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Through vignettes, Arthur Bear Chief outlines his experiences at the Old Sun residential school and, later, the trauma of revisiting his experiences for a federal lawsuit. My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell … [Click to Read More]
By Arthur Bear Chief (Author)
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kiyâm is a collection of poems infused with nêhiyawêwin, the Cree language. The collection opens with a guide to Cree pronunciation to assist readers. The poems are divided into three general groups: family, reclamation, and … [Click to Read More]
By Naomi McIlwraith (Author)
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Duty, Honour & Izzat is a photo-realistic, scrapbook-style book focusing on the history of the Indo-Canadian experience. The first of the book’s three parts is a graphic novel of a young boy hearing stories of … [Click to Read More]
By Steven Purewal (Author), Christopher Rawlins (Illustrator), Claude St. Aubin (Illustrator), Ruth Redmond (Illustrator)
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Following up from an earlier book focusing on the War of 1812, The Loxleys and Confederation rejoins the Loxley family in 1864 as Canadian Confederation discussions are taking place. Told through the graphic novel format … [Click to Read More]
By Mark Zuehlke (Author), Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Author), Alexander Finbow (Author), Claude St. Aubin (Illustrator), Christopher Chuckry (Illustrator)
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Formatted as an accessible short memoir, The Sasquatch at Home is a stream of moments from Eden Robinson’s life, delving into relationships, family, place, and identity. Coming from an Indigenous perspective, Robinson discusses protocol and … [Click to Read More]
By Eden Robinson (Author)
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In a critical review of fiction as a mirror tinted by the perspective of an author, Michael Crummey launches a short but deep dive into what exactly fiction is in relation to reality. Most of … [Click to Read More]
By Michael Crummey (Author)
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This uplifting graphic novel focuses on the experiences of Marcus—a young man who has memory problems because of a virus impacting his brain—and Emily—a young woman with a tumour on her brain. A Slug Story … [Click to Read More]
By Mandi Kujawa (Author), Hana Kujawa (Author), Claude St. Aubin (Illustrator), Lovern Kindzierski (Illustrator)
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- Environmental and Outdoor Education
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Using beaver dams as a metaphor for Indigenous blockades, A Short History of the Blockade provides a perspective on Indigenous resistance and resilience. With short chapters but deep meaning, Simpson’s work can be used to … [Click to Read More]
By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Author)
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Presented in Slovenian and English, What We Are When We Are or Kaj smo, ko smo is a collection of poems that almost reads as musings on life, identity, and family. As most of the … [Click to Read More]
By Cvetka Lipuš (Author)
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Combining the graphic novel form with diary and letter-style writings, The Loxleys and the War of 1812 tells the story of the war primarily from a settler family’s (the Loxleys’) perspective. An additional study guide … [Click to Read More]
By Alan Grant (Author), Mark Zuehlke (Author), Claude St. Aubin (Illustrator), Lovern Kindzierski (Illustrator)