Diversity Thunder Bay’s Open Letter on Freedom of Expression, Reconciliation and Comedy ~ April 2024

April 22, 2024

DTB OPEN Letter to Thunder Bay on Freedom of Expression, Reconciliation and Comedy  

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Diversity Thunder Bay Statement on Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Hate

November 7, 2023

DTB Statement against Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Hate

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Diversity Thunder Bay Statement on War on Gaza

October 29, 2023

DTB General Guidelines on Political Issues with Statement re the War on Gaza Oct 28 2023

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DTB Statement for Pride 2023

July 11, 2023

DTB World Pride Day Statement 2023

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DTB Letter to The Chronicle Journal February 2023

July 11, 2023

DTB Letter to CJ Feb 2023

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Statement on Homelessness and the Encampment at County Fair by Diversity Thunder Bay and the Anti-Racism & Respect Advisory Committee

October 12, 2021

DTB and ARRAC Statement on Homelessness and the Encampment at County Fair

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The Incident Reporting Working Group of the Anti Racism Advisory Committee and Diversity Thunder Bay – The Incident Reporting & Referral Service Program Year II Report

September 28, 2021

 Incident Reporting Year 2 Report 2019  

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Coming Together To Talk Abridged Report

June 11, 2021

Comming Together To Talk Abridged Report This paper aims to highlight the main points of a report produced by youth about a project initiated by Diversity Thunder Bay (DTB) in 2019 at Lakehead University, which involves high school students in a day event to discuss serious issues facing youth in our city. The report is...

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Joint Statement from the Anti-Racism & Respect Advisory Committee & Diversity Thunder Bay on the Terrorist Attack in London Ontario

June 9, 2021

Joint Statement – London Attacks – Diversity Thunder Bay and Anti Racism & Respect Advisory Committee

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Joint Statement from the Anti-Racism & Respect Advisory Committee & Diversity Thunder Bay on the discovery of the 215 Indigenous Children in BC.

June 9, 2021

Joint Statement from the Anti-Racism & Respect Advisory Committee & Diversity Thunder Bay on the discovery of the 215 Indigenous Children in BC.

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Diversity Thunder Bay Letter of Support for Federal Basic Income Pilot Project

March 18, 2021

Letter of Support for Federal Basic Income Pilot Project – March 2021

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Coming Together To Talk with Youth -A Community Conversation of Hope, April 2019

November 4, 2020

It is with great excitement that the Organizing Committee for “Coming Together to Talk with Youth – A Community Conversation of Hope” presents this report. The event took place on April 30, 2019 at Lakehead University, bringing together students from Lakehead Public Schools and Thunder Bay Catholic School Boards, Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, and...

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Diversity in Policing

October 5, 2020

In 2001 Diversity Thunder Bay hired Randy Haluza Delay to do a study about racism. Through the study, A Community Of Acceptance (ACOA), respondents reported that police were one of the top social locations where racism occurred in Thunder Bay. In response to the findings from ACOA and other reports on police relationships with racialized...

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A Community of Acceptance

September 15, 2020

Aboriginal peoples and visible minorities face racism in Thunder Bay, according to a new study issued by Diversity Thunder Bay. Racism has a significant impact on social cohesion in Thunder Bay, hindering cooperation, quality of life, and participation by various population sectors. Most of the racializing takes the form of subtle and marginalizing social practices...

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Anti-Racism Directorate Conference

December 1, 2017

“Moving Forward – Challenging Power and Privilege through Anti-Racism Leadership Toronto – December 1, 2017   Report prepared by Rebecca Johnson Diversity Thunder Bay Members attending the meeting:  Ellen Chambers, Rebecca Johnson, Moffat Makuto, Brenda Reimer Quotes worth remembering from the Conference: Without vision we will never be more than we are. We are all...

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Walking in the Light

October 18, 2016

Walid Chahal was keynote speaker at Matawa’s Walking in the Light symposium, which was held after the walk on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. He spoke on problematizing racism in Thunder Bay. Matawa consists of nine self-governing First Nations communities on their sovereign territories in the north who, as noted on their Unity Declaration, are connected...

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