Browse these key resources to support your learning and anti-racism action plan implementation process: videos, downloads, podcasts, websites, and more. Bookmark this page as a central hub for anti-racism and EDI-related professional development and resource sharing in the sector.
Upcoming online learning sessions
ARAISA is organizing a two-part professional development series to equip leadership and staff of Service Provider Organizations (SPOs) with the tools and knowledge needed to meet IRCC’s new Anti-Racism Action Plan requirements.
Join us on June 19 and 26, 2025!
Resources
Every organization is at a different stage in its equity and anti-racism journey. Whether you are just beginning this work or building on long-standing efforts, the resources on this page are meant to support and complement your ongoing commitments. Use them to inform reflection, strengthen practice, and guide meaningful action across your team and organization.
Self-Assessment & Evaluation Tools
- Equity and Anti-Racism Self Assessment Tool | Download
- OCASI ARAO Assessment 2.0 | Download
- Plan, Informing the Plan, Organizational Assessment Tools and Resources | Visit the website
- Norquest College Anti-Racism Toolkit | Download
- Construire un plan d’action EDI | Download (in French)
- Anti-Racism & Organizational Change: A Guide for Employer | Visit the website
- Anti-racism toolkit – Canada.ca | Visit the website
Policy Documents & Strategic Frameworks
- Changing Systems, Transforming Lives: Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy 2024-2028 – Canada.ca | Visit the website
- OCASI ARAO Policy | Download
- Office of Equity and Anti-Racism Initiatives – Government of Nova Scotia| Visit the website
- IRCC’s Anti-Racism Value Statement – Canada.ca | Visit the website
- Canada’s Black Justice Strategy | Visit the website
Training, Education & Learning Resources
- Equity-Focused Training & Development | Visit the website
- Equity Learning Lab | Visit the website
- Equity and Anti-Racism: Education, Training, Tools and Resources | Municipal IDEAS | Visit the website
- Race in the Workplace with Joanna Shoffner Scott, Ph.D. | Listen to the podcast
- Ressources éducationnelles sur l’anti-racisme | Visit the website (in French)
- Anti-racism resources – Canada.ca | Visit the website
Practical Toolkits & Implementation Guides
- ARAO Implementation Guide | Download
- QuakeLab Anti Racism Policy Toolkit | Download
- 2022-2024 Canadian Council for Refugees Anti-racism Project | Visit the website
Terminology & Conceptual Foundations
- Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures – Coursera | Take the course
- Black History Learning Journey – IONS | Watch the learning series
- OCASI ARAO Glossary of Terms | Download
- Glossary of Terms of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation | Visit the website
- Black history in Canada – Canada.ca | Visit the website
- Africville: The Black community bulldozed by the city of Halifax | Watch
For questions or support, contact Nicole at noconnor@araisa.ca