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Ontario Equity & Inclusive Education Strategy
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Student · Gr. 4–6

Junior Workshop

Race, identity, and anti-racism — age-appropriate, inquiry-based. In-person or virtual.

🇨🇦 EN / FR · In-person or virtual
Student · Gr. 7–8

Intermediate Workshop

Systemic racism, allyship, and identity for older students. Discussion-based, critical thinking focus.

🇨🇦 EN / FR · In-person or virtual
Educator PD

Antiracism in the Classroom

Practical strategies for equity pedagogy. Suitable for staff meetings and PD days.

🇨🇦 EN · Flexible format
Educator PD · FR

Antiracism in French Classrooms

For Core French and French Immersion teachers. Delivered in English and French.

🇨🇦 EN + FR · For French educators

Investment

In-Person — Half Day1 session
$300
In-Person — Full Day2 sessions
$500
Full Day + Follow-up3–4 sessions
$800
Virtual — 1 SessionCanada-wide
$175
Annual School Retainer2 workshops + resource kit + newsletters
$800/yr
Educator PDFlexible format
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About the Series

The Ace Compeers

Open your eyes! Ready your ears! It’s time to learn with the Ace Compeers!

The Ace Compeers are a diverse group of friends committed to learning about the world and helping others. Featuring kid-friendly language and an antiracist framework, the book series models inquiry-based learning to encourage critical thinking and challenge false preconceptions of complex concepts like race. The Ace Compeers series also provides parents, guardians, and educators with additional information and discussion questions to help them facilitate meaningful discussions about race and diversity. For many, these sorts of conversations can be deeply uncomfortable, which is why the information and questions included in these books were created. They take the guesswork and anxiety out of beginning important discussions, making these books excellent resources for parents and guardians, schools, and educational organizations.
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About the Series

The Ace Compeers

Open your eyes! Ready your ears! It’s time to learn with the Ace Compeers!

The Ace Compeers are a diverse group of friends committed to learning about the world and helping others. Featuring kid-friendly language and an antiracist framework, the book series models inquiry-based learning to encourage critical thinking and challenge false preconceptions of complex concepts like race. The Ace Compeers series also provides parents, guardians, and educators with additional information and discussion questions to help them facilitate meaningful discussions about race and diversity. For many, these sorts of conversations can be deeply uncomfortable, which is why the information and questions included in these books were created. They take the guesswork and anxiety out of beginning important discussions, making these books excellent resources for parents and guardians, schools, and educational organizations.
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Our Achivements

Awards We Won

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The Series

The Secret Of Skin Colour

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The Mystery Of Race

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Reviews and Testimonials

What you said

Karen Schlacht, Reg. N, M. Ed.
Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health
Public Health
In an entertaining fun-loving manner, the author challenges young readers to explore and discover racial truths through scientific facts.
Dr. Sheka Houston
Middle School Principal
Best Selling Author/ International Speaker
Co-Owner Create and Educate, LLC
As a middle school principal, I am elated to see how the author brought science to life making it fun, engaging, and relevant for students with the added bonus of being culturally relevant. The scientific examination of race will spark healthy conversations in classrooms without taking away from instruction. An educators dream.
Dr. Sami A. Iqbal
BMSc, DDS
As a person of colour living in America, I can see the need for creating racial awareness within all of our communities, and the author delivers with this book. Having done genetic research in the past, I applaud the author for eloquently providing accurate scientific background contributing to the reader’s educational experience.
Amazon Customer
Because this book is so detailed and informative, the author even has a review sheet for discussions part way through the story. This is just a brilliant book! I highly recommend to the Educational community and parents. This book so informative, and fun as well.
Amazon Customer, Science Teacher & Mom
I saw this book on a Facebook comment and I bought it immediately. These days I’m only teaching my kids, but my oldest loved it and it began a really nice conversation that concluded with watching a video of Bill Nye explaining more. And as a disabled person, I really love the underlying current of acceptance and normality. Well done.
Bethany Edwards, Biracial Bookworms Blogger
I love how this book uses kid-friendly language and to help children better understand an anti-racist framework. It is not only helpful in processing skin color and genetics with geography and history, but it sets a foundation where children can adopt an accurate lens for understanding racial and social justice.
Linda Diaz-Murphy, LPC, RPT, LCADC, DRCC, CTTS
I learned the difference between race and skin color! No one has been able to explain it as well as the author. I recommend this book for all children, teens and adults. I plan to add this book to my therapy practice library.
Aditi Wardhan Singh, author and Raising World Children Blogger
Such important lessons for children everywhere. I simply love all the characters and the beautiful illustrations to engage the kids. My kids aged 11 and 8 enjoyed the book a lot. This would be a great resource for parents looking to have conversations with their kids about race and how we are all different yet similar.
Amazon Customer
Such an amazing resource, loved by children and adults alike! Through vibrant illustrations and engaging discussions we follow a diverse, inquisitive, entertaining and relatable group of students as they use facts and science to learn about their differences and similarities. So engaging that readers will feel like part of this superhero team as they answer complicated questions in a safe and child-friendly way. Love the "Brain Breaks" to summarize and discuss key ideas. This book belongs in every home, library and school curriculum. Can't wait for the rest of the series!!
Make A Way Media
We need to talk to our kids about race. Thankfully there are resources available that help kids understand race in clear, age appropriate terms. This wonderful book from @acecompeers teaches kids the science behind skin color and helps dispel any preconceived notions they may have. It also includes study questions so that parents and educators can keep the conversation going. Go to the link in my bio to learn more and get your own copy of this excellent resource.

Do you know what COMPEER means?

“Compeer is a noun that means a person of equal rank or status”
EQUAL, PEER OR COMPANION

Do you know what COMPEER means?

“Compeer is a noun that means a person of equal rank or status”
EQUAL, PEER OR COMPANION

Rita Bhandari
Meet the Author & Speaker

Rita Bhandari

Rita is a biracial South Asian Canadian educator, author, and anti-racism advocate based in the Greater Toronto Area. Her lived experience and a decade of classroom teaching inform every workshop and book she creates.

She is a certified Ontario elementary school teacher (OCT-registered), holds an Antiracism certificate from the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, three certificates from the Equity Literacy Institute, and a professional Diversity and Inclusion certificate from Cornell University.

Rita delivers all workshops in English and French and is an approved presenter with The Get REAL Movement.

OCT Certified
Cornell DEI
CCDI Antiracism
Equity Literacy x3
EN / FR
10+ Yrs Teaching

Who's Who

Meet the Compeers

The Ace Compeers provide parents and teachers with meaningful stories and educational discussion questions to help children better understand our world and the people in it. As a whole, this series teaches about equity and inclusion and nurtures children’s natural hunger for knowledge.
Using kid-friendly language and science, this first book of the series uses inquiry-based learning to encourage critical thinking and antiracist ideas. As you read on, you will meet Erika (she/her), Ang (he/him), Basma (she/her), Riley (they/them), and Manjeet (he/him).
Though the Ace Compeers are all different, they stand united together. There’s a reason why they call themselves the Compeers!

The Get REAL Movement

The Get REAL Movement is now offering an Ace Compeers workshop!
The Get REAL Movement is an organization that offers workshops and programs to schools that combat homophobic, transphobic, and racist language and attitudes. This organization has already reached over 1 million students!
Rita Bhandari, the author of The Ace Compeers series, is proud to announce that she is a Get REAL speaker.

For more information about booking this workshop, visit their website.

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Open your eyes! Ready your ears! It’s time to learn with the Ace Compeers! Author’s new children’s series is designed to alleviate the discomfort some parents and educators feel when discussing topics of race and diversity with children.
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