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Page 2 - Formal Education
Page 3 - Examples of Work with Unions
Page 4 - Work with Schools, Government, Community, International
Page 5 - Speaking Engagements, Writing and Publications
Page 6 - Employment Experience
Examples of Speaking Engagements
- "Making connections between Labour & Community," for Metro Labour Council Conference (1982)
- Keynote speaker on "Multicultural Services Centre: Dream or Reality," Vancouver
- Presented paper at the National Symposium on Race, Ethnicity and Schooling
- Keynote speaker on "Towards an Anti-racist Education," British Columbia Teachers Federation
- Radio interviews about workplace racism: CKO FM; CJRT; CBC Radio International; CBC Morningside;
- CBC Ideas; CBC Metro Morning
- Cross country speaking tour on the situation following the invasion of Grenada (1983)
- Co-scripted and hosted a 2-hour telethon feature on Anti-racist Education, TV Ontario (1993)
- "Anti-racism organizational change: Obstacles & Openings," Multicultural Health Coalition Conference (1993)
- "White Privilege in Anti-racism Work," a presentation for AGM of SITAR (1994)
- Keynote speaker at conference of Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies (CASHRA), in Banff. May 2000.
Published:
Readings in Education. Thomas, CUSO Development Education, 1973
The Problem Exists in the Classroom Because It Exists in the World. Cooperative Schools Group on Development Education, 1978.
City Kids' Book and The City Kids' Teachers' Book. Endicott and Thomas, Cooperative Publication of O.I.S.E. and the Cross Cultural Communication Centre, 1979.
Working in the City: Kids Talk to Workers about What They Do. Thomas and Charron. Filmstrip, student book, teachers' book. Labour Studies Liaison Committee, Toronto Board of Education. Learnexs Press, May 1983.
Combatting Racism in the Workplace: A Course for Workers . (Accompanied by a Readings Book). Thomas and Novogrodsky, Cross Cultural Communication Centre,
May 1983.
Confronting Workplace Racism: Weekend School Materials. Thomas and Chanda, Ontario Federation of Labour, Sept. 1983. (Includes teaching outlines, 6 case studies, 8 factsheets, and background materials. 100,000 copies of the factsheets, produced in 7 languages)
"Multiculturalism in the Workplace: Problems and Opportunities," Thomas, in Metro Toronto Labour. Labour Council of Metropolitan Toronto, 1983.
"Principles of Anti-racist Education," Barb Thomas, in Currents, Volume 2, No.3, 1984.
Home Feelings: User's Guide, Barb Thomas, National Film Board, Sept. 1984.
Steward Training Instructor Manual. Thomas and Martin, CLC, Feb. 1986.
"Challenging Racism," Barb Thomas, in Our Times, Volume 5, No. 1, February 1986.
Multiculturalism at Work: A Guide to Organizational Change. Barb Thomas, for the YWCA of Metropolitan Toronto, May 1987.
"Guidelines for Using Films and Videos on Racism," (Article and 11 film guides). Barb Thomas, in Colour Positive, Development Education Centre, 1988.
Educating for a Change. Arnold, Burke, James, Martin, Thomas, joint publication of Doris Marshall Institute and Between the Lines Publishing, May 1991.
"Learning from Discomfort: A Letter to my Daughters," Barb Thomas in Talking About Difference: Encounters in Culture, Language and Identity. Edited by Carl James & Adrienne Shadd. Between the Lines Publishing, Toronto 1994.
"Maintaining the Tensions of Anti-racist Education," Doris Marshall Institute for Education & Action in Orbit: Special Issue on Anti-racist Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1994.
Education for Changing Unions. B. Burke, J. Geronimo, D. Martin, B. Thomas, C. Wall. Toronto: Between the Lines Publications. October 2002."
Unpublished
- Overview of Labour Studies, Kindergarten to Grade 13. Charron, Kennedy, Novogrodsky, Thomas, for the Labour Studies Committee, Toronto Board of Education, 1990.
- Ideas for Race Relations Representatives in Toronto Board Schools. Barb Thomas, distributed by the Equal Opportunity Office, Toronto Board of Education, 1982.
- A Report on the Race Relations Program of the Toronto Board of Education. Barb Thomas, in consultation with the Race Relations Review Sub-Committee, adopted
June 1984.
- Affirmative Action for Unions. Barb Thomas and the OFL Women's Committee, Ontario Federation of Labour, 1985.
- Where Have all the Workers Gone? Class and Class Bias in Learning Materials. Barb Thomas, in consultation with the Labour Education Committee, Toronto Board of Education, October 1985.
- Employment Accommodation for Persons with Disabilities: A Two-day course for Employment Equity Managers. Gail Posen and Barb Thomas. For Human Resources Secretariat. October 1991.
- Train the Change Agent\Trainer: A Model Program. Carl James, Arnold Minors, Alok Mukherjee, Gail Posen, Barb Thomas, DMI & Arnold Minors & Associates, for the Anti-Racism Secretariat, Ministry of Citizenship. March 1992.
- Challenging Racism At Metro: How Education and Training can Make a Difference, submitted by Multicultural & Race Relations Division & Doris Marshall Institute for Education & Action. April 1994.
- Putting Anti-racism Organizational Change on the OPS Agenda: The Experience of the OHRC. August 1993.
- A Question of Truth: Science, Truth & Worldview. Curriculum for Adult Learners. Tracy Williams-Shreve, Barb Thomas. For Independent Learning Centre, Ministry of Education. October 1996.
