With its Statement of Solidarity and the formation of the Anti-Racism Working Group in June 2020, the Guelph Institute of Development Studies (GIDS) set out on a path of understanding and reckoning. This report (A Path Forward: Anti-Racism Working Group Report) documents how racism and discrimination negatively impact the lives of Black, Indigenous, and racialized students, staff, and faculty within GIDS and the broader university. The public release of this report brings one phase of this process to a conclusion, and it is certainly an important first step.
