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West Vancouver School DPAC Inclusion Resources Hub

  • West Vancouver School DPAC Inclusion Resources Hub

West Vancouver School DPAC Inclusion Resources Hub

The Library has partnered with the West Vancouver School District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee and West Vancouver Schools to support your learning journey around inclusion, anti-racism and diversity.

We all come to these topics from different places and with different past experiences. Thank you for your curiosity and willingness to find out more.

a totem pole at Ambleside Park, West Vancouver, just after sunset.

Start Your Family Learning Journey

The resources on this page are organized into three Chapters (with more chapters to come!)

Each Chapter is paired with a live virtual speaking event, hosted by the DPAC.

Even if you don’t register for the event, you can still explore these recommendations to read as a family.

Reading as a family can take many forms:

  • Take turns reading aloud to one another
  • Listen to an audiobook together
  • Choose a book to read individually, over the same period of time.
  • Read a book that your child or teen has already read

A recent Scholastic study found that 30% of 9–11 year olds and 27% of 12–14 year olds wished they could still be read aloud to. Almost a quarter of 15–17 year olds felt the same way!

Browse the lists below or print out our Inclusion Reading Challenge for Families to get started.

And don’t be afraid to read books these books on your own—we’ve picked ones that will truly resonate with all ages!

 Download the Inclusion Reading Challenge for Families here

Virtual Speaker Event:

Continuing the Conversation with Chris Syeta’xtn Lewis

Thursday, May 26, 7 – 9 p.m.

By donation

 Register now

chapter 3: Continuing the Conversation

Titles in this chapter build on the conversation with Chris Lewis (Syeta’xtn). Syeta’xtn is a highly respected leader in Vancouver’s Indigenous Community. This chapter includes such topics as:

  • how to be a good ally
  • the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action
  • the resilience of residential school survivors
  • uplifting First Nations stories and histories
  • children as the future

 

We are always adding titles and annotations to these lists so check back often!

Kindergarten – Grade 2

Kindergarten - Grade 2

Be A Good Ancestor by Leona Prince
Be A Good Ancestor by Leona Prince
We Need Everyone by Michael Redhead Champagne
We Need Everyone by Michael Redhead Champagne
You Hold Me up by Monique Gray Smith
You Hold Me up by Monique Gray Smith
When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith
When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith
Change Sings by Amanda Gorman
Change Sings by Amanda Gorman
Right Now! by Miranda Paul
Right Now! by Miranda Paul
Grades 3 – 5

Grades 3 - 5

Antiracist Kid : A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism by Tiffany Jewell
Antiracist Kid : A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism by Tiffany Jewell
Cultural Appropriation by Heather C. Hudak
Cultural Appropriation by Heather C. Hudak
If the World Were 100 People : A Visual Guide to Our Global Village by Jackie McCann
If the World Were 100 People : A Visual Guide to Our Global Village by Jackie McCann
WHO IS COLIN KAEPERNICK? by Lakita Wilson
WHO IS COLIN KAEPERNICK? by Lakita Wilson
Witness Blanket : Truth, Art and Reconciliation by Carey Newman
Witness Blanket : Truth, Art and Reconciliation by Carey Newman
Speaking Our Truth by Monique Gray Smith
Speaking Our Truth by Monique Gray Smith
Grades 6 – 12

Grades 6 - 12

Cultural Appropriation by Heather C. Hudak
Cultural Appropriation by Heather C. Hudak
Allies
Allies
Talk : Conversations About Race, Love and Truth by Wade Hudson
Talk : Conversations About Race, Love and Truth by Wade Hudson
This Book Is Anti-racist by Tiffany Jewell
This Book Is Anti-racist by Tiffany Jewell
What Can I Say? : A Kid's Guide to Super-Useful Social Skills to Help You Get Along and Express Yourself; Speak Up, Speak Out, Talk About Hard Things, and Be A Good Friend by Catherine Newman
What Can I Say? : A Kid's Guide to Super-Useful Social Skills to Help You Get Along and Express Yourself; Speak Up, Speak Out, Talk About Hard Things, and Be A Good Friend by Catherine Newman
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential Schools : The Devastating Impact on Canada's Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Findings and Calls for Action by Melanie Florence
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential Schools : The Devastating Impact on Canada's Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Findings and Calls for Action by Melanie Florence

chapter 2: INDIGENOUS EXPERIENCES

While some resources on First Nations, Inuit, and Metis are featured in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 takes a much deeper dive.

We are always adding titles and annotations to these lists so check back often!

