Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From The Evolving Demographics of Toronto’s Gay VillageFrom: Any Other Way |
Michael Ornstein and Tim McCaskell chart the evolution of Toronto’s gay village through the lens of statistics. They consider age, ethnicity, income, and living situation to reveal how the … | Michael Ornstein; Tim McCaskell | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
From NEW! The FohnFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recounts the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, his experience with it, and the connection to those family members lost to the Spanish Flu. | Jaspreet Singh | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
From The Hardest Thing I Ever Did |
Dawn Watson recounts the story of Raymond. The chapter discusses his frustrations with being unable to help his daughter with her schoolwork, being unable to reproduce his signature, Polly … | Dawn Watson | 4 | 2009 | $0.40 Add |
From The Next Thing to GodStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part Three of this title, entitled "Emperor of the North" discuss Hodgson’s growing power and influence in the communities of the Northwest Territories. Topics … | Jake Ootes | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
From The Northwest ArmFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. The northwest arm | Jim Bennet | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
From NEW! The Parking LotFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry reflects on the concept of moral injury,the lack of emotional training and support for crime reporters, and how her life has been impacted by years of exposure to violence … | Tamara Cherry | 16 | 2023 | $1.60 Add |
From NEW! The Source |
This chapter explores Scoppa’s relationship with the police in Montreal and his dirty tactics. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
From These Things Happen in AfricaFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the life of a man from Somalia who lost his leg delivering supplies to a UN refugee camp and then became a refugee in Uganda before being approved to come to Canada with his family. | David Starr | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
From What If |
This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. It follows the aftermath of his sending his children away to escape the country. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 2 | 2021 | $0.20 Add |
From WickedFrom: The M Word |
Susuan Olding reflects on meeting her stepdaughter, the experiences of stepmothers, and the relationship between the two of them. Includes elements of fairytales interspersed throughout. | Susan Olding | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
From Work AloneA New App That Helps Sex Workers |
This short chapter describes an app that helps protect workers and clients at Blue Door. | Kerri Cull | 2 | 2021 | $0.20 Add |
From 1.5 SerenaFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase shares more about a first date, and it reminds Mike about falling in love with someone named Serena, and how she inadvertently helped him to not hide after his diagnosis. | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 3 | 2016 | $0.30 Add |
From A Voice for the Fourth World1975-1976 |
Chapter fifteen of George Manuel’s biography covers the years 1975 and 1976 and begins with the third meeting of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. Manuel developed a sense of … | Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
From NEW! An Excerpt from Coyote CityTRAILBLAZERS AND CHANGEMAKERS From: Indigenous Toronto |
An excerpt from Coyote City by Daniel David Moses. COYOTE CITY was produced at the Native Canadian Centre of Torontofrom 17 May to 5 June 1988 by Native Earth Performing Art, Inc. | Daniel David Moses | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
From Assistant to Veterans Socialists Los Angeles, 1972-75From: Holocaust to Resistance |
Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis … | Suzanne Berliner Weiss | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
From Capacity Building #6A Spirit Dialogue, Reconnecting with Creation |
Patterning won’t emerge by just wishing or waiting for its emergence. It requires action, behaviour-changing, consciousness-changing action at every level from the personal to the … | Heather Menzies | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |