Inclusive Anti-Racism: Historicizing Anti-Asian Racism Amidst Pandemics

Teresa Woo-Paw is a first-generation Chinese Canadian politician, social worker, chairperson at the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) and founder and chair of the ACT (Asian Canadians Together). Additionally, she serves as the convener for the Asian Canadians Together to End Racism (ACT2EndRacism) National Network. She also founded Action Dignity and the Asian Heritage foundations.  In this video, Woo-Paw discusses the Canadian history of anti-Asian racism rooted in the Chinese Exclusion Act. In addition, she provides insights into the ways that the CRRF and ACT2endracism have been serving diverse communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.