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Just Because You Can’t See it…

February 20, 2023 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

The Context: We recently got a dog. It's not my first dog, and it took me a while to agree to get one when my daughter asked. If you have (or have had) a dog - you  know many of the reasons why. One of the many reasons I didn't want another dog is the fur. It's everywhere! But because I … 

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Filed Under: Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion Tagged With: bias, cleaning, discrimination, dog fur, dogs

Musings about Dr. Seuss

March 3, 2021 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Dr. Seuss is getting a lot of attention this week. If you haven’t read about the decision to no longer publish 6 books you can do so here. The CBC article has many good points, some of which I will discuss below. Impact First, let’s talk about the impact of images and words in books. The … 

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Filed Under: Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: bias, critical thinking, discrimination, Dr. Seuss, education, history, racism

It’s OK to Notice Difference

October 3, 2018 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

When you have children in your life, it’s bound to happen that they will say something that embarrasses you in public. Sometimes it’s more painful than other times. But likely every caregiver has had at least one experience where a child has noticed something about someone out loud. What does … 

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Filed Under: Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: bias, curiosity, discrimination, judgment, knowledge, prejudice

The Systemic Nature of Bias

June 13, 2018 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

On Monday, Starbucks Canada closed their stores for Anti-Bias training, and I was on the radio again to speak about it; this time with Alan Neal at CBC Ottawa’s All in a Day. What strikes me the most about conversations regarding bias is that we tend to focus on behaviours and individuals. This … 

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Filed Under: bias Tagged With: anti-bias training, discrimination, disregard, Starbucks, systemic bias

What a chip says about how we still view women

February 6, 2018 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

PepsiCo wants to launch a Lady Doritos chip. No, it’s not pink… But I think it says a LOT about how women are still viewed in society. Take a look: It’s going to be a bag that is smaller (to fit in a purse), less messy, and…wait for it….quieter! Not as crunchy – but they have promised to … 

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Filed Under: women Tagged With: chips, discrimination, Doritos, gender, women

I Can’t Today…

September 18, 2017 by Annemarie Shrouder 1 Comment

To be honest, today, I don’t feel like writing. There are many things going on in the world that I could write about: Sloane Stephens’ come-from-behind win at the US Open and how she (and other female athletes) are making much less less in sponsorship than their male counterparts. The … 

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Filed Under: Discrimination Tagged With: allies, allyship, discrimination, isms, self-care, support

Human Rights – Who Has Them, and Who Doesn’t

August 14, 2017 by Annemarie Shrouder 1 Comment

A few weeks ago, President Trump decided to reinstate a ban on transgender people serving in the military. It was a blow to transgender rights, which had been creeping along in a positive direction in the US. You can read more about the details here. The first thing that comes to mind is how some … 

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Filed Under: Discrimination, Human Rights, Transgender Tagged With: discrimination, From the inside out, human rights, transgender rights

What does a doctor look like? Anti-Black racism in action.

October 13, 2016 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

You have probably already heard or read about Dr. Tamika Cross' post on Facebook and her experience of anti-Black racism on a Delta Airlines flight. In case you haven't, here it is in a nutshell: A man needed medical attention. She got up to help and was told to sit down. The flight attendants … 

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Filed Under: African American, anti-Black racism, bias, Discrimination, Racism, Uncategorized Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Black, Delta Airlines, discrimination, Doctor

Systemic Racism in many forms…even dolls!

July 27, 2016 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Last week in Calgary, a woman was shopping for dolls for her children at Toys R Us and made a startling discovery – the “dark skinned” doll was priced lower than it’s “lighter skinned” counterpart (those are the words from the CTV new report). Image from: … 

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Filed Under: Diversity & Inclusion, People of Colour, Race, Racism, systemic discrimination, Uncategorized, unconscious bias Tagged With: bias, Black, discrimination, Diversity, racism, Toys R Us

LGBT Seniors in Long Term Care

September 30, 2015 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

I'm working on a project for Egale about raising awareness about the need for LGBTQ safer spaces in seniors' long term care facilities. It's easy to think that because LGBTQ laws have changed, that all people who identify as LGBTQ are living an open, out and discrimination-free life.  In general, … 

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Filed Under: aging, Human Rights, LGBT, LGBTQ Tagged With: discrimination, LGBT seniors, long term care facilities, senior care

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