Acronym Alert
Shaping Inclusive Leadership in Canada's Choral and Group Singing Communities, this program is part of Pluralism and Organizational Change Through Anti-Racism and Equity Education in the Arts Cohort 5 (CPAMOPOC 5) project.
What is ATN - All Together Now?
The fair distribution of resources, opportunities, and support tailored to individuals' specific needs and circumstances, aiming to achieve equal outcomes. Unlike equality, which provides the same resources to everyone, equity addresses unique barriers, enabling everyone to reach their full potential
What is equity?
Systemic and prolonged unjust treatment or control of a group by another, often through institutional power, discrimination, and societal norms. It limits access to resources, rights, and opportunities, reinforcing inequality and maintaining dominance over marginalized groups.
What is oppression?
To particular forms of intersecting oppressions, for example, intersections of race and gender, or of sexuality and nation
Intersectionality
Some choral organizations engage with each other and their communities through this lens.
What is JEDI - Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion?
Essential accommodations integrated into learning experiences to ensure inclusivity. They encompass physical, technological, and linguistic support, fostering an equitable environment.
What are access needs?
Policies, practices, and structures that perpetuate racial inequality within institutions, disadvantaging certain racial groups. It’s embedded in societal systems like education, housing, and employment, often perpetuating inequality without intentional discrimination
What is systemic racism?
The ways people's self-concepts are based on their membership in social groups. Social identities include race/ethnicity, gender, social class/socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, (dis)abilities, and religion/religious beliefs
What is social identity?
The lens through which Choral Canada and some member organizations engage with each other and their communities
What is ADEI-DAR (accessibility, diversity, equity, inclusion and decoloniality and anti-racism)?
The beliefs, attitudes, actions, practices, and behaviors of individuals and institutions that devalue, minimize, and marginalize the full participation of Black people.
What is anti-Black racism?
This concept refers to the multiple social identities and privileges we occupy across gender, race, class, ethnicity, ability, geographical location, educational attainment, income, etc.
What is positionality?
A statement, action, or incident that is regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority. “Subtle acts of Exclusion”
What is a micro aggression?