Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty

By (author) Hana Shafi
Categories: Society and culture: general

Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty—built around art from Shafi’s popular online affirmation series—focuses on our never-ending journey of self-discovery. It explores the ways in which the world can ...

Words of the Inuit

By (author) Louis-Jacques Dorais
Preface by Lisa Koperqualuk
Categories: Ethnic studies
Series: Contemporary Studies on the North

Words of the Inuit is an important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. It brings the sum of the author’s decades of experience and engagement with Inuit and Inuktitut to bear ...

About Canada: Disability Rights, 2nd ed.

By (author) Deborah Stienstra
Categories: Disability: social aspects
Series: About Canada

In the second edition of About Canada: Disability Rights, Deborah Stienstra explores the historical and current experiences of people with disabilities in Canada, as well as the policy and advocacy responses ...

Pier 21

By (author) Steven Schwinghamer & Jan Raska
Categories: Migration, immigration and emigration
Series: Mercury Series

Between 1928 and 1971, nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During those years, it was one of the main ocean immigration facilities in Canada, including when ...

Megantic

By (author) Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny
Translated by W. Donald Wilson
Categories: Corruption in politics, government and society

In this fascinating piece of investigative journalism, written like a thriller, journalist and social activist Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny reveals the inner workings of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster ...

Tiff

By (author) Sherrill Grace
Categories: Literature: history and criticism

“Once before I die, I hope to know I’ve been heard. That’s all. ” —Timothy Findley. Tiff: A Life of Timothy Findley is the first full biography of one of Canada’s foremost writers (The Wars, ...

Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada

Edited by Mitch Daschuk, Carolyn Brooks & James Popham
Categories: Crime and criminology

This textbook introduces readers to theories and critiques of traditional approaches to deviance and conformity. Using vivid and timely examples of contemporary social regulation and control, the book ...

Vulnerable

Edited by Colleen M. Flood, Vanessa MacDonnell, Jane Philpott, Sophie Thériault & Sridhar Venkatapuram
Contributions by Katherine Fierlbeck & Lorian Hardcastle & Aimée Craft & Deborah McGregor & Jeffery Hewitt & Michelle Giroux & David Robitaille & Amir Attaran & Adam R. Houston & Bryan Thomas & Carissima Mathen & Alexandra Flynn & Mel Cappe & Grégoire Webber & Tim Caulfield & Jeffrey Simpson & Paul Daly & Marie-France Fortin & Jennifer A. Quaid & Teresa Scassa & Kelly Bronson & Jason Millar & Vardit Ravitsky & Daniel Weinstock & Terry Skolnik & Martha Jackman & Delphine Nakache & Yves Le Bouthillier & Martine Lagacé & Linda Garcia & Leilani Farha & Kaitlin Schwan & Adelina Iftene & Jamie Chai Yun Liew & Y. Y. Brandon Chen & Anne Levesque & Kwame McKenzie & Jennifer A. Chandler & Mona Gupta & Yasmin Khaliq & Simon Hatcher & Olivia Lee & Tess Sheldon & Ravi Malhotra & Pat Armstrong & Hugh Armstrong & Ivy Bourgeault & Katherine Lippel & Louise Bélanger-Hardy & Vanessa Gruben & Sarah Berger Richardson & Anis Chowdhury & Jomo Kwame Sundaram & Sam Halabi & Kumanan Wilson & Chidi Oguamanam & Steven J. Hoffman & Patrick Fafard & Céline Castets-Renard & Eleonore Fournier-Tombs & E. Richard Gold & Jeremy de Beer & Matthew Herder & Jason W. Nickerson & Jane Philpott
Categories: Medicolegal issues

Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. ...

Pathways of Reconciliation

Edited by Aimée Craft & Paulette Regan
Categories: Colonialism and imperialism
Series: Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation

The essays in Pathways of Reconciliation address the themes of reframing, learning and healing, researching, and living. They engage with different approaches to reconciliation (within a variety of reconciliation ...

Won’t Get Fooled Again

By (author) Erin Steuter
Illustrated by Alan Spinney
Categories: Graphic novel / Comic book: memoirs, true stories and non-fiction

“FAKE NEWS!” screams Donald Trump from his Twitter account when journalists ask tough questions about his past or present behaviour. Meanwhile, his Fox & Friends fan club makes dubious claims about ...