2SLGBTQAI+ Resources

• QMUNITY – Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Resource center
• Transcare BC – Gender Affirming care across BC
• Rainbow Refugee – LGBTQ+ Refugees
• PFLAG – Youth and Families
• Out in Schools by Out on Screen– Queer Youth Education
• PrideNet – Pride Education Resources
• 2 Spirits of BC by the Four Feathers Society – Two-Spirit Resources
• LOUD Business – Business community and networking
• Saige Community Foodbank –  Trans, Two-Spirit, and Gender Diverse Safe space and food bank
• Health Initiative for Men – Men’s health
• McLaren Housing Society – Inclusive Housing for people with HIV/AIDS

Queer Terminology Glossary – created by Qmunity: https://qmunity.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Queer-Glossary_2019_02.pdf

• Qmunity
• PeerNetBC
• TransCare BC
• Egale

Join Pride at Work Canada to have access to training opportunities, audits and policy reviews, and resources

Workplace Resources, posters, etc. by SpeakOUT Foundation: https://www.SpeakOutFoundation.net/Workplace-Resources

• Gender-Neutral Language in the Workplace https://www.StemWomen.co.uk/blog/2021/07/The-Importance-Of-Gender-Neutral-Language-in-The-Workplace
• Gender-Neutral Washrooms in the Workplace https://www.SHRM.org/ResourcesAndTools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/gender-neutral-bathrooms-in-the-workplace.aspx#:~:text=Gender%2Dneutral%20bathrooms%20can%20be,be%20themselves%20in%20the%20office.
• Pronouns in the Workplace https://SloanReview.mit.edu/article/why-pronouns-speak-to-more-than-just-gender-differences/

Accessibility Resources

• Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods – Accessibility consultation
• Chronically Queer – Peer support group
• Queer ASL – ASL classes
• Vancouver Queer Spoon Share – Queer support and information group

• • 10 Ways to make your website accessible: https://www.DreamHost.com/blog/make-your-website-accessible/
  • 9 tips on making your social media accessible: https://blog.hootsuite.com/inclusive-design-social-media/
  • How to make your website accessible for screen magnifiers https://axesslab.com/make-site-accessible-screen-magnifiers/
  • How to write an image description: https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-write-an-image-description-2f30d3bf5546

Ways to start creating access: https://www.DisabilityIntersectionalitySummit.com/places-to-start

Working with sign language interpreters for events: http://www.deaf-hope.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/working-with-sign-language-interpreters-events.pdf

Ableist language to stop using: http://web.augsburg.edu/english/writinglab/Avoiding_Ableist_Language.pdf

Website Accessibility plugin (VPS uses this on our website): https://userway.org/?utm_source=Vancouverpride&utm_medium=widget_footer&utm_campaign=widget

Anti-Racism Resources 

• Euphony Works – Diversity Consultation
• Hogan’s Alley Society – Anti-Racism resources
• ARC Vancouver – Anti-Racism Education
• Black Lives Matter Vancouver – Anti-Black racism and resources

5 Things you should know about Racism – Decoded Youtube Series

Anti-Racism Resources for White people compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein:

How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi:

buy the book here.

White Urgency to end racism: why now? By Beth Berita:

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/white-urgency-end-racism-why-now/

Detour Spotting for White Anti-Racists By Joan Olsson:

https://www.eraseracismny.org/storage/documents/race-and-racism/ER_jo_DETOUR.pdf

Decolonization Resources

• Hummingbirds Rising – Meaningful decolonization consultation
• Jennifer Lee-Koble – Anti-Indigenous Racism Training 
• Nahanee Creative Inc. – Decolonizing practices, workshops and resources
• Urban Native Youth Association – Indigenous Youth resources
• Indigenous Corporate Training inc. – Indigenous Awareness and Consultation training
• Reconciliation Canada – Community Outreach and Initiatives

What is decolonization? https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/a-brief-definition-of-decolonization-and-indigenization

Working Effectively with Indigenous peoples Blog: https://www.ictinc.ca/blog

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: 94 Calls to action – https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf

21 Things you may not know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/21-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-indian-act-1.3533613

Intersectional Resources

• Humanize Consulting – Consultation and workshops on various topics of diversity
• Bakau Consulting – Training and consultation on various topics

What is intersectionality? https://www.ywboston.org/2017/03/what-is-intersectionality-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-me/

Graphic by the SpeakOut Foundation: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ae0003b1aef1d5a17dbfc17/t/5bac6bc18165f58ad0495ec4/1538026433666/Intersectionality+101.pdf

Alternatives and Substitutes for Appropriative or Problematic Language: