1.
Series:
Eating While Black
Food Shaming and Race in America
Hardcover
Psyche A. Williams-Forson
9781469668451
$35.95
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Aug 16, 2022
Psyche A. Williams-Forson is one of our leading thinkers about food in America. In Eating While Black, she offers her knowledge and experience to illuminate how anti-Black racism operates in the practice and culture of eating. She shows how mass media, nutrition science, economics, and public policy drive entrenched opinions among both Black and non-Black Americans about what is healthful and right to eat. Distorted views of how and what Black people eat are pervasive, bolstering the belief that they must be corrected and regulated. What is at ...
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6.
Series: Righting Canada's Wrongs
Righting Canada's Wrongs Resource Guide
third edition
Paperback
The Critical Thinking Consortium
9781459416659
$24.95
EDUCATION
Age (years) from 13
Jun 14, 2022
The Righting Canada’s Wrongs series is devoted to the exploration of racist and discriminatory government policies and actions against various groups through our history, the fight for acknowledgement and justice and the eventual apologies and restitution of subsequent governments. The award-winning books in this series make a valuable addition to any classroom or library looking for kid-friendly and appealing resources on social justice and equal rights in Canada. The engaging and curriculum-based lessons in this Resource Guide will help stud...
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10.
Series:
What's Up with White Women?
Unpacking Sexism and White Privilege in Pursuit of Racial Justice
Paperback
Ilsa Govan
9780865719613
$19.99
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Oct 19, 2021
What's Up with White Women? is a practical guide for white women who are interested in becoming more effective in their cross-cultural, anti-racist practices.Blending real-life stories, theory, and anti-racism practices from decades of on-the-ground work, the authors invite white women to understand their gendered role in systemic racism and their unique opportunity for action. Both frank and compassionate, coverage includes: Stories of white women's experiences with sexism, racism, and white privilege How white women harm BIPOC and ourselves...
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12.
Series:
Blackness and la Francophonie
Anti-Black Racism, Linguicism and the Construction and Negotiation of Multiple Minority Identities
Paperback
Amal Madibbo
9782763755779
$25.00
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Oct 01, 2021
"This well-researched and clearly-written book documents the experiences of Black Francophones hailing from Sub-Saharan Africa and living in the predominantly anglophone province of Alberta. Drawing on the qualitative analysis of numerous documents and semi-structured interviews, the book explores how the participants construct multiple identities based on language, race, and citizenship while fighting racism and the multiple forms of exclusion they face. Blackness and la Francophonie is essential reading for scholars and informed readers inter...
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15.
Series: Lorimer Deal With It
White Privilege
Deal with it in all fairness
Hardcover
Catherine Inglis
9781459416215
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 14
Aug 03, 2021
For some kids, ways they can help eliminate racial injustice might be hard to see. After all, they are taught that people in society are all equal under the law. So why then does racial conflict still exist? And what can they as individuals do about it right now? One way is for white children to understand the unearned advantages they were born with based solely on the colour of their skin. This concept is called white privilege and this book will help children of all races understand it, see how it affects them and find ways to speak out and t...
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16.
Series:
Let's Talk Race
A Guide for White People
Paperback
Fern L. Johnson
9780865719538
$19.99
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Apr 13, 2021
Real conversations about racism need to start now Let's Talk Race confronts why white people struggle to talk about race, why we need to own this problem, and how we can learn to do the work ourselves and stop expecting Black people to do it for us. Written by two specialists in race relations and parents of two adopted African American sons, the book provides unique insights and practical guidance, richly illustrated with personal examples, anecdotes, research findings, and prompts for personal reflection and conversations about race. Covera...
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17.
Series: Righting Canada's Wrongs
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis
Canada's Anti-Semitic Policies in the Twentieth Century
Hardcover
Rona Arato
9781459415669
$34.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 13 - 18
Jan 19, 2021
Prior to the Second World War, Canada's Jewish community was well established in many cities, including Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg. As war grew closer, anti-Semitism across Europe was increasing. Hitler's Nazis were spreading hatred and violence towards Jews across Germany. At first, Jews were allowed to leave Germany and thousands escaped to save themselves and their families. Then countries around the world closed their doors to Jewish refugees. In 1939, the MS St. Louis sailed for Cuba with nearly a thousand Jewish men, women, and childr...
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19.
Series: Inquire & Investigate
Global Citizenship
Engage in the Politics of a Changing World
Paperback
Julie Knutson
9781619309364
$22.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 12 - 15
Sep 15, 2020
Examine what it means to be a global citizen, and learn about the rights and responsibilities that we all have. The right to grow and thrive in a safe environment. The right to a name and an identity. The right to the free expression of ideas. The right to an education. In Global Citizenship: Engage in the Politics of a Changing World, readers ages 12 to 15 discover the resources and information they need to learn about issues of global concern and strategies for taking informed action, as outlined by the Sustainable Development Goals set in ...
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20.
Series:
Our Hearts Are as One Fire
An Ojibway-Anishinabe Vision for the Future
Paperback
Jerry Fontaine
9780774862882
$29.95
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Aug 15, 2020
A vision shared. A manifesto. This remarkable work argues that Anishinabeg need to reconnect with non-colonized modes of thinking, social organization, and decision making in order to achieve genuine sovereignty. In Our Hearts Are as One Fire, Jerry Fontaine recounts the stories of three Ota’wa, Shawnee, and Ojibway-Anishinabe leaders who challenged aggressive colonial expansion – Obwandiac, Tecumtha, and Shingwauk. He weaves Ojibwaymowin language and knowledge with conversations with elders and descendants of the three leaders. The result is a...
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21.
Series:
You and Me Both
Hardcover
Mahtab Narsimhan
9781771473668
$18.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 6
Apr 15, 2020
· Inspired by a true story that went viral online· An uplifting book that celebrates diversity· Embraces the joys and innocence of childhoodThis is the story of two classmates who love all the same things: building tall block towers and knocking them down; strawberry jam on toast; jumping into big puddles in their matching boots. The narrator and his best friend, Jamal, might as well be twins—they have so much in common! And they always stick together. When Jamal gets a haircut, his best friend gets his cut t...
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22.
Series:
I Am Violet
Board book
Tania Duprey Stehlik
9781772601312
$10.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 3
Apr 14, 2020
A little girl looks around her and sees that people come in a rainbow of colors. Her mom is red, her dad is blue, and she is a wonderful mix of her mom and dad. The little girl announces: I am proud to be both. I am proud to be me! I am Violet!
23.
Series: The Regina Collection
In My Own Moccasins
A Memoir of Resilience
Paperback
Helen Knott
9780889777316
$21.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Mar 21, 2020
An unflinching memoir of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds of sexual assault from a resilient, emerging Indigenous voice. Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a different perspective. In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds brought on by sexual violence. It is also the story of sisterhood, the power of ceremony, the love of family, and the possibility of redemption. With gripping moments of withdrawa...
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24.
Series:
Woke
A Young Poet's Call to Justice
Hardcover
Mahogany L. Browne
9781250311207
$26.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Mar 10, 2020
"This collection of poems by women of color covers topics relating to social justice, activism, discrimination and empathy, focusing on the need to speak out and inspiring middle-graders." -VogueWoke: A Young Poet's Guide to Justice is a collection of poems to inspire kids to stay woke and become a new generation of activists.Historically poets have been on the forefront of social movements. Woke is a collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, a...
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25.
Series:
Fatty Legs (10th anniversary edition)
Hardcover
Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
9781773213514
$21.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 11
Mar 10, 2020
The beloved story of an Inuvialuit girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, updated for a new generation of readers. Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton’s powerful story of residential school in the far North has been reissued to commemorate the memoir’s 10th anniversary with updates to the text, reflections on the book’s impact, and a bonus chapter from the acclaimed follow-up, A Stranger at Home. New content includes a foreword from Dr. Debbie Reese, noted Indigenous scholar and founder of American Indians in Children’s Literature, w...
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27.
Series:
Until We Are Free
Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada
Paperback
Rodney Diverlus
9780889776944
$27.95
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Feb 01, 2020
The killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 by a white assailant inspired the Black Lives Matter movement, which quickly spread outside the borders of the United States. The movement’s message found fertile ground in Canada, where Black activists speak of generations of injustice and continue the work of the Black liberators who have come before them. Until We Are Free contains some of the very best writing on the hottest issues facing the Black community in Canada. It describes the latest developments in Canadian Black activism, organizing efforts ...
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28.
Series:
Me and White Supremacy
Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Hardcover
Layla Saad
9781728209807
$37.99
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Jan 28, 2020
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller! This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too."Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers we have right now on the subject of white supremacy and racial injustice."—New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth GilbertBased on the v...
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29.
Series:
When They Call You a Terrorist
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Paperback
Patrisse Cullors
9781250306906
$21.99
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jan 14, 2020
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.New York Times Editor’s Pick.Library Journal Best Books of 2019.TIME Magazine's "Best Memoirs of 2018 So Far."O, Oprah’s Magazine’s “10 Titles to Pick Up Now.”Politics & Current Events 2018 O.W.L. Book Awards WinnerThe Root Best of 2018"This remarkable book reveals what inspired Patrisse's visionary and courageous activism and forces us to face the consequence of the choices our nation made when we criminalized a generation. This book is a must-read for all of us." - Michelle Alexander, New York Times bests...
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30.
Series:
Black Is a Rainbow Color
Hardcover
Angela Joy
9781626726314
$24.50
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Jan 14, 2020
A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on.Red is a rainbow color.Green sits next to blue.Yellow, orange, violet, indigo, They are rainbow colors, too, butMy color is black . . .And there’s no BLACK in rainbows.From the wheels of a bicycle to the robe on Thurgood Marshall's back, Black surrounds our lives. It is a color to simply describe some of our favorite things, but it also evokes a deeper sentiment about the incredible people who helped...
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31.
Series:
What the Eagle Sees
Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
Paperback
Eldon Yellowhorn
9781773213286
$16.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 11
Nov 12, 2019
"There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” —Chief Seattle [Seatlh], Suquamish Chief What do people do when their civilization is invaded? Indigenous people have been faced with disease, war, broken promises, and forced assimilation. Despite crushing losses and insurmountable challenges, they formed new nations from the remnants of old ones, they adopted new ideas and built on them, they fought back, and they kept their cultures alive. When the only possible “victory” was survival, they survived. In this brilliant follow up to Turtle I...
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32.
Series:
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
Paperback
Carol Anderson
9781547602520
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 12 - 18
Oct 29, 2019
This young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling White Rage is essential antiracist reading for teens.An NAACP Image Award finalistA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA NYPL Best Book for TeensHistory texts often teach that the United States has made a straight line of progress toward Black equality. The reality is more complex: milestones like the end of slavery, school integration, and equal voting rights have all been met with racist legal and political maneuverings meant to limit that progress. We Are Not Yet Equal examines f...
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33.
Series:
A Cure for Hate
A Former White Supremacist's Journey From Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion
Paperback
Tony McAleer
9781551527697
$22.95
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Oct 01, 2019
How does an affluent, middle-class, private-school-attending son of a doctor end up at the Aryan Nations compound in Idaho, falling in with and then recruiting for some of the most notorious neo-Nazi groups in Canada and the United States? The Cure for Hate paints a very human picture of a young man who craved attention, acceptance, and approval and the dark place he would go to get it. Tony McAleer found an outlet for his teenage rage in the street violence of the skinhead scene. He then grew deeply involved in the White Aryan Resistance (WAR...
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34.
Series:
Get Up, Stand Up
(Preschool Music Book, Multicultural Books for Kids, Diversity Books for Toddlers, Bob Marley Children's Books)
Hardcover
Bob Marley
9781452171722
$23.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 5
Sep 10, 2019
The third picture book adaptation of one of Bob Marley's beloved songs that has a timely message for children: To counter injustice, lift others up with kindness and courage.A heartfelt and meaningful book that brings Bob Marley's music to life in a new way: As a young girl goes on with her day in school, she comes across several instances of teasing and intimidation. But with loving action and some help from her friends, she's able to make things right for herself and others.• This cute children's book includes the impactful lyrics of Bob Marl...
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35.
Series:
Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism
Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism
Hardcover
Terry McAuliffe
9781250245885
$33.99
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Jul 30, 2019
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe former governor of Virginia tells the behind-the-scenes story of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville—and shows how we can prevent other Charlottesvilles from happening. When Governor Terry McAuliffe hung up the phone on the afternoon of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, he was sure Donald Trump would do the right thing as president: condemn the white supremacists who’d descended on the college town and who’d caused McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency that mo...
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36.
Series:
Overcoming Everyday Racism
Building Resilience and Wellbeing in the Face of Discrimination and Microaggressions
Paperback
Susan Cousins
9781785928505
$25.95
SELF-HELP
Jul 18, 2019
This enlightening and reflective guide studies the psychological impact of racism and discrimination and offers steps to improve wellbeing. It includes definitions of race, racism and other commonly used terms, such as microaggressions. Each chapter of the book focusses on one category of wellbeing – self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, positive relations with others, environmental mastery, autonomy – and includes case examples, spaces for reflection, and exercises. For use as a tool within counselling, as well as a self-help tool...
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37.
Series: Righting Canada's Wrongs
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Africville
An African Nova Scotian Community Is Demolished — and Fights Back
Hardcover
Gloria Ann Wesley
9781459413580
$34.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 13 - 18
Apr 30, 2019
The community of Africville was founded in the late 1800s when African Nova Scotians built homes on the Bedford Basin on the northern edge of Halifax. Africville grew to include a church, a school, and small businesses. At its peak, about 400 people lived there. The community was lively and vibrant, with a strong sense of culture and tradition. But the community had its problems. Racist attitudes prevented people from getting well-paying jobs in the city and the City of Halifax refused residents basic services such as running water, sewage disp...
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38.
Series:
Eloquent Rage
A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Paperback
Brittney Cooper
9781250112880
$23.50
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Mar 05, 2019
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An Emma Watson "Our Shared Shelf" Selection for November/December 2018 • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018/ MENTIONED BY: The New York Public Library • Mashable • The Atlantic • Bustle • The Root • Politico Magazine ("What the 2020 Candidates Are Reading This Summer") • NPR • Fast Company ("10 Best Books for Battling Your Sexist Workplace") • The Guardian ("Top 10 Books About Angry Women") Rebecca Solnit, The New Republic: "Funny, wrenching, pithy, and pointed."Roxane Gay: "I encourage you to check out Eloquent Rag...
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39.
Series:
Clearing the Plains
Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life
Paperback
James Daschuk
9780889776227
$27.95
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Mar 02, 2019
Revealing how Canada's first Prime Minister used a policy of starvation against Indigenous people to clear the way for settlement, the multiple award-winning Clearing the Plains sparked widespread debate about genocide in Canada. In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James Daschuk examines the roles that Old World diseases, climate, and, most disturbingly, Canadian politics—the politics of ethnocide—played in the deaths and subjugation of thousands of Indigenous people in the realization of Sir John A. Macdonald’s "National Dream." It was a dream...
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40.
Series: Untold Lives Series
They Call Me George
The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada
Paperback
Cecil Foster
9781771962612
$22.95
HISTORY
Feb 05, 2019
A historical work that chronicles the true stories of black railway porters – the so-called “Pullmen” of the Canadian rail lines.A historical work of non-fiction that chronicles the little-known stories of black railway porters – the so-called “Pullmen” of the Canadian rail lines. The actions and spirit of these men helped define Canada as a nation in surprising ways; effecting race relations, human rights, North American multiculturalism, community building, the shape and structure of unions, and the nature of travel and business across the US...
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41.
Series:
How She Read
Paperback
Chantal Gibson
9781987915969
$20.00
POETRY
Jan 10, 2019
How She Read is a collection of genre-blurring poems about the representation of Black women, their hearts, minds and bodies, across the Canadian cultural imagination. Drawing from grade-school vocabulary spellers, literature, history, art, media and pop culture, Chantal Gibson’s sassy semiotics highlight the depth and duration of the imperialist ideas embedded in everyday things, from storybooks to coloured pencils, from paintings to postage stamps. A mediation on motherhood and daughterhood, belonging, loss and recovery,...
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42.
Series:
Woke Baby
Board book
Mahogany L. Browne
9781250308986
$10.50
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 3
Dec 31, 2018
For all the littlest progressives, waking up to seize a new day of justice and activism.Woke babies are up early. Woke babies raise their fists in the air. Woke babies cry out for justice. Woke babies grow up to change the world. This lyrical and empowering book is both a celebration of what it means to be a baby and what it means to be woke. With bright playful art, Woke Baby is an anthem of hope in a world where the only limit to a skyscrapper is more blue.
