Celebrating Pride: 2SLGBTQIA+ Resources
RRC Polytech is committed to embedding equity, diversity and inclusion in everything we do, to further create learning and working spaces where everyone feels seen, heard and valued.
Our support for and allyship with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community doesn’t stop after Pride Month. This evolving list of resources and self-directed learning helps foster understanding and allyship, all year round.
Videos
- Diversity Speaker Series: Jonathan Niemczak
- Panel Event: Healing and Reclaiming Two-Spirit Identity
- Self-Guided: Two-Spirit Identity
Broaden your understanding of the Two-Spirit identity through these personal stories from the National Film Board of Canada:- First Stories – Two Spirited by Sharon A. Desjarlais
Four youth travel Bebamikawe Trail on Wiikwemkoong Unceded First Nation Territory. Two of the youths are Two Spirit and discuss the confrontations and acceptance that they have encountered within their community and how it has affected their ability to experience and learn their culture. - Second Stories – Deb-we-win Ge-ken-am-aan, Our Place in the Circle
Lorne Olson’s short documentary presents a vision he had of two-spirit people dancing, laughing and smiling. His vision spurs him to rediscover the strength of the past to better face the challenges of today. This funny and buoyant film documents his touching journey. - Niish Manidoowag (Two-Spirited Beings) by Debbie S. Mishibinijima
This short documentary presents the empowering story of Rodney “Geeyo” Poucette’s struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community as a Two-Spirit person.
- First Stories – Two Spirited by Sharon A. Desjarlais
Guides
RRC Polytech Library Guides with significant 2SLGTBQIA+ content:
- Gender & Sexual Diversity
- 2SLGBTQIA+
- Gender Studies for Health Professionals
- 2SLGBTQIA+
- Two-Spirit People
- Pride 2022 Library Resources
Books
Books in RRC Polytech’s collections:
Queer Rights
Knegt, P. (2011). Queer rights. Fernwood.
Under the rainbow : a primer on queer issues in Canada
Auger, J. & Krug, K. (2013). Under the rainbow : a primer on queer issues in Canada. Fernwood Publishing.
Never Going Back : A History of Queer Activism in Canada
Warner, T. (2020). Never Going Back : A History of Queer Activism in Canada. University of Toronto Press,.
The path to gay rights : how activism and coming out changed public opinion
Garretson, J. (2018). The path to gay rights : how activism and coming out changed public opinion. New York University Press.
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder
Chacaby, M. & Plummer, M. L. (2016). A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder (Vol. 18). University of Manitoba Press.
Out proud : stories of pride, courage, and social justice
Gosse, D. & EGALE Canada Human Rights Trust. (2014). Out proud : stories of pride, courage, and social justice(Gosse, Ed.). Breakwater Books.
Courses on LEARN
Open Educational Resources
- Introduction To LGBTQ+ Studies
- The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: An Introduction
- LGBTQ+ Healthcare
- Genderbread Person Teaching Tool
- How to Use Personal Pronouns in an Inclusive Way
- APA Writing Style Guide: Gender | Sexual Orientation
Additional Online Resources
- 12.7 Queer and Other Histories in Canadian History: Post-Confederation by John Douglas Belshaw
- Be Yourself: Book and Resources
- Canadian Pride Historical Society
- Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI):
- Closeted Stories Project
- Healing and Reclaiming Two-Spirit Identity: Panel Talk (Recording from RRC Polytech’s Virtual Pride 2021 Celebration)
- History of Canadian Pride
- Interactive Timeline of Queer history in Canada (CBC)
- Pride at 50: From Stonewall to Today (Documentary)
- University of Winnipeg’s Two Spirit Archives
Community Resources
RRC Polytech campuses are located on the lands of Anishinaabe, Ininiwak, Anishininew, Dakota, and Dené, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
We recognize and honour Treaty 3 Territory Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, the source of Winnipeg’s clean drinking water. In addition, we acknowledge Treaty Territories which provide us with access to electricity we use in both our personal and professional lives.