The OHA is committed to equity and accessibility, with a specific focus on supporting BIPOC, 2SLGBTQI+, and disabled community members within the OHA and the herbalism community as a whole. Professional Members of the OHA are required to complete a minimum of 1 hour of training in order to foster their awareness and growth around issues of equity and accessibility. The OHA will continue to update and provide a list of resources, recommendations, and educational opportunities that professional members may wish to access in order to complete their mandatory awareness training requirement.

 

Anti-Racism

Web Resources

Woke Without the Work
https://courses.rootworkherbals.com/courses/woke-without-the-work-test

Seed, Soil, Spirit
https://classroom.seedsoilspirit.com

Rania El Mugammar – Anti-Oppression Activist
https://www.raniawrites.com/workshops.html

Racism and Colonialism in Medicine, through Eastern Currents
https://www.easterncurrents.ca/learn/course/racism-and-colonialism-in-medicine

Book Resources

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole

This is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism by Don Lemon

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

 

Decolonization

Web Resources

Decolonizing Healthcare Systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrlXHJADey0

Decolonizing Ethnobiology Resources
https://ethnobiology.org/decolonizing-ethnobiology-resources?fbclid=IwAR3Rme1pkPuKiAnfbi7Bskttw82CWD29Ks0DWyNdAmmJDrqQ4ULLMe_xhYc

Indigenous Canada
https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html

Indigenous Relationship and Cultural Awareness Courses
https://www.cancercareontario.ca/en/resources-first-nations-inuit-metis/first-nations-inuit-metis-courses

Book Resources

Our Knowledge Is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings by Wendy Makoons Geniusz

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

 

Gender Justice

Web Resources

Competent Care for Transgender, GenderQueer and Non-Binary Folks
https://sites.google.com/vtherbcenter.org/transhealth/home

Welcome to Trans 101: Transgender People in Everyday Work and Life!
https://prevention.ucsf.edu/sites/prevention.ucsf.edu/files/trans101/index.html

Trans Care online courses
http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/gender-basics-education/education-resources/online-courses

Queer Care
https://www.kingyaa.co.za/do-the-work

From Trans-inclusion to Bountiful Gender Justice: Blossoming Guidelines for Herbal Practitioners
https://wildcurrentherbalism.com/programs/from-trans-inclusion-to-bountiful-gender-justice-blossoming-guidelines-for-herbal-practitioners-with-ember-peters-and-vilde-chaya-fenster-ehrlich-september-23-2021

My Pronouns
https://www.mypronouns.org/resources

LGBTQ+ Health Education and Training
https://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca/education-training

Podcast Resources

Breaking Binaries and Intersex Justice
https://podtail.com/podcast/finding-our-way-1/s2-ep8-breaking-binaries-and-intersex-justice-with/

Book Resources

I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/campaign/665/im-afraid-men (Also available in audiobook form, 1.5 hours)

 

Trauma-informed Care

Web Resources

Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute
https://ca.ctrinstitute.com

ECHO Ontario Mental Health
https://camh.echoontario.ca/fnim-library-portal/trauma/trauma-informed-care

Trauma-Informed Herbal Healthcare
https://americanherbalistsguild.thinkific.com/bundles/post-symposium-intensive-webinars-2021

 

Accessibility Resources

Web Resources

Wild Seed School of Herbal Studies
https://www.wildseedschool.com

 

Additional Resources

Web Resources

Transformative Justice
https://accountabilitymapping.com

 

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If you have additional resources you think would benefit our Professional Members, please send suggestions to generalmanager@ontarioherbalists.ca