Institutional
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() NEW! Abolitionist Intimacies |
In Abolitionist Intimacies, El Jones examines the movement to abolish prisons through the Black feminist principles of care and collectivity. Understanding the history of prisons in Canada in … | El Jones | 192 | 2022 | View |
![]() Bigotry on BroadwayAn Anthology |
In this hard-hitting anthology, Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank have invited a diverse group of informed and accomplished writers, both women and men, who are rarely heard to comment on the … | Carla Blank; Ishmael Reed | 216 | 2021 | View |
![]() Black CopMy 36 years in police work, and my career-ending experiences with official racism |
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 |
![]() NEW! Decolonizing Equity |
Institutions everywhere seem to be increasingly aware of their roles in settler colonialism and anti-Black racism. As such, many racialized workers find themselves tasked with developing equity … | Billie Allan; OmiSoore Dryden; V.C. Rhonda Hackett | 225 | 2022 | View |
![]() NEW! Disarm, Defund, DismantlePolice Abolition in Canada |
Canadian laws are just, the police uphold the rule of law and treat everyone equally, and without the police, communities would descend into chaos and disorder. These entrenched myths, rooted in … | Abby Stadnyk; Kevin Walby; Shiri Pasternak | 224 | 2022 | View |
![]() Everyday EvilWhy Our World Is the Way It Is |
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 Commission of Canada Volume One: SummaryHonouring 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 … | Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada | 544 | 2015 | View |
![]() NEW! 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 … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 128 | 2022 | View |
![]() NEW! Inside OutThe Equity Leader’s Guide to Undoing Institutional Racism |
Providing a roadmap to workplace and organizational change, Inside Out is packed with practical tools for working collectively towards racial justice and dismantling institutional racism. This … | Caprice D. Hollins | 282 | 2022 | View |
![]() The Color of FoodStories of Race, Resilience and Farming |
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 JusticePolicing Race in Canada |
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 WaterEnvironmental 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 … | Ingrid R.G. Waldron | 183 | 2018 | View |
![]() UncleRace, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty |
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 |
![]() NEW! Unravelling ResearchThe Ethics and Politics of Research in the Social Sciences |
Unravelling Research is about the ethics and politics of knowledge production in the social sciences at a time when the academy is pressed to contend with the historical inequities associated … | Teresa Macías | 241 | 2022 | View |
![]() NEW! White BenevolenceRacism and Colonial Violence in the Helping Professions |
When working with Indigenous people, the helping professions —education, social work, health care and justice — reinforce the colonial lie that Indigenous people need saving. In White … | Amanda Gebhard; Sheelah McLean; Verna St. Denis | 289 | 2022 | View |
From ![]() A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats? |
Strategic Inadvertence and Other Shortcomings of the Environmental Justice Lens in Nova Scotia | Ingrid R.G. Waldron | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |