In a moment where unlawful pipelines are built on Indigenous territories, the RCMP make illegal arrests of land defenders on unceded lands, and anti-Indigenous racism permeates on social media; the government lie that is reconciliation...
Social justice
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Author:Palmater, PamelaSummary: -
Author:Summary:Thunder at Michigan and Thunder in the Heartland is about a chronicle of changes that took place in a small school in a major Midwestern university. The change that took place had a profound impact upon both the students and faculty...
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Author:Nouwen, Henri J. M.Summary:Throughout his life Henri Nouwen stressed the connection between intimacy with Christ and solidarity with a wounded world. From his early support for the civil rights movement, through his engagement in the cause of peace, to his life...
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Author:Freeman, JohnSummary:Thirty-six major contemporary writers examine life in a deeply divided America-including Anthony Doerr, Ann Patchett, Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, Hector Tobar, Joyce Carol Oates, Edwidge Danticat, Richard Russo, Eula Bliss, Karen...
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Author:Armstrong, SallySummary:The facts are indisputable. When women get even a bit of education, the whole of society improves. When they get a bit of healthcare, everyone lives longer. In many ways, it has never been a better time to be a woman: a fundamental...
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The facts are indisputable. When women get even a bit of education, the whole of society improves. When they get a bit of healthcare, everyone lives longer. In many ways, it has never been a better time to be a woman: a fundamental...
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Author:Tolan, RobbieSummary:The harrowing true story of Robbie Tolan, a young black man who was shot in the chest by a white police officer ... in his own driveway. NO JUSTICE is the harrowing story of Robbie Tolan, who early on one New Year's Eve morning, found...
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Author:Ross, RupertSummary:Imagine a world in which people see themselves as embedded in the natural order, with ethical responsibilities not only toward each other, but also toward rocks, trees, water and all nature. Imagine seeing yourself not as a master of...
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Author:Mason-John, ValerieSummary:"Valerie Mason-John's poetry collection, I Am Still Your Negro, blends spoken word and hashtags with villanelles, sonnets, and haiku to traverse the African Diaspora experience through place, time, and circumstance. Blak Inglis street...
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Author:Summary:The goal of Environmental Crisis or Crisis of Epistemology? is to challenge us to think that how we know the world and what we choose to do with what we know is fundamental to our environmental crisis. Environmental Crisis or Crisis of...
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Author:Urbaniak, TomSummary:With these 61 readable essays, Cape Breton's Tom Urbaniak brings a courageous, critical and constructive eye to problems of our time. Whether it's revitalizing struggling communities, harnessing the power of small investors,...
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Author:Baum, GregorySummary:In the forthright style that has earned him a reputation for controversy, theologian Gregory Baum presents the Faith and Justice movement in the churches -- especially the Roman Catholic Church -- together with the considerable...
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Author:Paisley, ErinneSummary:Being a feminist can mean different things to different people, but one thing it always includes is the belief in equality and human rights. Whether you are talking with one close friend or hanging out with a group of classmates, it...
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John Reilly's first book, Bad Medicine, was an immediate sensation and Canadian bestseller that sparked controversy and elicited praise nationwide for its honest portrayal of First Nations tribal corruption. This revised and...
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Author:Riordon, MichaelSummary:An Unauthorized Biography of the World explores the practice of engaged oral history: the difficult, sometimes dangerous work of recovering fragments of human story that have gone missing from the official versions. Michael Riordon has...
- Author:Simpson, Leanne BetasamosakeSummary:
In A Short History of the Blockade, award-winning writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson uses Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg stories, storytelling aesthetics, and practices to explore the generative nature of Indigenous blockades through our...
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Author:Jones, KariSummary:Fair trade is not about spending more money or buying more stuff. It's about helping producers in developing countries get a fair price for their goods. In A Fair Deal: Shopping for Social Justice, Kari Jones provides a history of trade...
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This nonfiction book in the Footprints series, illustrated with color photographs throughout, looks at trade from the perspective of making it fair for all people.
