Abolish Racism: A Conversation with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard about the need for action to tackle anti-Black racism in Canada. They talk about the need to create equitable social, education and economic practices, policies and approaches that acknowledge Canada’s racist history and present, and that begin to remedy the harm and discrimination that has been caused to Black Canadians. Kim and Senator Bernard also talk about the need for policymakers to not merely acknowledge but disrupt their privilege and biases in order to create equitable policies.

Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard is a Canadian Senator, social worker, educator, researcher, community activists and advocate.

Learn more about Senator Bernard here: https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/bernard-wanda-thomas/

And here: https://www.dal.ca/about-dal/dalhousie-originals/wanda-thomas-bernard.html

Stay tuned for the next episode of Appointed!

Resources mentioned during the show and further reading:

Parliamentary Black Caucus Recommendations: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/black-caucus-systemic-racism-1.5614203

Read Senator Pate’s perspective on guaranteed livable income here (https://sencanada.ca/media/366455/senpate_glibi-perspective-document_08-15-2020_e.pdf)

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23896&LangID=E

https://colourofpoverty.ca/fact-sheets/

https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20732&LangID=E

https://humanrights.ca/story/the-story-of-africville

https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/cjwl.32.2.06