Creative Equity Toolkit

Decolonising the written word

The ways in which the publishing industry is grappling with the project of decolonisation.

'As an editor, a relatively new part of my brief is to be on the alert for colonial exceptionalism. What has surprised me is the amount of material I would have waved through a few years ago.'

Decolonization Is for Everyone

Discussion of the brutal history of colonisation in Canada and the processes of historical amnesia that prevents its affects being addresses.

'Whether you have ancestors that were colonisers or colonised, we are all colonised people.'

Explainer: what is decolonisation?

Key terms related to colonisation and decolonisation, including self-determination, 'settler-colonial', and 'neocolonial'. Includes ways to support decolonisation.

'Non-Indigenous people in settler-colonial societies can start by asking:

whose Country do I live on - what nation?
if my land was stolen, my culture and sovereignty denied, what rights would I want, need and expect?
who on Country must I listen to and work with?'