On January 29, 2017, a gunman entered the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, opened fire and killed six men and seriously injured 19 others. In 2021, the federal government designated January 29 as the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia, to honour the victims and to express solidarity with the survivors of this tragedy.
In an effort to take action against Islamophobia and highlight Muslim voices and leadership, we have compiled a list of resources and initiatives from Inspirit grantees and other organizations.
- Green Square Campaign, a community movement to commemorate the victims and survivors of the Quebec City Mosque attack (via National Council of Canadian Muslims)
- Resource for educators around the Green Square Campaign (via NCCM)
- List of vigils and events (via NCCM)
- The “Islamophobia is” video series, brings academic knowledge and analysis on normalized Islamophobia to mainstream audiences (via Noor Cultural Centre)
- Anti-Islamophobia Series: discussions and panels in remembrance of the Quebec Mosque Shooting (via Noor Cultural Centre)
- Green Letters Campaign, a family-based creative activity that contributes to a mural in commemoration of January 29 (via NCCM)
- Public information session on understanding and confronting Islamophobia (via Coalition of Muslim Women of Kitchener-Waterloo)
- Reporting Hate, a reporting and support service for those who have experienced or witnessed hate incidents or discrimination due to Islamophobia, racism, or xenophobia (via CMW-KW)
- A webinar led by anti-racism leaders and Muslim artists on challenging harmful narratives
- Opinion Editorial: When will Canada take Islamophobia seriously?
- Anti-racism education workshop (via Canadian Council of Muslim Women)
- Podcast: Canada’s homegrown Islamophobia
- Opinion Editorial: Sundance’s ‘powerful’ doc ‘Jihad Rehab’ is US propaganda 20 years too late
Follow Inspirit on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn), as we share these resources in the lead up and aftermath of January 29.
