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Series: School of RacismA Canadian History, 1830–1915Paperback
Catherine Larochelle9781772840537
$27.95SOCIAL SCIENCE
Dec 01, 2023
Exposing the history of racism in Canada’s classrooms Winner of the prestigious Clio-Quebec, Lionel-Groulx, and Canadian History of Education Association awards In School of Racism, Catherine Larochelle demonstrates how Quebec’s school system has, from its inception and for decades, taught and endorsed colonial domination and racism. This English translation of the award-winning book extends its crucial lesson to readers across the country, bridging English- and French-Canadian histories to deliver a better understanding of Canada’s past and pr... + Read More
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Series: stay upracism, resistance, and reclaiming Black freedomHardcover
Khodi Dill9781773218076
$29.99YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 14
Sep 26, 2023
An incisive, innovative, and inviting take on fighting oppression and fighting for racial justice.Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don’t know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy functions in North America and gives readers tools to understand how racism impacts their lives. From dismantling internalized racism, decolonizing schools, joining social justice movements and more, Dill lays ... + Read More
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Series: stay upracism, resistance, and reclaiming Black freedomPaperback
Khodi Dill9781773218083
$18.99YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 14
Sep 26, 2023
An incisive, innovative, and inviting take on fighting oppression and fighting for racial justice.Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don’t know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy functions in North America and gives readers tools to understand how racism impacts their lives. From dismantling internalized racism, decolonizing schools, joining social justice movements and more, Dill lays ... + Read More
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Series: Fighting FeelingsLessons in Gendered Racism and Queer LifeHardcover
Gulzar R. Charania9780774868990
$99.00SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sep 15, 2023
Racialized women and girls often feel racial injustice before they have the words to name it. Sometimes they fight these feelings, and sometimes they use these feelings to fight. In this important and revealing book, Gulzar Charania puts the experiences of women of colour at the centre of her investigation, sharing how they endure everyday racism, as well as its lasting impacts and exacting costs in their lives and educational trajectories.Fighting Feelings highlights how the elasticity of white supremacy invites people of colour to be its... + Read More
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Series: White RiotThe 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in VancouverPaperback
Henry Tsang9781551529196
$32.95SOCIAL SCIENCE
Apr 04, 2023
Essays and photographs that document the anti-Asian riots of 1907 in the context of contemporary anti-Asian sentiment. White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver explores the conditions leading up to and the impact of a demonstration and parade in Vancouver, Canada, organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League and the ensuing mob attack on the city's Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian communities. Emblematic of a systemically racist era, White Riot reveals the social and political environment of the time, when racialized communities w... + Read More
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Series: We Go Where They GoThe Story of Anti-Racist ActionPaperback
Shannon Clay9780889779082
$34.95SOCIAL SCIENCE
Mar 11, 2023
What does it mean to risk all for your beliefs? How do you fight an enemy in your midst? We Go Where They Go recounts the thrilling story of a massive forgotten youth movement that set the stage for today's anti-fascist organizing in North America. When skinheads and punks in the late 1980s found their communities invaded by white supremacists and neo-nazis, they fought back. Influenced by anarchism, feminism, Black liberation, and Indigenous sovereignty, they created Anti-Racist Action. At ARA’s height in the 1990s, thousands of dedicated acti... + Read More
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Series: What Does Hate Look Like?Paperback
Sameea Jimenez9781772602906
$21.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12
Mar 07, 2023
We use the word hate all the time—“I hate vegetables” or “I hated that movie!”—but what about the hate that actually hurts someone? There are words, symbols, ideas, beliefs, and actions that cause pain—to us, our friends, family, neighbours, and school mates. What if you’ve caused that kind of pain yourself? Or what if you, or someone you know, has been the victim of hate so scary it made you want to cry? Real kids from real classrooms share their stories here to help us to see the bias, prejudice, violence, discrimination, and exclusion around... + Read More
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Series: Performing PostracialismReflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education through Contemporary Blackface in CanadaPaperback
Philip S.S. Howard9781487525293
$32.95SOCIAL SCIENCE
Feb 08, 2023
Performing Postracialism provides an in-depth investigation of contemporary blackface incidents in Canada and its educational institutions. Blackface – instances in which non-Black persons temporarily darken their skin with make-up to impersonate Black people, usually for fun, and frequently in educational contexts – constitutes a postracialist pedagogy that propagates antiblack logics. In Performing Postracialism, Philip S.S. Howard examines instances of contemporary blackface in Canada and argues that it is more than a simple matter of racial... + Read More
Are you a white person with questions about how race affects different situations, but you feel awkward, shy, or afraid to ask the people of colour in your life? Are you a racialized person who is tired of answering the same questions over and over? This book is for you: a basic guide for people learning about racial privilege. In Frequently Asked White Questions, Alex Khasnabish and Ajay Parasram answer ten of the most common questions asked of them by people seeking to understand how race structures our every day. Drawing from their lived... + Read More
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Series: Inside OutThe Equity Leader’s Guide to Undoing Institutional RacismPaperback
Caprice D. Hollins9780865719811
$29.99BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Nov 01, 2022
Providing a roadmap to workplace and organizational change, Inside Out is packed with practical tools for working collectively towards racial justice and dismantling institutional racism. This essential guide includes: An adaptive approach to moving race conversations forward with authenticity and genuine curiosity Concrete strategies to help unpack the painful legacies of power, privilege, and oppression A framework including awareness, knowledge, skills, and action/advocacy Key components for engaging effectively, calling people in, bridging ... + Read More
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Series: Eating While BlackFood Shaming and Race in AmericaHardcover
Psyche A. Williams-Forson9781469668451
$35.95SOCIAL 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 ... + Read More
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Series: Righting Canada's WrongsRighting Canada's Wrongs Resource Guidethird editionPaperback
