Laying the groundwork for antiracism in Canada's International Cooperation

This project supports the Canadian international development sector in strengthening its capacity to tackle systemic racism. This builds a foundation for the sector’s inclusive human rights-based and intersectional feminist approaches to development work. Project activities include: (1) developing an e-platform to share information and resources with organizations; (2) delivering training and workshops targeting organizational change; (3) developing support materials toolkits and templates; (4) creating a database of antiracism experts; (5) hosting and funding collaborative antiracism initiatives that are created by Black Indigenous and racialized women and gender diverse people and that reflect their lived experiences; and (6) establishing a dedicated coordination secretariat and resource centre for the sector. This will increase the integration of antiracism in Canadian organizations’ program design implementation and learning as well as the adoption of antiracist principles amongst staff of Canadian organizations. When Canadian organizations adopt racially-sensitive and inclusive intersectional feminist assistance approaches to their work it improves the delivery of Canadian international assistance to local populations.

Les résultats escomptés de ce projet comprennent : 1) les organisations canadiennes de coopération internationale intègrent davantage la lutte contre le racisme dans la conception la mise en œuvre et l’apprentissage des programmes féministes intersectionnels; 2) les employés des organisations internationales canadiennes adoptent davantage les principes de lutte contre le racisme dans leur travail avec les bénéficiaires et les partenaires.