The culture of Indigenous racism is even more complex than that of residential schools. It is visible publicly through the continuation of Indigenous Mascot games on national TV programs in our country or to the teams that continue to play under the authority of Hockey Canada. The denial of dignity to Indigenous is a national problem in Canada. Take the Systemic Injustice Course to learn how Indigenous racism diminishes Canada.
Systemic Injustice
The Systemic Injustice course is derived from Beyond Green’s award-winning documentary “Systemic Injustice.” Systemic Injustice examines how the continued presence of Indigenous mascots demonstrates a profound culture of Indigenous racism. Mascots are not the primary problem, but a symptom of Canada’s gaslighting of Indigenous racism. It should make you question whether Canada is the country you think or hope, it is.
The course is divided into 12 segments to break down the irregularities Indigenous mascots represent and to try to understand why mainstream Indigenous racism is tolerated. The inconsistencies between Canada’s aspirations for its culture and the reality of its embedded Indigenous racism, the systemic bias, is there for everyone to see but is not discussed like the emperor’s nudity. Canadians’ virtue signal at every opportunity, praising the country’s progress in Indigenous relations without loosening its grip over Indigenous peoples.
If Canada hopes to become the inclusive country it seeks to be, then Canadians have to demand that mainstream racism is no longer tolerated. My work greatly contributed to eliminating the Blackhawks logo from the largest youth hockey league in the world, the Greater Toronto Hockey League, yet Blackhawks teams still play in Hockey Canada and the NHL team appears on CBC Hockey Night In Canada. A Hockey Night broadcaster called Craig Berube “Chief”, a known Indigenous slur, on a broadcast in November 2023. The Blackhawks played the Edmonton Oilers on the first Hockey Night in Canada Broadcast for the 2024-25 season. Something has to change. One race can no longer be set aside for nlimited ridicule.
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produces Sustainability and Equity Education Materials. Beyond Green is a 100% Indigenous-owned company founded by Brad Gallant in Mississauga, Ontario in 2010.
In 2013, Beyond Green started producing the “Going Green To $ave Green” energy efficiency video series. The video series focuses on sustainability and equity education and can help teach energy efficiency via the “MATH of Conservation” in schools.
Starting in 2014, Brad used his experience in the Human Rights Process to advocate for the removal of Indigenous Mascots and the racism they promote. Shocked by the profound culture of Indigenous Racism in Canada perpetuated by Mascots, Beyond Green produced the documentary “Systemic Injustice” to explain how mascots contribute to racism.