The Critical Thinking Consortium9781459416659
$24.95EDUCATION Age (years) from 13
Aug 01, 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... + Read More
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Series: What's Up with White Women?Unpacking Sexism and White Privilege in Pursuit of Racial JusticePaperback
Ilsa Govan9780865719613
$19.99SOCIAL 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... + Read More
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Series: Rise Up!How You Can Join the Fight Against White SupremacyHardcover
Crystal Marie Fleming9781250226389
$26.99YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 - 18
Oct 19, 2021
This urgent book explores the roots of racism and its legacy in modern day, all while empowering young people with actionable ways they can help foster a better world and become antiracists.Why are white supremacists still openly marching in the United States? Why are undocumented children of color separated from their families and housed in cages? Where did racism come from? Why hasn’t it already disappeared? And what can young people do about it?Rise Up! breaks down the origins of racial injustice and its continued impact today, connecting do... + Read More
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Series: Blackness and la FrancophonieAnti-Black Racism, Linguicism and the Construction and Negotiation of Multiple Minority IdentitiesPaperback
Amal Madibbo9782763755779
$25.00SOCIAL 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... + Read More
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Series: Lorimer Deal With ItWhite Privilege Deal With ItDeal with it in all fairnessHardcover
Catherine Inglis9781459416215
$24.95JUVENILE 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... + Read More
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Series: Let's Talk RaceA Guide for White PeoplePaperback
Fern L. Johnson9780865719538
$24.99SOCIAL 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... + Read More
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Series: Righting Canada's WrongsRighting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. LouisCanada's Anti-Semitic Policies in the Twentieth CenturyHardcover
Rona Arato9781459415669
$34.95YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18
Jan 19, 2021
"This story and the others in the “Righting Canada’s Wrongs” series should be essential teaching in Canadian classrooms at all grades." — CM: Canadian Review of Materials 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 fam... + Read More
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Series: Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition)The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson RoundtreeHardcover
Katie McCabe9781250229007
$26.99JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14
Dec 15, 2020
A young reader’s adaptation of Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights, the memoir of activist and trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, by Katie McCabe.Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the height of Jim Crow, Dovey Johnson Roundtree felt the sting of inequality at an early age and made a point to speak up for justice. She was one of the first Black women to break the racial and gender barriers in the US Army; a fierce attorney in the segregated courtrooms of Washington, DC; and a minister in the AME church, where women had never before b... + Read More
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Series: Inquire & InvestigateGlobal CitizenshipEngage in the Politics of a Changing WorldPaperback
Julie Knutson9781619309364
$22.95YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Grade (US) from 7 - 9
Sep 15, 2020
Skipping Stones 2021 Honors Award Winner!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 ... + Read More
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Series: Our Hearts Are as One FireAn Ojibway-Anishinabe Vision for the FuturePaperback
Jerry Fontaine9780774862882
$29.95SOCIAL 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... + Read More
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Series: You and Me BothHardcover
Mahtab Narsimhan9781771473668
$18.95JUVENILE 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... + Read More
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Series: I Am VioletBoard book
Tania Duprey Stehlik9781772601312
$10.95JUVENILE 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!
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Series: The Regina CollectionIn My Own MoccasinsA Memoir of ResiliencePaperback
Helen Knott9780889777316
$21.95BIOGRAPHY & 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... + Read More
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Series: WokeA Young Poet's Call to JusticeHardcover
Mahogany L. Browne9781250311207
$26.99JUVENILE 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... + Read More
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Series: Fatty Legs (10th anniversary edition)Hardcover
Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton9781773213514
$21.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 11
Mar 10, 2020
The beloved story of an Inuvialuit girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, now available as an audiobook 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 Chi... + Read More
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Series: Fatty Legs (10th anniversary edition)Paperback
Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton9781773213507
$13.95JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 11
Mar 10, 2020
The beloved story of an Inuvialuit girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, now available as an audiobook 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 Chi... + Read More
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Series: Until We Are FreeReflections on Black Lives Matter in CanadaPaperback
Rodney Diverlus9780889776944
$27.95SOCIAL 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 ... + Read More
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Series: Me and White SupremacyCombat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good AncestorHardcover
Layla Saad9781728209807
$38.99SOCIAL 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... + Read More
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Series: When They Call You a TerroristA Black Lives Matter MemoirPaperback
Patrisse Cullors9781250306906
$21.99BIOGRAPHY & 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... + Read More
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Series: Black Is a Rainbow ColorHardcover
Angela Joy9781626726314
$24.50JUVENILE 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... + Read More
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Series: What the Eagle SeesIndigenous Stories of Rebellion and RenewalPaperback
Eldon Yellowhorn9781773213286
$16.95JUVENILE 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... + Read More
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Series: We Are Not Yet EqualUnderstanding Our Racial DividePaperback
Carol Anderson9781547602520
$14.99YOUNG 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... + Read More
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Fighting Feelings Lessons in Gendered Racism and Queer Life Hardcover 9780774868990 $99.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Sep 15, 2023
Blackness and la Francophonie Anti-Black Racism, Linguicism and the Construction and Negotiation of Multiple Minority Identities Paperback 9782763755779 $25.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Oct 01, 2021