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Luca and D&I

January 26, 2022 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Last week I watched the movie Luca again with my daughter. It’s a beautiful movie, and although there was hardly any diversity, there are so many interesting elements we can apply to D&I.   The main issue is humans vs. sea monsters. Sea monsters are a very visceral example of “the … 

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Filed Under: Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: Fear, inclusion, Luca, movie, representation

The Power of Words

January 18, 2022 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

If you've been following my posts for a while, you’ve surely read this is one before: words are powerful. We may use them carelessly, but the messages can stick and inform/lead to/strengthen biases, prejudices, and judgments that can ultimately undermine acceptance and inclusion. My mom is … 

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Filed Under: bias Tagged With: bias, both/and, culture, mental associations, unconscious bias

Feeling the End of the Year

December 15, 2021 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

It’s been a looooong year. I have heard from many clients how staff are feeling the impact of the lengthening pandemic, and the additional stressors on life and work. These stressors may include: Fear and worry Health concerns Navigating (online) schooling for children Creating a … 

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Filed Under: Diversity & Inclusion

What’s in a Word?

December 8, 2021 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about accessibility and language. It started with the word “blindspot”. I have continued to use it, despite recognizing that it’s ableist language - language that underscores that society determines ability (vs disability) as the norm and therefore as more … 

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Filed Under: Accessibility Tagged With: ableism, ableist, accessible language, exclusion, inclusion

The New Republic of Barbados

December 1, 2021 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Yesterday -  Tuesday November 30th, at midnight - Barbados became the world's newest Republic. Shaking off the Monarchy, becoming a Republic is symbolic of a new beginning; one with Barbadians as self-determined, and navigating their own path. Sounds amazing. Connecting the Dots - Republics … 

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Filed Under: Anti-Oppression Tagged With: Barbados, Decolonization, Monarchy, Republic of Barbados

New Glasses as a metaphor for EDI work

November 24, 2021 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

I recently purchased a new pair of glasses. My first pair of progressives. I was excited!   New Perspectives When the glasses were ready, and I left the store… I felt like I was 20 feet tall. Everything looked bigger. Suddenly I saw more depth. Was this what the world … 

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Filed Under: Diversity & Inclusion, Equity, Perspective Tagged With: EDI, glasses, lenses, perspective

Searching for Missing Indigenous Children at the Mohawk Institute

November 10, 2021 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I was able to watch part of the live press conference that launched the search for missing Indigenous children at the Mohawk Institute in Ontario. The Mohawk Institute is the longest running Residential School in Canada. It was open for 136 years. Children from 20 Indigenous Nations … 

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Filed Under: Indigenous peoples Tagged With: colonization, Indigenous peoples, residential schools, Survivors

Blackface, Anti-Black Racism and Change

November 3, 2021 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Last week a TDSB teacher went to school in Blackface for Halloween. You can read about it here. Egregious enough on its own, it seems that complaints weren’t acted upon until the end of the day. Think about that.... This means students of colour (the school in question was in a culturally … 

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Filed Under: Racism, Uncategorized Tagged With: awareness, Blackface, Halloween, history, TDSB, teachers

Truth, and what now?

October 6, 2021 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Last week was our first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. And on the weekend, I heard a few things on the news that made me pause. I'm writing about one of them today. There is a new cutting-edge community in the making near the shores of Lake Simcoe. The Orbit. town of Innisfil in … 

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Filed Under: Indigenous peoples Tagged With: consultation, Indigenous People, Innisfil, The Orbit, Williams Treaty First Nations

National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

September 29, 2021 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Tomorrow - September 30 - marks the first National Day for Truth & Reconciliation in Canada. (If you’re not Canadian, take some time to consider what a day like this could mean in your country and look for resources to raise your awareness about Indigenous issues where you … 

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Filed Under: Indigenous peoples Tagged With: change, inclusion, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Reconciliation, Truth and Reconciliation

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