Books tagged: Social Discrimination & Equal Treatment
And Neither Have I Wings to Fly
By Thelma Wheatley
2014 Finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award for Creative Non-Fiction
2014 Finalist for the MARTY People’s Choice Award for Literary Arts
2013 IPPY Bronze Medal Winner for Psychology/Mental Health
The shocking true story of the institutionalization and abuse of children ... Read more
Decolonizing Equity
Edited by Billie Allan & V.C. Rhonda Hackett
Foreword by OmiSoore Dryden
Institutions everywhere seem to be increasingly aware of their roles in settler colonialism and anti-Black racism. As such, many racialized workers find themselves tasked with developing equity plans for their departments, associations or faculties. This collection acknowledges ... Read more
Legacy
By Suzanne Methot
Winner of the 2019–20 Huguenot Society of Canada Award
“Powerful … A deeply empathetic and inspiring work with insights of value to anyone struggling to overcome personal or communal trauma. ” — Library Journal
“[A] beautifully written book about strategies for healing ... Read more
Memphis Mayhem
By David A. Less
Memphis gave birth to music that changed the world — Memphis Mayhem is a fascinating history of how music and culture collided to change the state of music forever
“Music writer Less presents a fascinating history of the music of his native Memphis … Less brings to vivid ... Read more
The Court of Better Fiction
By Debra Komar
2020 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Nonfiction Crime Book — Shortlisted
In its rush to establish dominion over the North, Canada executed two innocent Inuit.
In 1921, the RCMP arrested two Inuit males suspected of killing their uncle. While in custody, one of the accused allegedly ... Read more
Unsettling the Commons
By Craig Fortier
Drawing on interviews with 51 anti-authoritarian organizers to investigates what it means to struggle for "the commons" within a settler colonial context, Unsettling the Commons interrogates a very important debatethat took place within Occupy camps and is taking place in a ... Read more