Minority Communities

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
“Too Asian”? Racism and Post-Secondary Education Between The Lines	The now notorious Maclean’s article “Too Asian?” from the magazine’s 2010 campus issue has sparked a national furor about race in Canadian higher education. Since the …	Davina Bhandar; Jeet Heer; Michael C.K. Ma; RJ Gilmour	224	2012	View
NEW! Frequently Asked White Questions Fernwood Publishing	Are you a white person with questions about how race affects different situations, but you feel awkward, shy, or afraid to ask the people of colour in your life? Are you a racialized person who …	Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish	128	2022	View
From Bombs to Books The remarkable stories of refugee children and their families at two exceptional Canadian schools James Lorimer and Company	This book chronicles how schools in Canada can #&8212; and do — play a positive role in the day-to-day lives of refugee families. Written by a principal who has worked at of two of the …	David Starr	232	2016	View
In a Queer Country Gay and Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context Arsenal Pulp Press	In terms of rights and freedoms for queers, Canada holds an international reputation as among the most liberal of nations. Yet this picture of harmonious gay and lesbian assimilation is nothing …	Terry Goldie	320	2001	View
The First Jews in North America The Extraordinary Story of the Hart Family, 1760-1860 Baraka Books	“Vaugeois’s fascinating account, amply illustrated by archival documents, is a valuable contribution to the history of Quebec, Canada and minority-majority relations.” The …	Denis Vaugeois; Käthe Roth	380	2012	View
The Franz Boas Enigma Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences Baraka Books	“… Franz Boas has remained an enigma, so misunderstood as a person and so often misrepresented as an anthropologist.” William S. Willis, Jr. How did Franz Boas become the …	Ludger Müller-Wille	188	2014	View
The Teen Sex Trade My Story Formac Publishing	Jade Brooks grew up like any other kid — she played with friends, lovingly teased and was teased by her siblings, and excelled at school. It wasn’t until she was removed from her …	Jade M. Brooks	200	2017	View
Uprooting Racism How White People Can Work for Racial Justice (4th Edition) New Society Publishers	In 2016, the president-elect of the United States openly called for segregation and deportation based on race and religion. Meanwhile, inequalities in education, housing, health care and the job …	Paul Kivel	451	2017	View
From NEW! For FAWQ’s Sake From: Frequently Asked White Questions View Fernwood Publishing	In the introduction, authors Ajay Parasram and Alex Khasnabish discuss the challenges with providing and conducting antiracist education and their previous experience creating the Safe …	Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From Foreword From: The Franz Boas Enigma View Baraka Books		Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt	5	2014	$0.50 Add
From Introduction From: “Too Asian”? View Between The Lines	The introduction looks at how liberal and right-wing journalism in Canada deal with issues of “Race” and multiculturalism, especially on university and college campuses.	Jeet Heer	14	2012	$1.40 Add
From Introduction From: Uprooting Racism View New Society Publishers	Uprooting Racism begins with the understanding that racism exists, it is pervasive and that its effects are devastating. Because of this devastation, we need to start doing everything possible to …	Paul Kivel	6	2017	$0.60 Add
From Introduction From: In a Queer Country View Arsenal Pulp Press	Queer literature review; "Queer Country?" Conference (1996)	Terry Goldie	11	2001	$0.11 Add
From Preface From: The Teen Sex Trade View Formac Publishing	The author, a young black Nova Scotian, outlines her methodology for writing this book and the decision to publish under her real name but maintain pseudonyms for any other individual connected …	Jade M. Brooks	7	2017	$0.70 Add
From Preface From: The First Jews in North America View Baraka Books	“Preface by Herbert Marx”	Herbert Marx	3	2012	$0.30 Add
From Where Does Hope Come From? From: From Bombs to Books View James Lorimer and Company	Ziad Abo Nofel writes a brief account of growing up in Iraq, the American invasion and moving to a refugee camp between Iraq and Syria for six years before finally moving to Canada.	Ziad Abo Nofel	4	2016	$0.40 Add

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