No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger than its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise.

- Marian Anderson

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We are deeply upset and outraged by the recent murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Elijah McClain, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. These murders are only the most recent examples of a deep-seated historical problem of systemic racism in the US and in many other parts of our world, including Canada.

At NPX, we believe it is our job to make the world a better place. This work goes far beyond clean nuclear power, innovation, and technology. It starts with a foundation of equity, inclusion, and playing an active role in the dismantling of systemic discrimination and injustice that exists in our community and the world. Our team has always had an unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusivity, but we also have come to understand that being 'not racist' is simply not enough. Racism is something that exists in our communities and something that we must confront and work to eradicate. We are committed to being an anti-racist company; not just in words but in action.

As members of the nuclear industry we must acknowledge that we have been too complacent, that our current diversity and inclusion initiatives don't go far enough to address the complex issues of systematic racism and injustice. The leadership of our industry does not represent the diversity of our communities. As an industry we can, and must, do more. At NPX, the process we are following is one of education, decision, and action. We have begun our journey by listening to the voices and experiences of BIPOC to educate and guide us. We are educating ourselves about the history and lasting impact of systemic racism. We are focused on proactive action on diversity, equity, and inclusion that delivers long term, sustainable, meaningful change. We are working on our plan and it will include a comprehensive review of our existing diversity, equity, and inclusion training programs, hiring processes, compensation practices, community support and political action.

We are committed to helping change the course of history and creating a company, a community, and a world that future generations can be proud of. We are committed to making it happen.

BOOK SUGGESTIONS

BOOKS FOR ADULTS

White Fragility - Robin Diangelo
Between the world and me - Ta-nehisi Coates
How to be Anti-Racist - Ibram X Kendi
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge
So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice - Paul Kivel
The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues - Angela Y. Davis
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son - Tim Wise
Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk about Race and How to Do It - Shelly Tochluk
The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot - Mikki Kendall
Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century - Dorothy Roberts
Strength To Love - Martin Luther King Jr.

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins - Carole Boston Weatherford
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom - Virginia Hamilton
One Crazy Summer - Rita Williams-Garcia
Little big Dreams Series - Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Muhammad Ali, MLK...
The Stone Thrower - Jael Ealey
A is for Activist - Innosanto Nagara
Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged - Jody Nyasha Warner
The Other Side - Jacqueline Woodson
The Story of Ruby Bridges - Robert Coles