Confronting my anti-white sentiment

01/18/21 • 16 min

The Equity Gap

Previous Episode

undefined - Whiteness, colonialism and challenging the narrative of our education system - an interview with the Alberta Anti-Racism Education Advocacy Initiative

Whiteness, colonialism and challenging the narrative of our education system - an interview with the Alberta Anti-Racism Education Advocacy Initiative

We shouldn’t have to be extraordinary to be recognized and acknowledged, yet despite countless examples of impact and influence, so many of the stories of racialized people in Canada’s history have been omitted in our education curriculum. Cinde Adegbesan, Nicole Dodd and Pam Tzeng are working to change that for current and future generations of our province's children by calling on the Minister of Education to alter the curriculum and address racism in schools across Alberta through their work on the Alberta Antiracism Education Advocacy Initiative. And we’re excited to dig into the conversation and their cause for so many reasons. For us it’s the story of:

How three passionate, informed, everyday citizens have been able to enact meaningful conversations and change around the real history of our country
How three racialized women, through the bonds of their otherness, have demonstrated what the power of friendship and purpose look like in action
How easy it can be to enact change and start conversations in a political system that can often feel overwhelming and inaccessible

More on their work and how you can get involved:

https://linktr.ee/abantiracismedu/Follow the Alberta Antiracism Education Advocacy Initiative on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/abantiracismedu/
As referenced in the conversation, : The "Problem" Women of Colour in the Workplace (https://coco-net.org/)
https://coco-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WoC-in-Organizations-Tool-FINAL-EN.pdf

Next Episode

The new Colour Gap podcast - career strategy for women of colour, by women of colour

Today is a bittersweet day as we announce the departure of our dear Susy Ko from the Colour Gap podcast. 2020 certainly did a number on all of our lives, but brought Susy closer to a focus on her priorities which include her family first and foremost.
Susy will be dearly missed, but her voice and impact carries on so much. At the heart of what we set out to do with the Colour Gap was bringing stories to the surface and shed light on the unique experiences of women of colour, and we hope you were able to always feel her heart and energy in everything she brought to the table the last 2 years and the past 2.5 seasons.
Today I'm also excited to announce the pivot I'm taking with the Colour Gap - a career strategy podcast for women of colour by women of colour....
As women of colour, our career paths and roadmaps to success look a little different than everyone else, so why should our career advice look and sound the same? We have unique challenges, identities and experiences that make our pathways to finding fulfilling and engaging work unlike that which traditional career advice can solve for.
We deserve to have career advice tailored to us and I sincerely hope this is the place you’ll find advice that speaks to your unique experiences as a woman of colour.