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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
RESEARCH AND REPORTS
August 2021
Authored by Fadi Ennab, Independent Researcher created for the Louis Riel School Division
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(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:Â 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
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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
Authored by Mélanie S.S. Seabrook, Alex Luscombe, Nicole Balian, Aisha Lofters, Flora I. Matheson, Braden G. O’Neill, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, Navindra Persaud and Andrew D. Pinto
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
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Interview with Janelle Scales
February 2021
Hosted by Decolonized Parenting
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Interview with Janelle Scales
April 2022
Hosted by the Progress Report
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Interview with Bashir Mohamed and Alex Da Costa to discuss their work on the Edmonton SRO Research Project.
The Progress Report
REACHING FOR SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIORAL SHIFTS: A LOOK INSIDE THE APPLIED EDUCATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE FRAME
March 2023
Hosted by STAR Institute
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Interview with Lori Desautels
January 2023
Hosted by Talking Radical Radio
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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
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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
March 2022
Authored by John Guzman
February 2024
Edited by Yalile Suriel, Grace Watkins, Jude Paul Matias Dizon and John Joseph Sloan, III
December 2016
Authored by Rosie Cima
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
April 2023
Co-authored by Tyler Whittenberg and Jessica Alcantara
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 KINGDOMÂ RESOURCES
January 2023
Authored by Jemma Crew
August 2020
Co-authored by Dr Laura Connelly, Roxy Legane, and Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury Published by Kids of Colour and Northern Police Monitoring Project
January 2023
Authored by The Runnymede Trust