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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Black Cop My 36 years in police work, and my career-ending experiences with official racism James Lorimer and Company	Calvin Lawrence became a cop at age twenty. He was recruited by the Halifax police department at a time of heightened racial tension in the city. From the start, some fellow African Canadians …	Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe	272	2019	View
Everyday Evil Why Our World Is the Way It Is twp	Instead of the epic, alien force of our imagination, anthropologist Monique Layton argues that evil is intrinsic to our humanity, constantly evolving with modern notions of morality. Much of the …	Monique Layton	270	2019	View
Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Comission of Canada Volume One: Summary Honouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future James Lorimer and Company	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 …	Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada	544	2015	View
The Color of Food Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming New Society Publishers	Imagine the typical American farmer. Many people visualize sun-roughened skin, faded overalls, and calloused hands-hands that are usually white. While there’s no doubt the growing trend of …	Natasha Bowens	242	2015	View
The Colour of Justice Policing Race in Canada Irwin Law Inc.	The colour of justice in Canada is largely driven by stereotypical assumptions about crime and those who commit it. Over the last few years, the use of race, ethnicity, and religion as indicators …	David M. Tanovich	275	2006	View
There’s Something in the Water Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Ingrid R.G. Waldron	183	2018	View
NEW! Uncle Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty Coach House Books	Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O. J. Simpson and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, …	Cheryl Thompson	272	2021	View
From A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats? From: There's Something in the Water Preview Fernwood Publishing	Strategic Inadvertence and Other Shortcomings of the Environmental Justice Lens in Nova Scotia	Ingrid R.G. Waldron	20	2018	$2.00 Add
From Black Consciousness From: Black Cop Preview James Lorimer and Company	A brief overview of Calvin’s early life growing up in Yarmouth, N.S. Details his early experiences with racism and the 1960s black community in Nova Scotia.	Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe	28	2019	$2.80 Add
From Brown Girl Farming From: The Color of Food Preview New Society Publishers	In the introduction, the author discusses her introduction to organic farming, and how the food and farm movement has excluded people of colour.	Natasha Bowens	6	2015	$0.60 Add
From Introduction From: The Colour of Justice Preview Collection: Systemic Racism and Discrimination in Canadian Policing and Courts Irwin Law Inc.	The introduction lays out the prevalence of the problem of racial profiling among police encounters in Canada and frames the purpose, driving questions and methodologies of the book.	David M. Tanovich	5	2006	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Uncle Preview Coach House Books	In the introduction, the author discusses her lifelong fascination with the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.	Cheryl Thompson	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From Preface From: Everyday Evil Preview twp	Preface	Monique Layton	6	2019	$0.60 Add
From Boxing Life From: Black Cop Preview James Lorimer and Company	Calvin details his experiences as an amateur boxer.	Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe	12	2019	$1.20 Add
From Chapter 1 What is it? From: The Colour of Justice Preview Collection: Systemic Racism and Discrimination in Canadian Policing and Courts Irwin Law Inc.	Chapter one defines and outlines the scope of racial profiling in Canada by police with a case study whereby an unwarranted police encounter was challenged, resulting in a police strike in …	David M. Tanovich	22	2006	$2.20 Add
From Chapter 1 Oh Human Nature From: Everyday Evil Preview twp	Readings in this chapter include the following topics: Good and Evil – Order and Dissonance – Intent and Consequence – Conscience and Redemption – Free Will and …	Monique Layton	20	2019	$2.00 Add

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