Article on low-emission cars and the racial demography of ownership

This is an interesting article ... a great way to encourage critical conversation about the connection between ecological justice and anti-racism education. Depending on the environmental/green strategy, who benefits? Link this article to other lessons on environmental racism.

http://inhabitat.com/study-finds-that-non-whites-are-less-likely-to-purchase-a-low-emissions-vehicle/

Unnatural causes: Socio-economic and racial inequalities in health

This interesting seven-part documentary can be used as an anti-racism resource in health, science and economic/math classes. The website offers video clips, resources on various interrelated topics and a discussion guide. Website: http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/about_the_series.php

See clip from documentary: Diabetes Among Native Americans: Genes or Environment?

UNNATURAL CAUSES is the acclaimed documentary series broadcast by PBS and now used by thousands of organizations around the country to tackle the root causes of our alarming socio-economic and racial inequities in health. The four-hour series crisscrosses the nation uncovering startling new findings that suggest there is much more to our health than bad habits, health care, or unlucky genes. The social circumstances in which we are born, live, and work can actually get under our skin and disrupt our physiology as much as germs and viruses. Evidence suggests that more equitable social policies, secure living-wage jobs, affordable housing, racial justice, good schools, community empowerment, and family supports are health issues just as critical as diet, tobacco use, and exercise. As a society, we have a choice: invest in the conditions for health now, or pay to repair our bodies later.

Systemic and institutionalized racism in Canada affects the health of Indigenous peoples. See these First Nations, Metis and Inuit websites for more resources and information about the health outcomes of racism:

National Aboriginal Health Organization(NAHO): http://www.naho.ca/

Aboriginal Healing Foundation: http://www.ahf.ca/

National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health: http://www.nccah-ccnsa.ca/en/

Zinn Education Project

Check out the Zinn Education Project and their list of Native American teaching resources: http://zinnedproject.org/posts/category/explore_by_theme/native-american

This excellent website is US-based. Students can learn from the resources, compare this knowledge to their understandings of Canadian history, and conduct their own research on Canada.

The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the use of Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States and other materials for teaching a people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. The website offers more than 85 free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. The Zinn Education Project is coordinated by two non-profit organizations, Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change.

We believe that through taking a more engaging and more honest look at the past, we can help equip students with the analytical tools to make sense of — and improve — the world today. For a more complete description, read A People’s History, A People’s Pedagogy.