Introduction

Recently, information technologies have contributed to an explosion of information in so
many subject areas. In particular, they have paved the way for tremendous quantities of
data to be accessible to the general public. However, a significant challenge has
developed: how to make sense of it all and decipher between what is useful and important
and what is lacking in depth or substance. Within this context, the importance and
significance of research tools, such as bibliographies, becomes clear.

During the course of this project, the researchers sifted through hundreds of print
materials and web sites to bring together the most recent tools and debates in the field of
anti-racism training and education. Our search was principally confined to our original
criteria that emphasized resources (books, manuals, workbooks, guides and the Internet)
that would be accessible and particularly useful for anti-racism workers outside the
formal school setting.

In light of this, we only included materials that were accessed through computers
or library systems; we often used inter-library loans. At the end of each bibliographic
entry, we have accordingly provided bibliographic data, International Standard Book
Numbers and web addresses to facilitate easy access to the materials found in this tool.

While all of the resources listed in this bibliography are currently accessible using this
information, we cannot guarantee future access. Books that are out of print should still be
accessible through libraries, but web addresses are particularly subject to change.
This bibliography is annotated in order to provide sufficient information for educators
and activists to assess the applicability and usefulness of materials to their own purposes.
We have consulted with a number of anti-racist educators and agencies who have tried to
implement anti-racism. Their comments have been useful in informing our annotations.
Aside from some seminal or exceptional works on anti-racism in Canada, we have tried
to emphasize resources developed within the last five years.

It is clear that there is a great deal of unpublished material on anti-racism. The vast
majority is created in a participatory, in-house style; this, however, raises difficulties in
accessing a range of ideas and materials. It would seem that a national scope for antiracism
training does not exist in Canada. Clearly, Canadian publishers have by and large
ignored this area for publication to the detriment of anti-racist workers. It is hoped that
this collection of references to resources will help people to feel as though they are not
?re-inventing the wheel? as they explore anti-racism training options within their group or
organization.

As we began this research, we recognized that there was a plethora of activity and
workbooks for school-age children across Canada. Various school boards embarked on
their own anti-racism policies and followed through with manuals and other classroom
materials to aid teachers in the formal school setting. Many of these school resources,
produced during the 1980?s and early 1990?s, remained either unpublished or in an
incomplete state as working documents. These tools can often be accessed through local

school boards and districts; the Urban Alliance for Race Relations in Toronto also has a
good collection. Because the majority of these resources are so oriented towards formal
classroom use, we included these school-based tools only when we found they could also
be adapted for use by other sectors of the community: human service agencies;
businesses; unions; health care professionals; researchers; those involved with the
criminal justice system and, most of all, the wider community of anti-racist educators and
activists.

Thus, this bibliography, though it does incorporate some school-based anti-racism
materials, is rather more focussed on the needs of: a) community agencies, b)
governments, c) larger organizations and d) businesses who intend to address anti-racism
in their workplaces and community organizations. We have also chosen to predominantly
emphasize resources that deal directly with anti-racism, not multicultural or diversity
training.