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• The Colour Of Democracy: Racism In Canadian Society
• Racism In The Canadian University
• Racial Profiling In Canada: Challenging The Myth Of A Few Bad Apples
• Discourses Of Domination
• Challenging Racism In The Arts

Frances Henry:

• He Had the Power: Pa Neezer, the Orisha King of Trinidad
• Returning To The Source: The Final Stage of the Caribbean Migration Circuit
• Reclaiming African Religions In Trinidad
• Interview With Frances Henry

Dr. Frances Henry

Frances Henry is one of Canada's leading experts in the study of racism and anti-racism. Since the mid seventies when she published the first study of attitudes towards people of colour, she has consistently pioneered research in this field. Her books include co-authoring the third edition of The Colour of Democracy: Racism in Canadian Society. Thomson, Nelson, 2005 that is widely used in universities as a text. This work demonstrates how the 'new racism' here identified with the concept of 'democratic racism' manifests within Canadian institutions. Another recent book co-authored is Racial Profiling: Challenging The Myth Of A 'Few Bad Apples', U of T Press, 2006. She has also co-authored Challenging Racism in the Arts, University of Toronto Press, 1998 and her most recent work on racist discourse in the media, (Discourses of Domination: Racist in Canada's English Language Press using critical discourse analysis was published in 2002.

As part of her specialization in Caribbean anthropology she has also published the only book on Caribbean communities in Canada entitled The Caribbean Diaspora in Toronto: Learning to Live with Racism., University of Toronto Press, 1994. She conducted a three year study of the resurgence of African religions in Trinidad and her book, Reclaiming African Religion in Trinidad: The Sociopolitcal Legitimation of the Orisha and Spiritual Baptists Faiths was published in 2004 by the University of the West Indies Press.

Henry’s  most recent book in Caribbean studies deals with migration and return migration.  Co-edited with Dwaine Plaza, it is titled:  Return to the Source: The Final Stage of the Caribbean Migration Circuit and published by the University of the West Indies Press, 2006.

Under Expert Witness Testimony and Other Activities

Now retired as a Professor Emerita from York University in Toronto, she continues an active research and writing career. She has been awarded several research grants in recent years.  The latest is from  Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada to write a biography of a famous Orisha elder, the late Ebenezer Elliott (Pa Nezer).  Dr. Henry has been a member of the prestigious Royal Society of Canada since 1989.

Dr. Frances Henry is an experienced expert witness having testified and written affidavits on the subjects of racism, racial discrimination, and prejudice in Canadian society and its institutions. She has also testified on aspects of Caribbean culture such as religion, obeah and family organization on behalf of migrants who have come to Canada.

She has also published articles and reviews on racism in the justice system.

Carol Tator

Carol Tator has worked on the frontlines of the anti-racism and equity movement for over twenty-five years. She joined the Urban Alliance on Race Relations in the late seventies, serving as president and acting executive director for several years. As a private consultant she has assisted all three levels of government, universities and colleges, all of the former boards of education in Metro Toronto, human service organizations, and various other public sector agencies. She has worked in the areas of the development and implementation of anti-racism policies and programmes, strategic planning, training and research. As an anti-racism and equity trainer, she has assisted staff and management within public sector agencies and institutions acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for ensuring accessible and equitable services in a culturally pluralistic and multiracial society. As a course director at York University, teaching intercultural, anti-racism and equity training skills in the Department of Anthropology, she has provided fourth year students with a body of knowledge and training tools and techniques that are designed to help them become effective change agents in their work as educators, social workers, lawyers, journalists, anthropologists and in many other fields.

Carol Tator has published widely on the subject of racism. Her most recent co-authored book is Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of “A Few Bad Apples” (2006.   She has also  co-authored The Colour of Democracy: Racism in Canadian Society, 3rd edition. (2005) ; Discourses of Domination: Racial Bias in Canadian English-Language Press (2002) and  Challenging Racism in the Arts: Case Studies of Controversy and Conflict (1998).  She has also contributed chapters to a number of edited collection and published articles in many journals.

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