Minority Communities
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From  A Guest of the Government of IraqFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a Kurdish man from Iraq who was imprisoned by the Iraqi government and the trials he experienced trying to get his family to safety. | David Starr | 15 | 2016 | $1.50 Add |
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From  A Little VacationFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A Nova Scotian woman recounts her life from age 16 to 17 as it relates to men, drugs, sexually transmitted infections, and abuse from her boyfriend. | Jade M. Brooks | 17 | 2017 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Aaron Hart’s Estate |
This chapter explores records concerning the affairs and quarrels over the estate of the Hart family at the time. | Denis Vaugeois | 24 | 2012 | $2.40 Add |
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From AfterwordFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Provides an update on what has happened to the people described in other chapters in the book during the five years since its original publication. | David Starr | 3 | 2016 | $0.30 Add |
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From  Appendix A |
Appendix A: Top ten principles for thinking about racial politics as a white person | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
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From  Arctic Research and Publicity, 1883-1885: Articles in Germany and the United States / Life with Inuit and Whalers, 1883-1884: “I am now truly just like a typical Eskimo”Chapters 3 and 4 From: The Franz Boas Enigma |
Chapter 3 looks at the leadup to Boas’ trip to the Arctic, exploring how he organized and funded this trip. It also looks at the articles he wrote before his trip and their impact. Chapter … | Ludger Müller-Wille | 26 | 2014 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Asians and Affirmative Action on CampusAn Historical Canada-US Comparison From: “Too Asian”? |
At its heart, the “Too Asian” controversy is about weighing the benefits to the community against the rights of the individual. That balancing act extends far beyond the campus, and … | David Weinfeld | 12 | 2012 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Back to the Future: Long-Term U.S. Regime-Change StrategyFrom: Syria |
In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik trace United States regime-change efforts against Syria, spanning the 1970s through the 2024 overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s government. | Dan Kovalik; Jeremy Kuzmarov | 20 | 2025 | $2.00 Add |
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From BeginningsFrom: From Bombs to Books |
A profile of Elaha Anwary, an Afghan refugee, who won the Grade 7 public speaking competition for her BC school by sharing her story. | David Starr | 5 | 2016 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Being AlliesFrom: Uprooting Racism |
Acting as an ally to people of color is one of the most important things white people can do. Ally is not an identity, it is a practice. An ally is someone who not only shows up, but one who … | Paul Kivel | 47 | 2017 | $4.70 Add |
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From BelongingFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A black woman from Nova Scotia recounts how her relationship with her boyfriend when she was 16 became an obsession leading her mother to kick her out of the house. | Jade M. Brooks | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Bobby and PierreFrom: 1968 in Canada |
In the spring of 1968, the political campaigns of Robert Kennedy in the United States and Pierre Trudeau in Canada generated wild crowd scenes featuring passionate adoration of the candidates. … | Paul Litt | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Brazil, 1964 |
In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine the 1964 military coup in Brazil, focusing on the overthrow of President João Goulart and the roles of the United States and Canada. | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Breaking Bones |
This chapter discuses the health toll of underground tunnelling, Italian immigrant labour organizing through Local 183, and organized crime’s encroachment on Toronto. | Gilberto Fernandes | 15 | 2026 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Buller Men and Batty Bwoys:Hidden Men in Toronto and Halifax Black Communities From: In a Queer Country |
In this essay, Wesley Crichlow considers the various dynamics of closeting for black gay men from two cities and from a number of ethnicities. It is an example of contemporary developments in … | Wesley Crichlow | 21 | 2001 | $0.42 Add |
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From Can members of an oppressed group be oppressors? |
Chapter 7 asks the question, can members of an oppressed group be oppressors? Discussing topics including forms of structural power, such as class, gender, sexuality, or religious position, … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
