Burnley "Rocky" Jones, Revolutionary: An Autobiography
By: Burnley Jones
4.17
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
"The life, work and activism of Rocky Jones are central to African-Canadian history and the civil r…
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1. Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism
By: Derrick A. Bell
4.35
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
The noted civil rights activist uses allegory and historical example to present a radical vision of… read more
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"Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform."-Derrick A. Bell, Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism
2. Petticoats And Prejudice: Women And Law In Nineteenth Century Canada
By: Constance Backhouse
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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3. A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
By: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada , None , Phil Fontaine , Aimée Craft
3.70
Format: None pages, Paperback
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4. The Story of Jane Doe
By: Jane Doe
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Startling, incisive and surprisingly funny, this is the true story of a woman who challenged stereo… read more
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5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
By: Philip K. Dick
4.09
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans o… read more
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"An android,"-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"Mors certa, vita incerta,"-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"Mankind needs more empathy."-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"Frankly, you look more like a goat man to me."-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
6. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
By: Caroline Criado Pérez
4.35
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and… read more
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"When planners fail to account for gender, public spaces become male spaces by default."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"It's not always easy to convince someone a need exists, if they don't have that need themselves."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"You don’t have to realise you’re being discriminated against to in fact be discriminated against."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid for her work."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
7. Pageboy
By: Elliot Page
3.75
Format: 271 pages, None
Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page… read more
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"Her visibility meant the world to me. I think about this as I walk through the world now."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"How do people do it? How do they shut off the noise? And I don't mean "happy", they may not be happy, but they seem to be able to exist at least."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"In a world where queerness all too often alienates us from blood, I am grateful to Julia, and the family I have chosen. Without them, I wouldn't be here."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"I could block myself out, I was a person I didn't know, I'd gaze into what felt like the universe, my eye a planet of its own. I must be somewhere in there, I'd think."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
8. The Sleeping Car Porter
By: Suzette Mayr
3.46
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more
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"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
9. The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
By: Desmond Cole
4.45
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
A bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and unco… read more
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"The false promise of objectivity in journalism reinforces white supremacy."-Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
"it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy—white settlers deny Black communities the necessities of life, then blame us for the social dysfunction that follows."-Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
"This idea that Canada's racial injustices are not as bad as they could be, this notion of Slavery Lite, of Racism Lite, of what my friend calls the "toy version of racism" is a very Canadian way of s…"-Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
10. Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law
By: Beverley McLachlin
4.28
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin offers an intimate and revea… read more
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11. Burnley "Rocky" Jones, Revolutionary: An Autobiography
By: Burnley Jones
4.17
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
"The life, work and activism of Rocky Jones are central to African-Canadian history and the civil r… read more
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12. Reckoning with Racism: Police, Judges, and the RDS Case (Landmark Cases in Canadian Law)
By: Constance Backhouse
4.69
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1997, complacency about the racial neutrality of a predominantly white judiciary was shattered a… read more
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