• You identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour)

• You’re Canadian or based in Canada

• You answer yes to at least one the following questions:

// Do you identify as a journalist?

// Are you a student journalist?

// Does your job involve pushing journalism forward?

• Allies: While we appreciate your support, this space is for us for now. Check out the list of resources, below, for ways to encourage and support diversity.

Who's invited?

CJOC Groups

• Canadian Journalists of Colour - Toronto chapter (main group)

• Canadian Journalists of Colour - Vancouver chapter 

• Journalistes Diversité Quebec / Journalists Of Colour Quebec

Resource Guides

• Canadian Journalists of Colour (main group and Toronto chapter)

• Canadian Journalists of Colour - Vancouver Chapter 

• Journalistes Diversité Quebec / Journalists Of Colour Quebec

• Journalists of Color (U.S.)

• Journalists of Color (JOC) Twitter list

• JOC’s guide to dealing with online harassment

• CUNY’s Journalists of Color Resource Guide

Style Guides

• JHR’s Indigenous Reporters Program: Notes on Terminology for News Outlets

• SABAR's Key Terminology Guidebook for Reporting on Aboriginal Topics 

• Femifesto's Use the Right Words: Media Reporting on Sexual Violence in Canada

• Mindset: Reporting on Mental Health

• The Diversity Style Guide

• Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)’s Guide to Covering Asian America

• National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)’s Style Guide

• The Association of LGBTQ Journalists (NLGJA)’s Stylebook

• GLAAD Media Reference Guide

• First Draft News' Journalism and Vicarious Trauma: A Guide for Journalists, Editors and News Organisations

• National Center on Disability and Journalism's Disability Language Style Guide 

Other JOC organizations

• Journalists of Color (U.S.)

• Canadian Association of Black Journalists and Communicators

• Asian American Journalists Association

• National Association of Hispanic Journalists

• National Association of Black Journalists

• South Asian Journalists Association

Projects

• Writers of Color

• Editors of Color

• Journalism Diversity Project