43.
Series:
We Can't Breathe
On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival
Paperback
Jabari Asim
9781250174536
$22.50
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Oct 16, 2018
A Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayInsightful and searing essays that celebrate the vibrancy and strength of black history and culture in America by critically acclaimed writer Jabari Asim"A fantastic essay collection...Blending personal reflection with historical analysis and cultural and literary criticism, these essays are a sharp, illuminating response to the nation’s continuing racial conflicts."—Ron Charles, The Washington PostInWe Can’t Breathe, Jabari Asim disrupts what Toni Morrison has exposed ...
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44.
Series:
Black Women Who Dared
Hardcover
Naomi M. Moyer
9781772600711
$18.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 13
Sep 18, 2018
Inspirational stories of ten Black women and women’s collectives from Canadian and American history. Included are leaders and groundbreakers who were anti-slavery activists, business women, health-care activists, civic organizers and educators. Celebrate these remarkable women, some of whom you may be hearing about for the first time, and the profound impacts they've made.
45.
Series:
Be a King
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You
Hardcover
Carole Boston Weatherford
9780802723680
$23.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Jan 02, 2018
You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall.You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience.Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, Carole Weatherford's poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers today can reenact in their own lives. See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and learn to follow his example, as he dealt with adversity and never los...
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46.
Series:
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
Hardcover
Reni Eddo-Lodge
9781408870556
$36.50
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Nov 07, 2017
Selected by Emma Watson as the Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick for January/February 2018Sunday TimesBestsellerWinner of the British Book Awards Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the YearWinner of the Jhalak Prize"This is a book that was begging to be written . . . Essential." --Marlon James"The most important book for me this year." --Emma Watson"One of the most important books of 2017." --Nikesh Shukla, editor ofThe Good ImmigrantIn 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and...
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47.
Series:
Children of the Broken Treaty
Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
Paperback
Charlie Angus
9780889774971
$27.95
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Oct 21, 2017
Children of the Broken Treaty exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country’s history. The movement was inspired by Shannen Koostachin, a young Cree woman whom George Stroumboulopoulos named as one of “five teenage girls who kicked ass in history.” All Shannen wanted was a decent education. She found an ally in Charlie Angus, who had no idea she was going to change his life and inspire others to change the country. Based on extensive documentation assembled from Freedom of ...
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48.
Series:
What's the Difference?
Being Different Is Amazing
Hardcover
Doyin Richards
9781250107091
$25.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 5
Sep 19, 2017
What’s the difference if she has light skin and yours is a little darker?All that matters is the artwork you createtogetheris as colorful as possible . . .As he did inI Wonder, Upworthy.com andToday Show parenting expert parenting guru Doyin Richards tackles a timely and universal subject—diversity and acceptance—and distills it for the youngest readers. Because what matters most is not our differences, but what we do together as friends, as families, as colleagues, as citizens. Perfect for sharing as a family or in the classroom,What's the Dif...
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49.
Series:
#NotYourPrincess
Voices of Native American Women
Paperback
Lisa Charleyboy
9781554519576
$14.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 14
Sep 12, 2017
Native Women demand to be heard in this stunning anthology. Whether looking back to a troubled past or welcoming a hopeful future, the powerful voices of Indigenous women across North America resound in this book. In the same style as the best-selling Dreaming in Indian, #Not Your Princess presents an eclectic collection of poems, essays, interviews, and art that combine to express the experience of being a Native woman. Stories of abuse, humiliation, and stereotyping are countered by the voices of passionate women making themselves heard and d...
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50.
Series:
White Rage
The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Paperback
Carol Anderson
9781632864130
$23.00
HISTORY
Sep 05, 2017
National Book Critics Circle Award WinnerNew York Times BestsellerANew York Times Notable Book of the YearAWashington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the YearABoston Globe Best Book of 2016AChicago Review of Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2016From the Civil War to our combustible present,White Rage reframes our continuing conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America--now in paperback with a new afterword by the author, acclaimed historian Carol Anderson.As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 201...
