Miitra Community Guidebook
                     Inclusion Guidebook 
Miitra is a community founded on the belief that every 
single person has wisdom, skills and experience worth 
sharing. We aim to provide you with a space to offer the 
things you are passionate about with the world and to 
vulnerably ask for what you need. 
Miitra is...
A community celebrating & elevating all voices, designed 
to help you make meaningful connections.
A space to be seen & heard just as you are.
A platform where everyone’s skills, wisdom, passion and 
experiences are valued.
Welcome to Miitra
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YOU
HONOURING YOU AND ALL OTHERS
You are important to us and we want you to feel acknowledged, respected, and celebrated. In turn - we 
want you to acknowledge, respect, and celebrate all others. This is why we strive to co-create an inclusive 
space in everything that we do, celebrating diversity. 
To us diversity means honouring and celebrating the uniqueness of lived experience and inclusion means 
doing the pre-work (on our part, and on the part of our attendees) required to foster a truly safe and 
welcoming space for all. As such, we firmly believe that we must educate ourselves on our own prejudice 
so we do not unconsciously hurt someone else through ignorance. 
The co-creation of this inclusive digital, mental, emotional, and energetic space has started with us and 
now continues with you. Our Founder (currently the Moderator of Miitra), has undergone a series of 
trainings on important topics such as anti-oppression, anti-racism, privilege, colonialism, inclusive 
language, and facilitation and continues to educate herself daily.. As a co-creator of this space we 
encourage you to complete this guidebook, filled with short videos and written resources - a little sample 
of what we have been working on.
We hope that by doing this  we can all meaningfully engage in creating an inclusive space for everyone. 
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CREATING AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT 
One of the core tenets of Miitra is creating an inclusive space for all. An inclusive 
space is constantly created/co-created and maintained by those who hold and 
inhabit it. To us, an inclusive space means a physical, emotional, mental, and 
energetic area that is actively anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and anti-colonialist; 
that celebrates the gender identity and sexuality spectrum; that honours all 
bodies; and that emphasizes togetherness. Learn more about co-creating 
inclusive spaces below.
Resources for safe spaces:
Sometimes you’re a caterpillar
Getting called out
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ANTI-RACISM
We are committed to learning about and working to dismantle systems of power 
that maintain the status quo - privileging whiteness and enforcing racism - 
whether overtly or covertly.  We also strive to recognize and let go of our implicit 
biases. We believe this is imperative to co-creating a safe environment on Miitra’s 
platforms. 
Resources for Anti-Racism:
Are you non or are you anti?
Your black friend
White Privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack
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INTERSECTIONALITY
While intersectionality is often discussed as a theory within an academic context, 
it is actually a big part of many people’s lived experience. This term was coined 
by Kimberlé Crenshaw to talk about how the convergence of racism and sexism 
impacts people, especially women and girls of colour. Understanding 
intersectionality is imperative to meaningfully engaging in anti-racism, anti-
oppression, and anti-patriarchy. 
Resources for intersectionality:
What is intersectionality?
The urgency of intersectionality
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GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUALITY INCLUSIVITY
At Miitra, we recognize that gender is not based on the male/female biological 
dichotomy. We believe that gender is a spectrum - some people may identify as 
men, or women, or neither - and only they can tell you how they identify and what 
pronouns they use. At Miitra we celebrate all people. Likewise, we celebrate all 
sexual orientations and family structures. 
Resources for inclusivity:
The Assumption of Heterosexuality
Your first trans friend
Passing
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BODY POSITIVITY
As a community that celebrates wellness we are acutely aware of the types of 
bodies generally associated with this space - mostly white, cisgender, thin. There 
is nothing wrong with being white, cisgender, or thin; however, there is also 
absolutely nothing wrong with not being that. We are firm supporters of the body 
positive movement and aim to create an environment for all bodies to feel 
welcome and celebrated. 
Resources for Body Positivity:
The Body Positivity Movement
9 Signs That Your Body Positivity Could be more Open Minded
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DECOLONIZATION
At Miitra we recognise that, unless we are indigenous to this land (we are 
Canadian) or we came to be here via the trans-Atlantic slave trade, we are all 
settlers and we benefit from the effects of colonialism. As such, we are actively 
striving to engage in decolonizing and reconciliation practices as well as actively 
rejecting and dismantling cultural appropriation.  
Resources for Decolonization:
150 Acts of Reconciliation 
Decolonizing together
What’s wrong with cultural appropriation?
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TRAUMA SENSITIVITY AND CONSENT
Have you heard of sonder? It means "the realization that each random passerby is 
living a life as vivid and complex as your own”. We can’t know everyone’s history, 
inner life, and experience. Trauma is not always evident. As such we firmly 
believe in always threading gently and with caution - whether in speech or touch. 
This includes respecting and honouring people where they are, using inclusive 
language, and respecting people’s bodily autonomy- especially during movement 
practices and vulnerable situations. 
Resources for Trauma Sensitivity and Consent:
Creating a culture of consent through yoga
Disassociation
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WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THIS LOOKS IN PRACTICE?
- Recognize your privilege, realizing it’s not about you
- Listen to and acknowledge people’s stories 
- Continuously educate yourself and others about racism
- Raise issues about racism - publicly and privately 
- Recognise your implicit biases
- Use inclusive language that acknowledges the full spectrum of gender 
identity and recognizes not all people are heterosexual
- Be careful about the imagery you use
- Recognize everyone has a story that we are not entitled to know
- Celebrate everyone wherever they are - regardless of size and health status
- Notice whether you use words that may be hurtful/harmful (e.g.: insane or 
crazy when referring to something wild or unexpected, tribe when you mean 
a group of supportive people, etc.)
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THANK YOU!
Thank YOU! From the bottom of our hearts, we are truly grateful 
that you took the time to complete this guidebook and for 
participating in co-creating an inclusive environment with us on 
Miitra.
Special thanks to the incomparable Rania El Mugammar for her 
guidance, facilitation, and resources and to Andrea Poile for her 
resources and wisdom. 
If you have further questions or any concerns, please reach out to 
us at [email protected]
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Guidebook created by Corina Tudor, in collaboration with Laura Whitney Sniderman 
originally for The Get Together and has been adapted for Miitra. 
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