Out of the Sun

By (author) Esi Edugyan
Categories: Ethnic studies
Series: The CBC Massey Lectures

History is a construction. What happens when we begin to consider stories at the margins when we grant them centrality? How does that complicate our certainties about who we are, as individuals, as nations, ...

Atacama

By (author) Carmen Rodríguez
Categories: Fiction: general and literary

Firmly rooted in historical events and covering themes related to class, gender, trauma and survival, Atacama is the story of Manuel Garay and Lucía Céspedes. Starting in 1925, the year the Chilean ...

History of the Jews in Quebec

By (author) Pierre Anctil
Translated by Judith Weisz Woodsworth
Categories: Social groups: religious groups and communities
Series: Canadian Studies

The presence of Jews in Quebec dates back four centuries. Quebec Jewry, in Montreal in particular, has evolved over time, thanks to successive waves of migration from different regions of the world. The ...

#BlackInSchool

By (author) Habiba Cooper Diallo
Foreword by Awad Ibrahim
Categories: Biography: general

#BlackInSchool is Habiba Cooper Diallo’s high school journal, in which she documents, processes, and resists the systemic racism, microaggressions, stereotypes, and outright racism she experienced in ...

Sisters of the Wolf

By (author) Patricia Miller-Schroeder
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction

Sisters of the Wolf is a thrilling adventure of friendship, culture clash, bravery, and survival set in Ice Age Europe. After being separated from their tribes, Keena and Shinoni must learn to survive ...

Growing Up Trans

Edited by Lindsay Herriot & Kate Fry
Categories: Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+

What does it mean to be young and transgender today?

Growing Up Trans shares stories, essays, art and poetry created by trans youth aged 11 to 18. In their own words, the works illustrate the trans experience ...

The Rebellious Tide

By (author) Eddy Boudel Tan
Categories: Fiction: general and literary

FINALIST FOR THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTION

Sebastien’s search for his father leads him to a ship harbouring a dangerous secret.

Sebastien has heard only stories about his father, a mysterious ...

Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer

By (author) Kevin Loring
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

Little Red Warrior is the last remaining member of the Little Red Warrior First Nation. One day, he discovers a development company has begun construction on his ancestral lands. In a fit of rage, Little ...

Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future

Edited by Katherine Graham & David Newhouse
Categories: Central / national / federal government policies
Series: Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation

Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future looks to both the past and the future as it examines the foundational work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the legacy of its 1996 report. It ...

We All Play

By (author) Julie Flett
Illustrated by Julie Flett
Categories: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction

We all love to play! In this sweetly simple and gorgeously illustrated picture book, Julie Flett offers a joyful romp through nature with an abundance of wild animals: birds who chase and chirp, whales ...