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51.
Follow one day in the real lives of seven kids from around the world—Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia!In Japan, Kei plays Freeze Tag, while in Uganda, Daphine likes to jump rope. While the way they play may differ, the shared rhythm of their days—and this one world we all share—unites them.This genuine exchange provides a window into traditions that may be different from our own as well as mirrors reflecting our common experiences. Inspired by his own travels, Matt Lamonthe transports readers across the globe and back with th...
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52.
Series:
Tears We Cannot Stop
A Sermon to White America
Hardcover
Michael Eric Dyson
9781250135995
$34.99
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Jan 17, 2017
NOW ANEW YORK TIMES, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, INDIEBOUND, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, CHRONICLE HERALD, SALISBURY POST, GUELPH MERCURY TRIBUNE, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER | NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Washington Post • Bustle • Men's Journal • The Chicago Reader • Star Tribune • Blavity • The Guardian • NBC New York's Bill's Books • Kirkus • Essence“One of the most frank and searing discussions on race ... a deeply serious, urgent book, which should take its place in the tradition of Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and K...
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53.
Series: Righting Canada's Wrongs
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential Schools
The Devastating Impact on Canada's Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Findings and Calls for Action
Hardcover
Melanie Florence
9781459408661
$34.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 13 - 18
Dec 21, 2015
Canada's residential school system for aboriginal young people is now recognized as a grievous historic wrong committed against First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples. This book documents this subject in a format that will give all young people access to this painful part of Canadian history. In 1857, the Gradual Civilization Act was passed by the Legislature of the Province of Canada with the aim of assimilating First Nations people. In 1879, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald commissioned the "Report on Industrial Schools for Indians and ...
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54.
Series: Righting Canada's Wrongs
Righting Canada's Wrongs: The Chinese Head Tax and Anti-Chinese Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century
Hardcover
Arlene Chan
9781459404434
$34.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 13 - 18
Oct 20, 2014
The first Chinese immigrants arrived in Canada in the mid-1800s searching for gold and a better life. They found jobs in forestry, mining, and other resource industries. But life in Canada was difficult and the immigrants had to face racism and cultural barriers. Thousands were recruited to work building the Canadian Pacific Railway. Once the railway was finished, Canadian governments and many Canadians wanted the Chinese to go away. The government took measures to stop immigration from China to Canada. Starting in 1885, the government imposed...
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55.
Series: Righting Canada's Wrongs
Righting Canada's Wrongs: The Komagata Maru and Canada's Anti-Indian Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century
Hardcover
Pamela Hickman
9781459404373
$34.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 13 - 18
May 09, 2014
In 1914, Canada was a very British society with anti-Asian attitudes. Although Great Britain had declared that all people from India were officially British citizens and could live anywhere in the British Commonwealth, Canada refused to accept them. This racist policy was challenged by Gurdit Singh, a Sikh businessman, who chartered a ship, the Komagata Maru, and sailed to Vancouver with over 300 fellow Indians wishing to immigrate to Canada. They were turned back, tragically. Over the years, the Canadian government gradually changed its immig...
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Series: Righting Canada's Wrongs
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War
Hardcover
Pamela Hickman
9781552778531
$34.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 13 - 18
Feb 21, 2012
This book is an illustrated history of the wartime internment of Japanese Canadian residents of British Columbia. At the time when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese Canadians numbered well over 20,000. From the first arrivals in the late nineteenth century, they had taken up work in many parts of BC, established communities, and become part of the Canadian society even though theyfaced racism and prejudice in many forms. With war came wartime hysteria. Japanese Canadian residents of BC were rounded up, their homes and property seized, and f...
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57.
Series: Lorimer Deal With It
Racism
Deal with it before it gets under your skin
Hardcover
Anne Marie Aikins
9781552774953
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9
May 04, 2010
A brand new series to help adolescents cope with conflicts in everyday life and promote peaceful homes, schools, and communities. Few people would identify themselves as racist and yet we all hold attitudes and beliefs about cultures that are different from our own which affect the way we behave towards others .Using realistic examples and sensitive language, Racism: Deal with it before it gets under your skin examines the sources of racial and cultural conflicts and the many forms -- both obvious and subtle -- that prejudice can take. Whether ...
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