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West Vancouver Schools Indigenous Education Videos & Resources

West Vancouver Schools has the privilege and honour of working directly with local Indigenous Elders, Nation Council members, cultural advisors, and educators to provide authentic, meaningful learning opportunities for both students and staff. This page contains videos of legends and ceremonies you can watch as a family, and some for adults to help understand what Indigenous Education and Reconciliation looks like in our community’s classrooms.

Kindergarten – Grade 2

Kindergarten - Grade 2

Nimoshom and His Bus by Penny M. Thomas
Nimoshom and His Bus by Penny M. Thomas
I Sang You Down From the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner
I Sang You Down From the Stars by Tasha Spillett-Sumner
Mii Maanda Ezhi-Gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know : Maanda Mzinigan Dbaadjigaade Gikinoonowin / A Book About the Seasons by Brittany Luby
Mii Maanda Ezhi-Gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know : Maanda Mzinigan Dbaadjigaade Gikinoonowin / A Book About the Seasons by Brittany Luby
When We Were Alone by David Robertson
When We Were Alone by David Robertson
THE MOCCASINS by Earl Einarson
THE MOCCASINS by Earl Einarson
When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith
When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith
Grades 3 – 5

Grades 3 - 5

I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
THE CASE OF WINDY LAKE by Michael Hutchinson
THE CASE OF WINDY LAKE by Michael Hutchinson
Sea in Winter by Christine Day
Sea in Winter by Christine Day
Coyote Tales by Thomas King
Coyote Tales by Thomas King
Echoes of the Elders by Lelooska
Echoes of the Elders by Lelooska
Grades 6 – 12

Grades 6 - 12

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia L Smith
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia L Smith
Turtle Island by Eldon Yellowhorn
Turtle Island by Eldon Yellowhorn
Trickster
Trickster
The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills
The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis
RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME by Cynthia Leitich Smith
RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME by Cynthia Leitich Smith

chapter 1: Making Contact with Diverse Experiences

This is our starting place. These books:

  • Introduce the wide range of experiences around race, religion, gender, sexuality, neurodiversity, physical abilities, and socio-economic status
  • Offer great springboards for understanding big concepts like privilege, inter-cultural communication, micro-aggression, unconscious bias
  • Extend learning for those that attend Alden’s virtual presentation
  • Have wide appeal: they often use humour and feature realistic characters you’ll feel like you know

 

We are always adding titles and annotations to these lists so check back often!

Kindergarten – Grade 2

Kindergarten - Grade 2

MEET YASMIN by Saadia Faruqi
MEET YASMIN by Saadia Faruqi
Maryam's Magic: the Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Megan Reid
Maryam's Magic: the Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Megan Reid
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang
Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao by Kat Zhang
Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence
Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
A Scarf for Keiko by Ann Malaspina
A Scarf for Keiko by Ann Malaspina
Grades 3 – 5

Grades 3 - 5

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson
Leon by Jamar Nicholas
Leon by Jamar Nicholas
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older
Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older
Dragons in A Bag by Zetta Elliott
Dragons in A Bag by Zetta Elliott
Twins by Varian Johnson
Twins by Varian Johnson
Grades 6 – 8

Grades 6 - 8

New Kid by Jerry Craft
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Class Act by Jerry Craft
Class Act by Jerry Craft
Tristan Strong Punches A Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Tristan Strong Punches A Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
King and the Dragon Flies by Kacen Callender
King and the Dragon Flies by Kacen Callender
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Grades 8 – 12

Grades 8 - 12

Stamped by Jason Reynolds
Stamped by Jason Reynolds
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
March by John Lewis
March by John Lewis

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Race & Class Studies: Kanopy Film List

A curated selection of over 800 movies and documentaries relating to race and class curated by our online video streaming service Kanopy. Users have access to 4 plays per month (but unlimited access to Great Courses and kids' content). Log into Kanopy and then click Browse > Social Sciences > Race and Class studies.

New to Kanopy? View a tutorial.

Download the app: iOS | Android

Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only.

Race & Racism – Ebook Booklist (Overdrive)

A fantastic e-book list on race and racism curated by our Librarians, available through our Overdrive (Library2Go) e-collection.

Overdrive is our largest collection of ebooks and downloadable audiobooks. Search for, check out, and download titles through our catalogue or the Library2Go website. Using a tablet or phone? Get the Libby by OverDrive App, find West Vancouver Memorial Library, and enter your barcode/PIN to log in. For more information visit or call the Help Desk.

Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only.

New to OverDrive (Library2Go)? View a tutorial.

Download the app: iOS | Android

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