The Limestone Lens

Happy 2021 Everyone!

In keeping with the tradition of starting a New Year, this issue's focus is continuing our board's resolutions...

We resolve to continue our equity learning journey through understanding proper terminology, identifying racism and the impact it has.

We resolve to recognize unjust behaviours/practices and move towards a collective change.

We resolve to ensure that everyone's voice is heard, welcomed, included and respected.

We resolve to have everyone see themselves in Limestone.

So What Is Systemic Racism?

"The idea of systemic racism is not about individual attitudes. It is about how society works."

https://nationalpost.com/news/what-is-systemic-racism-there-is-broad-national-confusion-about-the-concept

Ontario’s Anti-Black Racism Strategy defines systemic racism as occurring "when institutions or systems create or maintain racial inequity, often as a result of hidden institutional biases in policies, practices and procedures that privilege some groups and disadvantage others."

Many dated policies, practices and procedures have led us to the cultural disparities we see today.


Unemployment Rate	Proportion of Population with Low- Income Status	Expecations for Higher Education

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Podcasts and Interviews "Desmond Cole is the Canadian author of the book "The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power", on racism in Canada. He spoke with Information Morning NS in February 2020 about his book and the institutional issues it examines. You can hear that segment and read a Q&A with Cole here." Click the link below for more podcasts and interviews.	Books "If you're a parent, you might be looking for kid-friendly books that feature Black voices. Nova Scotian author Shauntay Grant's 2018 book Africville is beautifully illustrated and tells the story of the vibrant Black community in Halifax that was demolished by city officials in the 1960s. Last year, Grant took CBC Arts' Amanda Parris on a tour of the area." Click the link below for more book talks.	TedX "TEDx events have been held across Atlantic Canada for several years. If you haven't had a chance to attend one in person, take the time to catch up now by watching a few talks on YouTube. Watching TEDx talks by local Black folks is an opportunity to learn about topics that are not only interesting, but are important to Black Canadians." Click the link below for TEDx events and Canadian film links.

Podcasts and Interviews

"Desmond Cole is the Canadian author of the book "The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power", on racism in Canada. He spoke with Information Morning NS in February 2020 about his book and the institutional issues it examines. You can hear that segment and read a Q&A with Cole here."

Click the link below for more podcasts and interviews.

Books

"If you're a parent, you might be looking for kid-friendly books that feature Black voices. Nova Scotian author Shauntay Grant's 2018 book Africville is beautifully illustrated and tells the story of the vibrant Black community in Halifax that was demolished by city officials in the 1960s. Last year, Grant took CBC Arts' Amanda Parris on a tour of the area."

Click the link below for more book talks.

TedX

"TEDx events have been held across Atlantic Canada for several years. If you haven't had a chance to attend one in person, take the time to catch up now by watching a few talks on YouTube. Watching TEDx talks by local Black folks is an opportunity to learn about topics that are not only interesting, but are important to Black Canadians."

Click the link below for TEDx events and Canadian film links.