Racism

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“Too Asian”?

Racism and Post-Secondary Education

 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 … ; ; ; 224 View

Black Geographies

and the Politics of Place

 Black Geographies and the Politics of Place is an interdisciplinary collection of essays in black geographic theory. Fourteen authors address specific geographic sites and develop their … 272 View

Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Comission of Canada Volume One: Summary

Honouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future

 This is the Final Report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these … 544 Free! View

The Skin I’m In

Racism, Sports and Education

 This book discusses the role that sport participation plays in the lives of Black male high school students. As a former professional athlete himself, the author brings a firsthand personal … 136 View

There’s Something in the Water

Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities

 In “There’s Something In The Water”, Ingrid R. G. Waldron examines the legacy of environmental racism and its health impacts in Indigenous and Black communities in Canada, using … 183 View

You Must Be a Basketball Player

Rethinking Integration in the University

 “Courageous and peerless, accessible and engaging, Stewart’s critique of the unseemly whiteness of the academy is a tour de force. His account of white academic privilege, … 126 View
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“No One Knows the Mysteries at the Bottom of the Ocean”

From: Black Geographies

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 Introduction to the themes of the book. Found in black geographies are a history of brutal segregation and erasure, but also processes that inform a different or new approach to the production of … ; 13 $1.30 Add
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A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats?

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 Strategic Inadvertence and Other Shortcomings of the Environmental Justice Lens in Nova Scotia 20 $2.00 Add
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Introduction

From: “Too Asian”?

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 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. 14 $1.40 Add
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Introduction

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Reflections of a Tenured Black Sheep, or How the University Looks to Me

From: You Must Be a Basketball Player

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Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities, and Community Health Project

From: There's Something in the Water

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 Blurring the Boundaries between Community and the Ivory Tower 16 $1.60 Add
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Experiences of Black People in Canadian Society

From: The Skin I'm In

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Introduction

From: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Comission of Canada Volume One: Summary

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 An overview of what Residential Schools were and provides the history of reconciliation in Canada. Defines reconciliation as a relationship. 26 $0.00 Add
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Part 1 The Myth of Merit The Mythical Meritocracy, or Is the Best Candidate Ever Simply the Best?

From: You Must Be a Basketball Player

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The Parable of the Textbook

Education, Meritocracy, and Why History Matters

From: “Too Asian”?

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 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 … 12 $1.20 Add