Reproductive Justice Resources
This page has resource recommendations for self-education about reproductive justice and other topics that align with NRJ’s values, as well as other activist tools and free resources.
We also have a list of other great organizations to check out!
Looking for Sexual & Reproductive Health Resources in Niagara?
Top Resource Recommendations
What is reproductive justice? | Sister Song
Access Access Tracker | Action Canada & LEAF
The Disorientation Guide to Niagara | OPIRG Brock – local!
Beyond the Rainbow Resource Syllabus | OUTNiagara – local! *This resource is currently under construction (June ’23)
Indigenous Solidarity Resources | OUTNiagara – local!
Maggie’s Toronto Sex Worker Action Project Resources page (Toronto)
Two Spirit Resource Directory | Native Youth Sexual Health Network (Toronto)
A Mental Health Peer Support Manual for Indigiqueer, Two-Spirit, LGBTQ+, and Gender Non-Conforming Indigenous Youth | Native Youth Sexual Health Network (Toronto)
First Nations Sexual Health Toolkit | Native Youth Sexual Health Network (Toronto)
RJ Resources | Wellness Within (Nova Scotia)
Reproductive Justice resources for people who are incarcerated and those caring for people who are incarcerated | Wellness Within (Nova Scotia)
Color of Surveillance: Policing of Abortion and Reproduction Reading List | Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law (Washington D.C.)
See a book on here you’d like to read? Reach out to NRJ to see if we have it in our lending library!
Becoming Kin by Patty Krawec (local author!)
Coming Out Like a Porn Star by Jiz Lee (Ed)
Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown
We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by Adrienne Marie Brown
Abortion to Abolition: Reproductive Health and Justice in Canada by Martha Paynter
The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
An Abolitionist’s Handbook by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex by Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith (Eds)
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
The Future is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Peipzna-Samarasinha
Métis Voice: HIV, Health And Place Project | Native Youth Sexual Health Network
ARCC’s reproductive justice blog
“Trans Politics and Anti-Capitalism: An Interview with Dan Irving” by Gary Kinsman | Upping the Anti
Gender Anarchy Manifesto by Krishna Istha | STRIKE! Magazine
Leaving Evidence: A Blog by Mia Mingus
“Crisis Pregnancy Centres Mislead Women, Report Says” | Global News
“Five Years After Abortion, Nearly All Women Say It Was the Right Decision, Study Finds” | University of California San Francisco
Pocket Doula | Mentoring, workshops, resources for birth & abortion workers
Medicine for the Resistance | Patty Krawec and Kerry Goring – local!
One Dish One Mic | Sean Vanderklis and Karl Dockstader – local!
Black Feminist Rants | LaKia Williams
The Birth Talks | Mai Ngo & Trish Frempong
The Sex Agenda Podcast | Decolonizing Contraception
Rethinking Reproductive Health | Mychal Shifrah & Sarah Ferguson
The Disorientation Guide to Niagara | OPIRG Brock – local!
The Coming Out Monologues | OPIRG Brock – local!
Accomplices not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex, An Indigenous Perspective | Indigenous Action Media
Violence on the Land, Violence on Our Bodies: Building an Indigenous Response to Environmental Violence | Native Youth Sexual Health Network
Violence on Our Land, Violence on our Bodies Report & Toolkit | Native Youth Sexual Health Network
Dope Guide | Stella (order for free on CATIE.ca!)
Safer Sex Guide | CATIE (order for free on CATIE.ca!)
Safer Snorting | CATIE (order for free on CATIE.ca!)
Sharp Shooters: Harm Reduction Info for Safer Injection Drug Use | CATIE (order for free on CATIE.ca!)
What Works: What you need to know if you have HIV and inject drugs | CATIE (order for free on CATIE.ca!)
Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s RealTalk: Provider Toolkit | Autistic Self Advocacy Network
DIY Doula Zine by the Doula Project
LinkedIn Learning (Check with your local library to see if they offer LinkedIn Learning for free with your library card number)
Disclaimer: This collection of resources is based on research, but has not been vetted. Please use your own judgment when using these resources.
Gender-based Analysis Plus, Women and Gender Equality Canada
Health Promotion Foundations, Public Health Ontario
Resources, Webinars, and Modules, Research Impact Canada
Courses recommended by the Canadian Evaluation Society
SDGAcademyX (Climate, Sustainability, Development), EdX
Monitoring and Evaluation Resources
A Framework for Analyzing Public Policies, National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
Sharpen your skills with UN e-learning courses
UN Climate Change Capacity-Building Portal
Elevatus Training – Sex Education for People with Developmental Disabilities (train the trainer, some free resources)
Illinois Department of Human Services – Sex Education for People with Developmental Disabilities (train the trainer modules, free)
Disclaimer: This collection of resources is based on research, but has not been vetted. Please use your own judgment when using these resources.
Violence Against Women Training Hub, OAITH
Homeless Learning Hub, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
HIV and Hepatitis C Open Courses (multiple), CATIE
Education & Training, Rainbow Health Ontario
SVRI Online Learning Platform, Sexual Violence Research Iniatitive
We also have guides, zines, and other materials made by our members!
Have a suggestion for a resource? Let us know!
Niagara Organizations
- OPIRG Brock
- Black Owned 905
- Brock Pride
- Community Fridge Niagara
- De dwa da dehs nye s Aboriginal Health Centre
- Fine Grind Cafe
- Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre
- Justice for Workers Niagara
- Matter of Black
- Migrant Workers Alliance for Change
- Niagara Falls Community Health Centre
- Niagara Regional Native Centre
- Niagara Tenants Union
- Ontario Native Women’s Association Niagara Chapter
- OUTNiagara
- PFLAG Niagara
- Positive Living Niagara and Streetworks
- Queer Kids Bible Camp
- Quest Community Health Centre
- Rad Snax
- Senior Pride Network of Niagara (SPNN)
- Student Justice Centre at Brock University
- Transgender Niagara
- Willow Arts Community
Online and National Organizations
- Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project
- Hamilton Sex Workers Action Project
- Migrant Rights Network
- SisterSong: Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
- Native Youth Sexual Health Network
- University of Victoria’s Anti-Violence Project
- Wellness Within
- Prisoners HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
- Black Women’s Visions
- Indigenous Women Rising
- Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC)
- National Abortion Federation Canada (NAF Canada)
- Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights