RACISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY WORKPLACE: PERSPECTIVES AND STRATEGIES

Brought to you in partnership with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada – Labour

You will learn:

• How to identify and address low-threshold racism, or micro-inequities
• How a workplace itself can effectively combat low-threshold racism.

In today’s organizational context, overt acts of racism and discrimination tend to trigger complains of human rights violations – a process extremely costly for the organization and those managers involved. Can it be inferred that racism has finally and completely retreated from organizational life? The best studies and experts on the subject often suggest that racism (a form of discrimination based on skin colour), and other forms of discrimination, have become more subtle and less susceptible to Human Rights complaints. Yet the damage continues, aggravated by the difficulties of challenging the abuse. This workshop addresses the best thinking, tools, and strategies for confronting low-threshold racism and other ways discrimination continues in the 21st century. This workshop is being conducted in partnership with HRSDC-Labour Program’s Racism-Free Workplace Strategy (RFWS).

Presenters:
Nouman Ashraf, Director, Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office, University of Toronto

Dr. Frances Henry, co-author of The Colour of Democracy: Racism in Canadian Society, and a widely recognized authority on racism in Canada

Carol Tator, co-author of The Colour of Democracy; Racism in the Canadian University; Racial Profiling in Canada; as well as other works on racism and anti-racism.

Schedule:
Wednesday, 1:10 to 2:30