This toolkit was developed in 2023 to support Instructors to embed anti-racist principles and tools in their teaching practices. The goal is to provide a framework and practical tools to support journey towards becoming an anti-racist organization.
This Anti-Racism Curriculum and Pedagogy Toolkit presents our vision, approach, tools and resources that will equip instructors and instructional teams to implement anti-racist pedagogy in their curriculum and teaching practice across all programs and courses at NorQuest College. It supports our shared vision of becoming a model anti-racist organization through transforming the ways we conceptualize, design and implement programs and curricula at NorQuest. The overarching objective of this framework and toolkit is to institutionalize an anti-racist approach in our curriculum, teaching and learning culture in the academic portfolio of the College.
The Toolkit is a response to the history of colonial oppression and racial injustice that has impacted the Canadian society and educational landscape for many generations, the legacies of which continue to affect many in post-secondary contexts today.
Furthermore, the NorQuest Deans’ Joint Commitment to Anti-Racism for Equity shapes our approach to anti-racism in the academic portfolio through the following specific provisions:
Commitment #1: Developing and enhancing our curriculum, pedagogy, and research with a lens on antiracism, inclusion, equity, and intersectionality to better reflect and represent our current and future learners and to promote a global perspective that values and respects the unique history and current realities of the diverse populations in Canada.
Commitment #3: Creating and holding space for group learning and individual personal commitment and accountability in order to encourage growth and self-reflection related to equity, anti-racism, diversity, intersectionality, and inclusion.
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How to use this toolkit effectively
The Review Tool provides practical step-by-step guidance on how to apply the resources in the Anti-Racism Curriculum and Pedagogy Toolkit to examine and improve your understanding, course content and practice in line with anti-racism principles and philosophy.
Maximize your application of the Toolkit by exploring this Review Tool
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Tools for anti-racism curriculum & pedagogy
The toolkit contains 13 tools along with other relevant resources and information. These items equip users with the knowledge and skills needed to understand and integrate anti-racism into their thinking, actions, reflections and professional practice.
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Anti-racism principles
Our anti-racism principles guide and anchor our work in anti-racist pedagogy and curriculum within the academic portfolio. They help us promote anti-racist practices in the way we conceive, develop, implement and review programs and curricula at NorQuest College.