The Anti-Racism in Sport Canada (ARISC) seeks to increase, promote, and engage in discussions on anti-racism in sport about the presence of all levels of racism in sport in Canada and its impact on people’s lives, and raise awareness, address, and eliminate racism and discrimination experienced by First Nations, Metis, Inuit, Black, Racialized, and Religious Minority communities in sport in Canada.
ARISC seeks to help people identify and disrupt all forms of racism through multiple activities that includes research, school presentations, stakeholder training, a public awareness campaign, and an Anti-Racism in Sport Accord.
Historical insight
The idea behind the campaign originated from experiences of racism and discrimination ARISC was hearing from our community partners who run refugee and immigrant soccer programs, and after hearing about similar experiences from with other community stakeholders working with First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Black, Racialized, and religious minority community members engaged in sport, we decided that a multifaceted campaign was needed to target this racism and discrimination.
We were fortunate enough to receive funding from Canadian Heritage to run the campaign from December 2020 until March 2022, and are currently funded by the Province of Manitoba and Sport Manitoba, and we have an multi-sectoral Advisory Committee of over 30 representatives from sport organizations, Indigenous organizations, community organizations, municipal government, local professional sport teams, and community leaders. These partners also sit on Working Groups that advise on each of our activities.
