Resources for Cultural Diversity Education

R. Payette / R. Derksen

    What you will find below is not an exhaustive list of internet resources for the teaching of diversity in the classroom but it is a humble beginning which, nonetheless, will provide endless links. Good hunting!

  1. The Diversity Project - This is an excellent directory of American resources.
  2. Media Awareness Project - How to deal with hate in the media.
  3. Canadian Heritage Homepage - A directory of resources from Canadian government's branch of Canadian Heritage.
  4. Canada's Schoolnet - A directory of resources for teachers and students including international penpal programs and Native resources.
  5. Cameron Heights Library - A directory to internet sources by subject area.
  6. Canadian Digital Collections - A directory including many topics about diversity in Canada especially under Social Studies heading.
  7. Diversity Digest Archives - A vast directory of unlimited resources from the Diversity. Digest Archives
  8. History/Social Studies Diversity Directory - A general index of diversity resources with links for other subject areas.
  9. Diversity Digest - Campus/Community Connections - A resource for student project ideas.
  10. Inter-Links Resources - A directory of various subheadings of diversity such as ethnicity, disability, gender, sexuality, etc.
  11. A History/Social Studies Website for Teacher K-13 - Lists many subheadings including Diversity, Resources for Parents, Teachers,and Writers, etc.
  12. Canadian Digital Collections - InSite - A directory including lesson plans and curriculum units.
  13. Simon Wiesenthal's Museum of Tolerance - Deals with many displays of the holocaust, as well as, racism in North America.
  14. Teaching Steps to Tolerance - A collection of teaching resources from the Wiesenthal collection.
  15. Center for Cultural Fluency - A webpage for Mount St. Mary's College with links to instructional resources for teachers.
  16. The Southern Poverty Law Center Resources -Lists links to resources for teaching tolerance.
  17. Writing Black - Literature and history written by and about AfroAmericans.
  18. Black/African Internet Resources This resource also includes material from University of Pennsylvania's African Studies course.
  19. Britannica Black History Resource Index - University of Pennsylvania Resource.
  20. Education First - Black History Activities.
  21. The Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History - An extensive list of internet resources.
  22. Catholic Immigration Centre loaded with links to all kinds of statistics and information about immigration.
  23. Kitchener Waterloo Multicultural Centre Webpage
  24. Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Homepage
  25. Newcomers: Immigrant Families Adapting to Life in Canada from Transition Magazine, September 1998
revised by R. Payette, December 22, 1999
revised by R. Payette, March 31, 2000