This is not an expert article about the Black experience in Canada. This is an exploration of recent resources I have found personally useful in learning more.
Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love
Edited by Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira and Nicole Salmon, and written by a group of North America’s top Black fundraisers, Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love is an anthology about racism in the philanthropic sector. Detailing their experiences of systemic racism to outright hostility in toxic workplaces, the contributors’ testimonies chip away at the idea of inherent goodness in the charitable sector, yet also manages to inspire joy and hope.
Click here to buy your own copy of Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love
Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy
Research suggests the Canadian philanthropic sector has failed to support the urgent and specific needs of Black communities in Canada, according to Unfunded: Black Communities Overlooked by Canadian Philanthropy, a report released recently. Experts across the country see the Foundation for Black Communities (FBC), a first-of-its-kind philanthropic foundation, led by and for Black people, with a focus on investing in and supporting Black communities as a unique opportunity to address this critical gap in Canada's philanthropic sector.
Download your full copy of the report here
5 Tangible Tactics to Support and Advance BIPOC Colleagues in the NFP Sector
This five-part series of articles by Tanya Rumble and Mariya Yurukova provides concrete tactics that everyone in the NFP sector can consider in support of the advancement of BIPOC colleagues, volunteers, board members; and the dismantling of anti-black and anti-indigenous racism. To read each of them, click on the topics below: 
Got ideas? Other great authors or studies? Add your thoughts below to help build this list of important, authoritative, Canadian resources.
This set of resources was assembled by Hilborn Editor, Ann Rosenfield of writing and research she has found helpful to increase her knowledge. If you have other ideas to share, please add them below or email her at editor@hilborn.com
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