Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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In Retrospect

From: Walking Away from Hate

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Inflection Point

From: Three Funerals for my Father

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This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She continues to tell the story of her early days in Indonesia. She details an illness suffered and horrors she witnessed and heard of … 10 $1.00 Add
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Inspired by Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Lessons for Quallunaat Designers

Decolonial Practices: Section 2

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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The chapter explores the reintroduction of Inuit language and culture into contemporary daily life. Discussing Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) or Inuit Traditional Knowledge, accessibility and … 4 $0.40 Add
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Land, Life, and Legacy

Afterword to the Second Edition

From: Unsettling Canada

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New Afterword, written by Kanahus Manuel and Nicole Schabus. ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Lawsuit

From: The Wheel of Things

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Not Enough Value

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

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In this chapter, Cull profiles a student who turned to stripping to make ends meet. 9 $0.90 Add
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Please, We All Gonna Get It

Trans Women on Inevitability, Health Care, and the Cure

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this conversation, the authors share their experiences accessing health care, their thoughts on trans representation and chosen families, their relationship to the HIV/AIDS crisis, and their … 12 $1.20 Add
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Some Personal Acts of Reconnection

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

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Reclaiming the commons begins by claiming your place within it–and in the process, awakening to a different understanding of yourself, even a different understanding of what’s real … 8 $0.80 Add
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Sticks and Stones

From: On Account of Darkness

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The author tells the story of the Kicknosways, who faced anti-Indigenous racism as they navigated life and the world of sports in Canada. Other stories are also told and racial tensions and … 16 $1.60 Add
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Student Minister, 1957 81

From: A Halifax Boyhood

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While studying at Dalhousie University as a theologue, accepted by the United Church as a candidate for the ministry looks at a summer spent as the student minister at Val Marie Saskatchewan ; 3 $0.30 Add
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The Banality of Evil

From: On Love and Tyranny

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In this chapter, Heberlein covers the arrest of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina, Arendt’s decision to attend his trial in Israel, and the reception of her seminal work Eichmann in Jerusalem. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Peoples’ Movement

1977-1979

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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Chapter seventeen of George Manuel’s biography covers his work in British Columbia in the late 1970s on Indian fishing rights. ; 17 $1.70 Add
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tijd/time

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

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On photography, and the progress of time. 7 $0.70 Add
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Twenty

From: Holden After & Before

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1.8 Archive

From: You Only Live Twice

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Chase begins by sharing about going through personal archives of photos and letters of exes. Mike considers how computers are essentially archives, and what they reveal about our societal … ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Alone

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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The chapter reflects on Margie’s imaginative world as a teenager, Jennifer’s departure from the north to go to school in British Columbia, their fathers transfer to the Department of … 14 $1.40 Add