Minority Communities
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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 |
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 … | 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  Graduating PhotosRace, Colonization, and the University of Manitoba From: “Too Asian”? |
Adele Perry | 15 | 2012 | $1.50 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 |
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From Hosanna!Michel Tremblay's Queering of National Identity From: In a Queer Country |
Elaine Pigeon’s "Hosanna! Michel Tremblay’s Queering of National Identity" treats the literary but also considers theatrical elements of Tremblay’s play. One central … | Elaine Pigeon | 28 | 2001 | $0.56 Add |
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From How can I be an antiracist in my everyday life? |
Chapter 9 asks the question, how can I be an antiracist in my everyday life? Discussing topics including white fragility, breaking the inertia of racism, normalizing discomfort for others, … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From How can I make antiracism part of my family life? |
Chapter 4 asks the question, how can I make antiracism part of my family life? Topics discussed include structural violence, relationships and kinships, family life, the difference between race … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From How can I talk about social justice without turning people off? |
Chapter 5 asks the question, how can I talk about social justice without turning people off? Topics discussed include specialized language, conspiracies, incels, and the far right, and the motif … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From How can we build the world we deserve? |
Chapter 10 asks the question, how can we build the world we deserve? Discussing the everyday topics of voting, capitalism, the carceral system, defunding the police and refunding society, settler … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From How can white people be involved in antiracist struggles without centring themselves? |
Chapter 8 asks the question, how can white people be involved in antiracist struggles without centering themselves? Discussing topics including the problematic positions of being the saviour or … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From How do we fix past wrongs without creating new ones? |
Chapter 2 asks the question, how do we fix past wrongs without creating new ones? Topics discussed include the Land Back movement and reparations, Canadian settler-colonial capitalism, and … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
