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DIAR 201: Understanding Racism

DIAR 201: Understanding Racism

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Nous reconnaissons l’appui financier d’Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada et de Immigration N.-B.

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Responsible Hellen Vu
Last Update 10/14/2025
Completion Time 16 minutes
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  • Curriculum
    • Welcome & Course overview
    • Pre-Assessment
  • Module 1 – Nature and Forms of Racism
    • Welcome to Module 1
  • Lesson 1 – Introduction to racism
    • What is racism?
    • Race and Ethnicity
    • Let’s watch and learn!
    • What is race and racism?
    • Is racism about skin color?
    • Germany: The Nuremberg Race Laws
    • USA: The “One-Drop” Rule
    • (1) Types of Racism
    • (2) Types of Racism
    • Systemic Racism
    • Examples of systemic racism in Canada
    • What we learnt in this lesson
      10 xp
  • Lesson 2 – How Racism is Expressed
    • Welcome to Lesson 2
    • What we learnt in the last lesson
    • What does racism look like?
    • Racial slurs
    • Racist language v. Derogatory language
    • (1) Racist Symbols or Expressions
    • (2) Racist Symbols or Expressions
    • Racial microaggressions
    • Microaggressions and the messages they convey
    • Hate crimes
    • Victims of hate crimes
    • Hate speech
    • Hate Speech v. Free Speech
    • What we learnt in this lesson
      10 xp
  • Lesson 3: Impacts of Racism
    • Welcome to Lesson 3
    • What we learnt in the last lesson
    • Impacts of historical or subtle racism
    • Impact of racism on victims’ mental and physical health
    • Financial and social impacts of racism
    • Long-term impacts of racism on institutions and communities
    • (1) Racism poisons the entire system
    • (2) Racism poisons the entire system
    • (3) Racism poisons the entire system
    • What we learnt in this lesson
      10 xp
  • Lesson 4: Challenging Racism
    • Welcome to Lesson 4
    • What we learnt in the last lesson
    • Why we must challenge racism
    • (1) To prevent the negative impacts of racism
    • (2) To prevent further racism
    • Origins of major acts of racism
    • (3.1) To inspire others
    • (3.2) To inspire others
    • (4) A voice for the voiceless
    • Canadian laws and policies aimed at challenging racism
    • Different avenues for challenging racism
    • Practical avenues for seeking redress
    • What we learnt in this lesson
      10 xp
  • Allyship
    • Welcome to Lesson 5
    • What we learnt in the last lesson
    • What is Allyship?
    • Types of Allyship
    • How to practice Allyship
    • What we learnt in this lesson
    • Post-Assessment
    • Final quiz
    • Thank you and next steps