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Canadian Reports and Resources

• The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has proposed a standard for race-based and Indigenous identity data collection in health care (2022). The standard is an adaptation of the Government of Ontario's Anti-Racism Directorate (ARD) race data standards and is in line with The Upstream Lab's SPARK study (Screening for Poverty And Related social determinants and intervening to improve Knowledge of and links to resources) with the adjustment that a distinctions-based Indigenous identity question be added.
• The Canadian Public Health Association's (CPHA) 2018 position statement on eliminating systemic racism provides a series of recommendations and calls to action for organizations and agencies involved in the education, research and provision of health and social services in Canada. 

• The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Well-Being: A Focus on Racialized Communities in the GTA (2022), a report published by the Wellesley Institute, speaks to the relationship between the social determinants of mental health and the effects of systemic and structural racism.
  

Anti-Black Racism Resources

• In 2024, Statistics Canada published a report entitled Diversity of the Black population in Canada: An overview, based mostly on the 2021 census data. It is the first of a portrait series that Statistics Canada developed to support the initiatives under Canada's Anti-Racism Strategy (2019-2022). The report shows that: 
• The Black populations have more than doubled in size since 1996, reaching 1.5 million people and representing 4.3% of the total population and 16.1% of the total racialized populations in Canada in 2021. This group is projected to become the second-largest racialized group by 2041.
• The Black populations are among the youngest in Canada, with children and youth (aged 0 to 25 years) making up 41.9% of this group. In total, 647,940 Black children and youth accounted for 19.4% of all racialized children and youth, and 6.4% of all children and youth in Canada. 
• The Black Health Equity Working Group, comprised of Black health sector leaders and health equity experts has developed a data governance framework (2021) for health data collected from Black communities in Ontario.

Anti-Indigenous Racism Resources

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (2015). Final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Volume one: Summary. Honouring the truth, reconciling for the future. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company Ltd.
• First Nations Information Governance Centre offers information about First Nations people living on reserve and in northern communities across Canada.
• In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care (December​ 2020) is the report of The Addressing Racism Review formally launched in B.C. in July 2020. It revealed the widespread systemi​c racism against Indigenous people in the B.C. health care system and offers recommendations for immediate action.

• Indi​genous Services Canada has a repository of Anti-Indigenous racism resources for health professionals. 

Anti-Asian Racism Resources

• Government of Canada resource: Events in Asian Canadian history
• The Chinese Canadian National Council – For Social Justice (CCNC-SJ) educates, engages and advocates for equity and justice for all in Canada. The #FaceRace Campaign aims to build knowledge and awareness of anti-Asian racism in Canada before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also aims to empower victims of racism and promote community resilience.
• ​The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) published, Addressing Anti-Asian Racism: A Resource for Educators (December 2020).

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