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RESOURCES

Check out the below resources compiled by Policing-Free Schools.
This is a living document and not an exhaustive list.

COURSE

ONLINE COURSE: #POLICEFREESCHOOLS MOVING TOWARDS #POLICINGFREESCHOOLS

COMING SOON!

Mass Political Education Teach-In and Knowledge Mobilization 

Created and Presented by: Andrea Vásquez Jiménez

RESEARCH AND REPORTS

August 2021

Authored by Fadi Ennab, Independent Researcher created for the Louis Riel School Division

(Redacted report by the Louis Riel School Division, released March, 2023--even though Police-Free Schools Winnipeg among many others have been pressuring to release the full report since it came to the board)

Date modified: 2022-06-27

Authored by Department of Justice Canada

November 2021

Authored by Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion and Hamilton Students 4 Justice

March 2024

Authored by End Corporal Punishment

November 2021

British Columbia's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner Office

April 2021

Authored by New West Schools Senior Management, R. Johal and M. McRae-Stanger

Fall 2020

Authored by No Cops On Campus Collective

November 2015

Authored by Moffette & Gardner; NOII-Toronto and the Law Union of Ontario

June 2021

Authored by members of Asilu Collective and edited by various high
school students across the city of Ottawa

September 2023

Authored by BLM Sudbury

December 2022

Authored by British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF members who identify as Black, Indigenous and racialized peoples)

2016

Authored by Gita Rao Madan

June 2021

Authored by the Office of the Human Rights and Equity Advisor, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

June 2022

Authored by Alexandre (Alex) Da Costa, PhD, Associate Professor, Social Justice and International Studies in Education,

University of Alberta

A report prepared for the Edmonton SRO Research Project (SROResearchProject.ca)

March 2022

Authored by The Edmonton SRO Research Project

January 2023

Authored by Logical Outcomes

 

Prepared for the Greater-Essex County District School Board

May 2021

Authored by River East Transcona School Division

October 2022

Authored by researcher Fadi Ennab partnered with Police-Free Schools Winnipeg, a grassroots advocacy group of parents, students, and teachers organizing for equitable schools without police involvement to conduct this research.

January 2008

Co-authored by Julian Falconer, Linda Mackinnon and Peggy Edwards

November 2017

Authored by the Toronto District School Board

July 2003

Authored by Ken Bhattacharjee

2008

Co-authored by Roy McMurtry and Alvin Curling

November 2023

Authored by Laidlaw Foundation

May 2021

Authored by Dr. Kanika Samuels-Wortley.


This paper was funded by a grant from British Columbia’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC), which holds the copyright.

March 2021

Authored by Upper Grand District School Board

March 2021

Authored by Argyle Communications for the Vancouver School Board

June 2021

Authored by the Waterloo Region District School Board

ARTICLES

September 2020

Authored by Duncan Kinney

June 2020

Authored by Stacey Hannem and Christopher Schneider

January 2023

Authored by Katie Hyslop

January 2023

Authored by members of the Rethinking Policing, Penality and Pandemic University of Toronto Working Group membes: Katie Bannon, Elaine Cagulada, Mushfika Chowdhury, rosalind hampton, Rai Reece, Vannina Sztainbok and Sam Tecle

November 2020

Authored by Sydney Sheloff

November 2022

Authored by Kasari Govender, British Columbia Human Rights Commissioner

March 2021

Authored by Katie Hyslop

August 2021

Authored by Hargun Grewal

January 2022

Authored by Irene Bindi

December 2022

Authored by Christopher Schneider

December 2023

August 2019

CBC News

June 2020

Authored by Queen's University Journal Editorial Board

December 2019

Authored by Danielle Foppiano

October 2021

Authored by Derik Chica

July 2021

Authored by Kevin Maimann 

PODCASTS

February 2021

Hosted by Decolonized Parenting

Interview with Janelle Scales

February 2021

Hosted by Decolonized Parenting

Interview with Janelle Scales

August 2020

Hosted by the Is This For Real?

Interview with Bashir Mohamed and Edmonton-based Teacher

April 2022

Hosted by the Progress Report

Interview with Bashir Mohamed and Alex Da Costa to discuss their work on the Edmonton SRO Research Project. 

The Progress Report

March 2023

Hosted by STAR Institute

Interview with Lori Desautels

January 2023

Hosted by Talking Radical Radio

Interview with Hailey Yasmeen Dash and Mae Mason of Asilu Collective

2018

Hosted by Communities for Just Schools Fund (CJSF)


Interview with TDSB Staff Jim Spyropoulous and community members Ravyn WNGZ and Andrea Vásquez Jiménez

WEBINARS

February 2023

Hosted by BLM Sudbury

Moderator: Isak Vaillancourt // Panelists: Andrea Vásquez Jiménez, MayaSpoken & Hailey Yasmeen Dash

TESTIMONIALS

ANONYMOUS TESTIMONIALS

RE: TERMINATION OF THE HWDSB POLICE LIAISON PROGRAM

June 2020

Submitted to the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, Board of Trustees
from Student Trustee Ahona Mehdi

HEAR OUR VOICES

BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND RACIALIZED STUDENTS ARE CONSISTENTLY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY POLICING IN SCHOOLS

Ongoing

Compiled by Asilu Collective

Ongoing

Compiled by Police-Free Schools Winnipeg

UNITED STATES RESOURCES

December 2022

Co-Authored by Whittenberg, T., Skiba, R., Beauchesne, B., & Groves, A (Advancement Project & Alliance for Educational Justice)

August 2021

Co-authored by Amir Whitaker, Jessica Cobb, Victor Leung, Linnea Nelson, ACLU California

April 2017

Co-authored by Megan French-Marcelin, Sarah Hinger and Kali Cohn, American Civil Liberties Union

February 2024

Edited by Yalile Suriel, Grace Watkins, Jude Paul Matias Dizon and John Joseph Sloan, III

Ongoing

In Our Names Network

May 2022

Authored by Nicole Tuchinda

2011

Authored by Amanda Petteruti, Justice Policy Institute

April 2017

Co-authored by Elizabeth A. Shaver and Janet R. Decker

February 2021

Authored by Riham Feshir

July 2022

Authored by Nicole Froio

July 2020

Authored by Sanjali De Silva

November 2023

Authored by Nick Morrison

February 2021

Co-authored by Jillian Peterson, PhD, James Densley, DPhil, Gina Erickson, PhD

January 2024

Co-Authored by Christine Zabala-Eisshofer, Kate Somerville, and Kathryn Wiley

June 14, 2022

Co-Authored by Victor J. St. John,, Andrea M. Headley, Kristen Harper

November 2023

Co-Authored by Benjamin W. Fisher, Anthony Petrosino, Hannah Sutherland, Sarah Guckenburg, Trevor Fronius, Ivan Benitez, Kevin Earl

September 2021

Co-Authored by Corey Mitchell, Joe Yerardi and Susan Ferriss

June 2021

Co-authored by Advancement Project and the Alliance for Educational Justice

UNITED KINGDOM RESOURCES

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