When a person or group in a position of power controls the less powerful in cruel, unjust, and discriminatory ways. These systems of oppression are built on a combination of prejudice and institutional power.
Anti-Oppression Training
A form of education that examines an anti-oppressive framework. This means that we recognize the oppression that is built into our systems and institutions and challenge inequalities and injustices that allow one group to dominate over another. Anti-oppression training introduces concepts of power and privilege, while teaching the difference between equity and equality. An anti-oppressive framework allows us to understand our place within these systems, question our practices, and create new approaches that counter oppression and move us closer to reconciliation and decolonization.