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Outdoor recreation facing its own reckoning with diversity and inclusion, advocate says – CBC

July 20, 2020

Canadian Trails

British Columbia is renowned for its lush green forests and sparkling blue lakes, but there’s something else Judith Kasiama has noticed while exploring its trails: a whole lot of white. 

From advertising to trail names, the business of outdoor recreation has been criticized for falling short when it comes to representation and diversity and for a culture that has alienated women and people of colour.

Kasiama has been working to change that for the past three years after founding Colour the Trails, a group with a mission to inspire Black, Indigenous and people of colour to get out and enjoy the outdoors.

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