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Publishing@¶¡ÏãÔ°AV in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

June 02, 2020

We stand in solidarity with protesters who are resisting anti-Black police violence. Black Lives Matter. Here are some places to donate if you have the means (h/t to @canlesbrarian for gathering these):

Bail Funds in US states:

Black Lives Matter Vancouver:

Black Lives Matter Toronto:

Anti-Black violence is part of the ongoing crisis of white supremacy and settler colonialism. It is our responsibility to stand against anti-Indigenous violence and to recognize how these different forms of oppression are intertwined. 

We also recognize the ongoing crisis of anti-Black racism in Canadian publishing, and would like to highlight the urgent work being done by organizers, educators, and activists who are working hard to transform this industry. Follow the work of Breathing Space Creative @BSC_AuthorCare, @cicelybelle’s , BIPOC of Publishing in Canada @BIPOCPub, People of Color in Publishing @PocPub, and Ebonye Gussine Wilkins () to learn more. 

We also recognize that, as part of Canada’s publishing community and university system, we have a responsibility to address anti-Black racism in our own practices. We commit to:

  1. Undergo anti-bias training at a faculty level; 
  2. Continuously revisit our curriculum to ensure that we are centring the legacies of colonialism and racism in Canadian publishing as well as our own institution;
  3. Encourage BIPOC enrolment in our Master of Publishing program by reducing barriers to access, including targeted funding and the discouragement of unpaid internships; 
  4. Continuing to learn about our own complicity in anti-Blackness as well as settler colonialism by reading and listening. 

To better understand the history and present of anti-Black violence in Canada as well as the strength of Black art and storytelling, we recommend: 

by Robyn Maynard (@policingblack), published by @fernpub

by @DesmondCole, published by @PenguinRandomCA

by Chantal Gibson, published by @caitlinpress

by Jillian Christmas, published by @Arsenalpulp

by @karina_vernon, published by @wlupress 

My Daughter by David Chariandy, published by @PenguinRandomCA

by David Chariandy, published by @PenguinRandomCA

by Dionne Brand, published by @PenguinRandomCa

Blank: Essays and Interviews by M. NourbeSe Philip, published by @bookhugpress 

by @afuacooper, published by @HarperCollinsCa

by @WaydeCompton, published by @Arsenalpulp

by George Elliott Clarke, published by @HarperCollinsCa

by @canisialu, published by @PenguinRandomCa

by Chelene Knight (LWEstudio), published by @bookhugpress 

by Juliane Okot Bitek, published by @UAlbertaPress

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