI Tool
- Inclusive Comms Guide – Co-ops DEI Tool
- Equitable Sponsorship & Mentorship Guide – Co-ops DEI Tool
- Anti-Discrimination & Anti-Harassment Policy Template – Co-ops DEI Tool
Français
- Guide d’Orientation et d’Intégration Inclusives pour les Coopératives
- Guide d’Orientation Inclusive pour le CA d’une Coopérative
- Guide d’Orientation pour le Nouveau Membre au CA d’une Coopérative
- Pratiques de la Responsabilité – Boîte à outil
- Guide de Communication Inclusive – Boîte à outil
- Modèle de Politique Anti-Discrimination et Anti-Harcèlement
- Guide de Parrainage et de Mentorat Équitable pour les Coopératives
- Tableau Collaboratif – DEI dans la Coopérative
Equity & Inclusion in Co-ops Video Series
- Accountability & Sustaining Change featuring Vancity
- Adapting Systems & Structures featuring City in Colour
- Amplifying Co-op Principles featuring Multicultural Health Brokers
- Board & Leadership Support featuring BCCA & ACCA
Blog posts by the Equity & Inclusion in Co-ops Team
- Steadfastness and What We Can Learn From Mushrooms
- Equity & Inclusion in Co-ops Year in Review
- How We Can Be (More) Comfortable Being Uncomfortable?
- It’s Time to Liberate our DEI Work from Individualism
- Hurry, Hurry, Wait – It’s Time to Discern When Urgency is Needed
- Perfectionism – a Harmful Idea Rooted in White Dominant Culture
- Why is Understanding Power Essential for Advancing Equity and Inclusion?
- Why is it Important to Check Your Privilege?
General DEI
- GDEIB Simplified Tool (Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Benchmark Tool)
- Diversity & Inclusion Councils (how to)
- Gender Inclusive workshop
- Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) toolkits
- 50-30 Challenge: Recruit Resources (Job Posting Template, Hiring Checklist & more)
- GDEIB – The Global DEI Benchmarks
- Intercultural Competency – Inclusive Practices
- Intercultural Capacity Framework
- Equity and Inclusion Test
- Equity Matrix
- Video: Cultural Intelligence: The Competitive Edge for Leaders
- Book: DEI Deconstructed by Lily Zheng
- Book: The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle MiJung Kim
- Course: Moving DEI from Intention to Impact with Ruchika Tulshyan
Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression
- Racial Equity Tools
- Racial Equity Toolkit to Assess Policies, Initiatives, Programs, and Budget Issues
- Racial Equity Worksheet
- GARE Racial Equity Toolkit – An Opportunity to Operationalize Equity
- Anti-Racist Organizational Change Toolkit
- Anti-Racist Organizational Change – Resources & Tools for Nonprofits Booklet
- Glossary of Terms by Canadian Race Relations Foundation
- Shareable Anti-racism Resource Guide
- White Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun
- White Dominant Culture and Something Different (a worksheet building on Tema Okun’s work)
- Video: Changing the Lights: how to operationalize racial equity
- Book: How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram Kendi
- Course: So You Want to Learn About Race & Racism: Knowledge Burst | Catalyst (interactive online learning tool – about 1hr)
- Course: Facing Racism and Emotional Tax in the Workplace | edX (online self-paced course, about 2hr)
- Daniela GR Consulting ‘The Work’ 101
- Education for Racial Equity – Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism with Resmaa Menakem, co-facilitated by Carlin Quinn
Conciliation with Indigenous Communities
- Truth and Reconciliation Commissions 94 Calls to Action
- A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
- Beyond Land Acknowledgement Worksheet
- Video: In Our Voices Land Acknowledgement
- Board Game: Walking in Good Relations by Ta7talíya Nahanee
- The History of Two-Spirit Folks, Isabella Thurston
- Course: Indigenous Canada (free 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course from the Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta)
- Book: 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
Positionality and Intersectionality
- Positionality Exercise – Co-ops DEI Tool
- Positionality and Intersectionality
- A Note on Reflexivity and Positionality
- The Power Flower Activity: Reflection on our Social Identities
- UN Intersectionality Toolkit
- 3-part Video Series – Understanding social locations and identities
- Book: On Intersectionality: The Essential Writings of Kimberlé Crenshaw by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Power & Privilege
- Diversity toolkit: a guide to discussing identity, power and privilege
- Power Mapping
- Power Mapping working sheet (ideally used together with the above resource)
- Organizational Structure & Culture Chart
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
- Julie Diamond’s Power Framework: Infographic and Video
- Video: Privilege walk
- Video: Sometimes you are a caterpillar
- Book: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Communications & Language Guides
- Inclusive Language Guide: Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Sexual Orientation, And Sex Characteristics
- Inclusive Language Guide: Race & Ethnicity
- Inclusive Language Guide: Persons With Disabilities
- Inclusive Language Guide: Indigenous Peoples
- A Guide to Communicating with Indigenous Audiences
Social Media to Follow
- Color Of Change (@colorofchange)
- Freedom Dreams Co-operative Education (@freedomdreamscoop)
- Blair Imani Ali (@blairimani)
- ON CANADA PROJECT (@oncanadaproject)
- matt bernstein (@mattxiv)
- KWEEN WERK (@kweenwerk)
- Slow Factory 🌍 (@theslowfactory)
- ALOK (@alokvmenon)
- #DiversifyOurNarrative (@diversifyournarrative)
- @danielagr.co
- @resmaamenakem
- @elainealec_
- @deconstructingkaren
- @decolonizemyself
- @ckyourprivilege
- Lily Zheng
- Ruchika Tulshyan
- Sharon Hurley Hall
- Dr. Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey
- Elaine Alec
- Elizabeth Leiba
- Hannah Litt
- ‘Shep’ DS Sheppard
- Madison Butler
- Camille Dundas
- The Winters Group
- Yeong Cheng
- Tara Robertson
- Aiko Bethea
- Michelle MiJung Kim
Podcasts & Magazines
- Podcast: All My Relations by Matika Wilbur and Adrienne Keene
- Podcast: The Changemaker by Marie Beecham
- Podcast: The Equity Gap Podcast by Shahzia Noorally
- Briarpatch Magazine (independent, reader-supported magazine of politics and culture from a grassroots perspective)
