Our Components’ Anti-Racism sites
- BCGEU Equity and Human Rights Committee
- HSABC Racial Justice Committee
- SGEU Human Rights and Equity Committee
- MGEU Equality and Human Rights Committee
- OPSEU/SEFPO Coalition of Racialized Workers
- NSGEU Human Rights Committee
- NAPE Anti-Racism Committee
Resources
- NUPGE’s publication Diversity and Inclusion in Our Unions: Anti-Black Racism
- Asian Canadian Labour Alliance
- Black Class Action
- Candian Labour Congress’ guide on Islamaphobia at Work
- Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
- Federal Anti-Racism Strategy and Action Plan on Hate
- HSABC’s Confronting Racism with Solidarity: An analysis of the 2020 HSA Workplace Racism Survey
- HSABC’s Discrimination in the Workplace: Findings from HSA’s Survey on Inclusion and Belonging
- OPSEU/SEFPO’s Social Mapping Project
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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2025
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