Searching for Encyclopedias or Reference Books?

Human Rights Violations

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Racism

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Prejudice and Discrimination (Canadian examples)

Searching for Resources?

Resources on racism and Canada
Films about racism

Searching for Magazine, Journal and Newspaper Articles?

Using Information Databases, you will find articles published in magazines, newspapers and academic journals that you can’t find using the Internet. All our databases are listed on our website but we recommend you try the ones below first.
*If you are using a computer that isn’t in the library, you’ll be asked to type in your library card number.

Canadian Points of View Reference Centre

• You may search by word or phrase
• Click on "View all Topics" tab to see collections of articles on topics related to racism in Canada, such as Racial Profiling and Discrimination against Aboriginal People.

Also try:

Discovering Collection

Canadian Business and Current Affairs

OneFile

See all Information Databases.

What are Information Databases?

Recommended Websites

Amnesty International- Canada
The website offers access to AI publications, descriptions of priority concerns and major campaigns.

Canadian Race Relations Foundation
The Canadian Race Relations Foundation is Canada's leading agency dedicated to the elimination of racism in the country. It’s website offers media center with news releases and daily news scan, overview of current programs, several related publications: papers and fact sheets and links to acts and human rights organizations.

Global Issues
Provides an overview of the selection of social issues, related articles, news, videos, reading lists and more.

Ontario Human Rights Commission
The website provides fact sheets and general information on many topics related to discrimination, series of guides, access to the Human Rights Code and more.

Understanding prejudice
UnderstandingPrejudice.org was established in 2002 with funding from the National Science Foundation and McGraw-Hill Higher Education. The purpose of the site is to offer educational resources and information on prejudice, discrimination, multiculturalism, and diversity. The page offers a collection of related links, organizations and readings.