Canadian textbook companies such as Nelson and Mcgraw Hill Ryerson include little to no exposure to BIPOC scientists and researchers. These textbooks are outdated and not representative of the hard work of BIPOC scientists in the field of chemistry. They should be updated to display their contributions to science throughout history and today.

A relevant example of someone who deserves to be mentioned specifically, is Zhi Wen Chen. Zhi Wen Chen is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Toronto. He works in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He has released over 35 publications regarding his research, many of them about catalysis. He is working with a team to design "smarter industrial catalysts". If you would like to learn more about this research, visit: https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-engineering-researchers-use-machine-learning-design-smarter-industrial-catalysts

Catalysts are important in limiting energy consumption, by-product pollution, and speeding up the process of chemical reactions and activation in industrial processes. Not to mention, it prevents harm to humans and the environment. Catalysts are the future of industrial processes and the exposure of contribution by the BIPOC community is minimal. 

Textbooks of any grade level should include these contributions, especially high school levels of education. People at this level of education are extremely impressionable and should be taught about not only these important scientific processes but the incredible humans behind them. It is disappointing to see how prominent educational resources (textbooks) include such little information on BIPOC scientists and it must be changed.