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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From “The Little Jew of Trois-Rivières”: Secrets to Success From: The First Jews in North America View Baraka Books	This chapter explores early Jewish settlement in North America, and the history leading up to it. The stories of Jeffery Amherst, Aaron Hart and Levy Andrew Levy (partner of William Trent) are …	Denis Vaugeois	28	2012	$2.80 Add
From The Parable of the Textbook Education, Meritocracy, and Why History Matters From: “Too Asian”? View Between The Lines	Where did Maclean’s get the notion that they were honourably defending “merit-based” admissions policies against American racist policies? The idea that only considering …	Henry Yu	12	2012	$1.20 Add
From The Pleasure of an Inquiry: An Open Church From: The First Jews in North America View Baraka Books	The author continues to explore the tumultuous history of the Hart family and their life and treatment in Quebec, as well as his experiences researching this history. It touches on the end of …	Denis Vaugeois	24	2012	$2.40 Add
From The Race Card: Conclusion From: Frequently Asked White Questions View Fernwood Publishing	The conclusion reflects on countering the charge of “playing the race card” or the “gender card” or the “queer card” and so forth, reflecting on dismantling structural white supremacy and the …	Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish	6	2022	$0.60 Add
The Teen Sex Trade My Story	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 …		200		View
From These Things Happen in Africa From: From Bombs to Books View James Lorimer and Company	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 They Cannot Hide From the World What They Did From: From Bombs to Books View James Lorimer and Company	Describes the experience of an Indonesian family who were hunted by security forces in Aech and split apart before illegally journeying to Malaysia and becoming refugee claimants.	David Starr	15	2016	$1.50 Add
From This is What War Looks Like to Women From: From Bombs to Books View James Lorimer and Company	Describes the experience of a woman born in Liberia in 1982 who escaped the civil war in Liberia by moving to Ivory Coast where war soon broke out as well. She then found her way to a refugee …	David Starr	11	2016	$1.10 Add
From Three Simple Wishes From: From Bombs to Books View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses a recent history of a family from the Eritrea province of Ethiopia and the violence they experienced prior to being approved to come to Canada as refugees.	David Starr	12	2016	$1.20 Add
“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
From Too Privileged? A Response to Maclean’s Magazine’s “Too Asian?” Article From: “Too Asian”? View Between The Lines		Anita Jack-Davies	7	2012	$0.70 Add
Uprooting Racism How White People Can Work for Racial Justice (4th Edition)	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 …		451		View
From Vagaries of Arctic Geography, 1886: Landscapes and Human Occupancy / Getting settled in the United States, 1886-1888: Ethnological and Geographical Writings Chapters 9 and 10 From: The Franz Boas Enigma View Baraka Books	Chapter 9 begins after the publication of Baffin-Land, discussing its author’s enthusiasm, reception of the book, its structure/contents (chapter by chapter). It also comments on his …	Ludger Müller-Wille	21	2014	$2.10 Add
From “Way Too Asian!” The Classroom as a Site of Protest, Personal Growth, and Teachable Moments From: “Too Asian”? View Between The Lines		Julia Paek; Ray Hsu	10	2012	$1.00 Add
From Wear It with Pride: The Fashions of Toronto's Pride Parade and Canadian Queer Identities From: In a Queer Country View Arsenal Pulp Press	There have been many studies that claim that homosexuals have long engaged in "reading" ‘each other, in finding elements of presentation, which show "I am what you are." …	Andrea N. Frolic	33	2001	$0.99 Add
From What Color is White From: Uprooting Racism View New Society Publishers	White people have been led to believe racism is a question of particular acts of discrimination or violence. Calling someone a name, denying someone a job, excluding someone from a neighborhood …	Paul Kivel	97	2017	$9.70 Add