Anti-Racist Educator Reads

In episode three of Unsettling Canada, Colinda is in conversation with Anishinaabe educator Anika Guthrie, talking about opposing worldviews, and what that looks like in education. They will discuss some of the 771 directives for Canada as outlined in RCAP, UNDRIP, TRC and MMIWG reports

In episode two of Unsettling Canada, Colinda is in conversation with Onkwehonwe educator Nick Bertrand talking about inherent rights and leadership, and the realities of Colonial Fatigue Syndrome. Special guest Melissa Wilson calls on educators to teach settler colonialism and how it operates in educational systems.

In episode one of Unsettling Canada, Colinda is in conversation with Anishinaabe knowledge carrier Nancy Rowe (Michi Saagig New Credit) to set the context for the modern day struggle for and continued assault on Indigenous rights in Canada.

In episode 5 of Anti Racist Educator Reads, the final episode for The Skin We're In, the author Desmond Cole joins Colinda and the panel to discuss the book and its context in education, with conversations about how educators can create decolonial anti-racist spaces in their classrooms and schools.

In episode 4 of Anti Racist Educator Reads, Colinda’s co-host is Melissa Wilson, a VP and guest is panelist Debbie Donsky, a system principal. They discuss chapters october, november, december, state control and restriction of the mobility of Black and Indigenous peoples and the competing interests that present themselves in anti-oppression work.

In episode 3 of Anti Racist Educator Reads, Colinda’s guests are her Anishinaabe kwe sister Pamala Agawa, a VP, and Gerry Walker, also a VP. In discussing july, august, september, they will unpack Canada150 and unpacks some truths about the history of Canada and talk about the impact ignorance and silence has on racialized students and staff in schools.

n episode 2 of Anti Racist Educator Reads, Colinda’s guests are Camille Logan, a superintendent of education, and Kevin Rambally, a social worker and former chair of Pride Toronto. In discussing april, may, june, they will talk about the surveillance of Black bodies and actions we can take in schools to counter the “false promise of objectivity.”

In episode one, Colinda invites Tisha Nelson to co-host to discuss chapters january, february, and march. and how developing racial literacy is essential for educators as they enter conversations about resisting anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism. University student Anyika Mark is the special guest.