The ‘Islamophobia is’ video series is an educational tool intended to spark curiosity and conversation on systemic Islamophobia, and a commitment to addressing all forms of racism and injustice.
Here are suggestions for using the videos:
Watch
Click here to watch all five videos in the ‘Islamophobia is’ video series.
Share
Click here to ‘Like’ us on Facebook. Share this link to your Facebook profile to invite others to watch the videos. You can also share the videos directly via our YouTube page.
Discuss
Absorbing and applying information is made easier when we do it together. Visit the bottom of the page for some Group Discussion/Personal Reflection Questions, to help get a conversation started among colleagues, friends, and family
Teach
Are you an educator? Click here for the Educator’s Guide, designed for Grade 6-12 teachers who wish to introduce the series into their classrooms. The Educator’s Guide includes 23 classroom/homework activities, and their associated connections to the Ontario Curriculum. The videos are also appropriate for college/university-level courses.
Learn More
The resource list contains academic and mainstream readings/videos elaborating on the topics addressed in the videos, and more. You’ll find more analysis and content on whatever caught your attention in the videos.
If you have questions, concerns, or are interested in a personalized workshop from the series creators, please get in touch with us through the Contact section on our website.
Group Discussion/Personal Reflection Questions:
- What is Islamophobia?
- Why is Islamophobia relevant to me?
- How has my understanding of Islamophobia in Canada changed since watching the videos?
- What is ‘normalized racism’?
- How is the content and analysis in the videos relevant to my understanding of other forms of oppression, such as anti-Black racism, settler-colonialism, anti-Indigenous racism, transphobia and misogyny?
- The video on Gendered Islamophobia described how a concern with gendered violence can be operationalized perversely, to justify Islamophobic thinking and action. What are some other tensions, complications or conflicts that exist in my anti-racism/social justice work? How do I address them?
- How might I be complicit in Islamophobia and other forms of racism and oppression, despite my good intentions and best efforts? What do I do about this?
- What in the videos sparked my interest, and what am I going to do to learn more ? (Note: the ‘Islamophobia is…’ Syllabus offers further resources on different areas of Islamophobia).