Minority Communities
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From ![]() Fairy Tales of Two Cities:or Queer Nation(s)-National Cinema(s) From: In a Queer Country |
Thomas Waugh’s "Fairy Tales of Two Cities: Queer Nation(s)-National Cinema(s)" considers examples from a past when Canadian cinema in general was defining itself, in response to … | Thomas Waugh | 26 | 2001 | $0.52 Add |
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From ![]() Family as a Site of Contestation:Queering the Normal or Normalizing the Queer? From: In a Queer Country |
Michelle K. Owen’s essay looks at what recently has become the most prominent aspect of this struggle for recognition. Owen ‘s response is informed and polemical; a scholarship that … | Michelle K. Owen | 22 | 2001 | $0.44 Add |
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From ![]() For a multicultural, multi-faith, multiracial CanadaA manifesto From: Home and Native Land |
The author argues that leftist critics are right in their anti-state condemnation of multiculturalism, but wrong to not see how popular groups – everyday Canadians – make … | George Elliott Clarke | 7 | 2011 | $0.91 Add |
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From ![]() For FAWQ’s Sake |
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 Space for … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() ForewordFrom: The Franz Boas Enigma |
Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add | |
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From ![]() Foreword and Introduction |
The author introduces the topic of Jewish history and identity in Canada as well as the Hart family and the archival documents that record their lives and impact. The author speaks about how this … | Denis Vaugeois | 32 | 2012 | $3.20 Add |
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From ![]() Freedom Smells Like Sunlight DetergentFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Outlines the process of becoming a refugee as outlined by the United Nations, government assistance vs. private sponsorship, and arriving as a refugee claimant. Describes the process of arriving … | David Starr | 10 | 2016 | $1.00 Add |
![]() Frequently Asked White Questions |
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 … | 128 | View | ||
![]() From Bombs to BooksThe remarkable stories of refugee children and their families at two exceptional Canadian schools |
The powerful role of schools in the experience of refugee children and teens and their parents in becoming part of Canadian society As Canada welcomes tens of thousands of Syrian refugees, as … | 232 | View | ||
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From ![]() From Many PlacesFrom: From Bombs to Books |
An introduction to Edmonds Community School’s and Byrne Creek School’s history and experience in multicultural education. In these schools six out of ten students are learning English. | David Starr | 8 | 2016 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() Going BackFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
After a brief time away from the sex trade to graduate high school a black Nova Scotian woman goes with her boyfriend to Toronto to work as a stripper and sex worker as a way to show him how good … | Jade M. Brooks | 18 | 2017 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Gonna Be A Long NightFrom: Eyes Have Seen |
In this chapter, Anderson recounts his experiences in Montreal during the winter of 1966, holding seasonal jobs. | Fred Anderson | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Graduating PhotosRace, Colonization, and the University of Manitoba From: “Too Asian”? |
Adele Perry | 15 | 2012 | $1.50 Add | |
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From ![]() Greece, 1967 |
In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine the 1967 Greek military coup and Canada’s response to the junta’s rule. | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() Having a Gay Old Time in Paris:John Glassco's Not-50-Queer Adventures From: In a Queer Country |
It is a common concern in literary studies of homosexuality to ascertain the sexuality of the author, but Glassco’s autobiographical Memoirs of Montparnasse presents a special case. Much … | Andrew Lesk | 18 | 2001 | $0.18 Add |
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From ![]() Home AgainFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A young black woman recounts how she became pregnant and quit school and how her boyfriend forces her to get an abortion which becomes the reason she finally leaves him. | Jade M. Brooks | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |













