Read the Asian Institute’s statement on anti-racism here.
Anonymous reporting of racist incidents
Report a Racist Incident (Elimin8hate)
Recent News and Readings
- Addressing Anti-Asian Racism in the University (Hae Yeon Choo and Robert Diaz): Inside Higher Ed
- Professor Diana Fu on The New Normal with Maydianne Andrade (Ep. 19 part one): Scapegoat
- Department of Sociology associate professor Jooyoung Lee speaks in CTV News about mental health concerns among Asians in Canada following a mass shooting in the U.S., and CBC Radio’s Here & Now about anti-Asian racism and the vicarious trauma felt by Asians everywhere.
- More instances of anti-Asian racism were reported per capita in Canada than in the United States. Report with the Canadian International Council (Fu and Dirks)
- Section on Sinophobia into the POLITICO China Watcher Newsletter (Diana Fu)
- “Anti-Asian Violence Spiked During COVID-19, Here’s What You Should Know” (Isabelle Docto)
- “Decade-old article on universities being ‘too Asian’ sparks panel conversation on anti-Asian racism at UBC” (Mandy Huynh)
- Survey of Chinese Canadians’ experience of discrimination during COVID (Angus Reid Institute & University of Alberta)
- Free intervention training (Hollaback!)
- Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, Direct
- Readings on the history of anti-Asian racism and how to be an anti-racist ally, compiled by Jennifer Ho (University of Colorado Boulder)
- Asia Matters Podcast, Episode 16: Coronavirus and Racism: Asian-Americans in the Crossfire
- “Black and Asian American Feminist Solidarities: A Reading List” (created by Black Women Radicals)
- Documentary: Searching for Samuel Lowe re three Black Jamaican siblings looking for their Chinese grandfather
- Queens College President Confronts Violence Against Asian Americans
- Inside Higher Ed: Asian Americans, Recognized at Last
- Seeing anti-Asian American bias in all its ugliness
- Association of Asian Studies: The Pandemic: Perspectives on Asia
- Racing the Pandemic: Anti-Asian Racism amid COVID-19 (Christina Yano)
Self Care
- Asian American Feminist Antibodies (Care in the Time of Coronavirus) (Asian American Feminist Collective)
- Self Care for People Experiencing Harassment (HeartMob)
- Surviving and Resisting Hate: A Toolkit for People of Colour (#ICRaceLab, Dr. Hector Y. Adames, Dr. Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas)
- You Feel Like Shit: An Interactive Self-Care Guide (@jace_harr)
Initiatives and Organizations
- Anti-Asian Violence Resources (US: Healthcare Alliance of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders)
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation “Community Mobilization Fund,” anti-racism training, workshops
- Network of anti-racism organizations in Canada
- Chinese Canadian Council for Social Justice
- FaceRace Open challenge to all Canadians to confront racism amid the COVID-19 pandemic
- project 1907: Spaces for diasporic Asians to understand our histories, explore our identities, examine our privileges and reclaim our power