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  • We Belong Here

    Gentrification, White Spacemaking, and a Black Sense of Place

    by Shani Adia Evans ...
    A landmark study that shows how Black residents experience and respond to the rapid transformation of historically Black places.Although Portland, Oregon, is sometimes called "America's Whitest city," Black residents who grew up there made it their own. The neighborhoods of Northeast Portland, also called "Albina," were a haven for and a hub of Black community life. But between 1990 and 2010, ... Read more

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  • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

    And Other Conversations About Race

    by Beverly Daniel Tatum ...
    The classic, New York Times-bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America.“An unusually sensitive work about the racial barriers that still divide us in so many areas of life.” ―Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing GraceWalk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own... ... Read more

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  • Ally Is a Verb

    A Guide to Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

    by Rose LeMay ...
    Your next step on the journey of reconciliation starts here.What can you do to be a better ally for your Indigenous colleagues, community members, and friends? By actively listening to the history and current lived experiences of Indigenous peoples, you can take steps to address the inequities they continue to face. Author Rose LeMay notes that if you continually educate yourself, you will see ... Read more

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  • Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

    by Leslie Kern ...
    From the author of the best-selling Feminist City, this urbanite’s guide to gentrification knocks down the myths and exposes the forces behind the most urgent housing crisis of our time.Gentrification is no longer a phenomenon to be debated by geographers or downplayed by urban planners—it’s an experience lived and felt by working-class people everywhere. Leslie Kern travels to Toronto, Vancouver, ... Read more

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  • The Next Hundred Million

    America in 2050

    by Joel Kotkin ...
    Visionary social thinker Joel Kotkin looks ahead to America in 2050, revealing how the addition of one hundred million Americans by midcentury will transform how we all live, work, and prosper.In stark contrast to the rest of the world's advanced nations, the United States is growing at a record rate and, according to census projections, will be home to four hundred million Americans by 2050. This ... Read more

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  • White Working Class

    Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America

    by Joan C. Williams ...
    "I recommend a book by Professor Williams, it is really worth a read, it's called White Working Class." -- Vice President Joe Biden on Pod Save AmericaAn Amazon Best Business and Leadership book of 2017Around the world, populist movements are gaining traction among the white working class. Meanwhile, members of the professional elite—journalists, managers, and establishment politicians--are on the ... Read more

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  • A Matter of Conscience

    by James Bartleman ...
    A novel of love and betrayal dealing with the biggest issues facing Canada’s Indigenous peoples today.In the summer of 1972, a float plane carrying a team of child welfare officials lands on a river flowing through the Yellow Dog Indian reserve. Their mission is to seize the twin babies of an Indigenous couple as part of an illegal scheme cooked up by the federal government to adopt out tens of ... Read more

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  • No More Police

    A Case for Abolition

    by Mariame Kaba, Andrea Ritchie ...
    **An instant national best sellerA persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers**“One of the world’s most prominent advocates, organizers and political educators of the [abolitionist] framework.” —NBCNews.com on Mariame KabaIn this powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why policing doesn’t ... Read more

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  • Racism without Racists

    Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America

    by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva ...
    Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s acclaimed Racism without Racists examines in detail how Whites talk, think, and account for the existence of racial inequality and makes clear that color-blind racism is as insidious now as ever. The sixth edition of this provocative book includes new material on systemic racism and how color-blind racism framed many issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. A revised conclusion ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

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  • Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities

    Transformations and Continuities

    Edited by Heather A. Howard, Craig Proulx ...
    Series series Indigenous Studies
    Since the 1970s, Aboriginal people have been more likely to live in Canadian cities than on reserves or in rural areas. Aboriginal rural-to-urban migration and the development of urban Aboriginal communities represent one of the most significant shifts in the histories and cultures of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The essays in Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities: Transformations and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Black & White

    An Intimate, Multicultural Perspective on "White Advantage" and the Paths to Change

    by Stephen Dorsey ...
    The anticipated debut by a biracial community leader and citizen activist, exploring his lived experience of systemic racism in North America and the paths forward. My race duality has given me a unique perspective on both the Black and white experience in Canada…. What became most evident to me—most universal—was an important need for building bridges of understanding between Black and white ... Read more

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  • A Better Place on Earth

    The Search for Fairness in Super Unequal British Columbia

    by Andrew MacLeod ...
    In British Columbia, like most of the world, the wealth of the richest one percent has grown exponentially in recent decades, while the majority have found their incomes stagnant or even declining. The top 10 percent in BC now hold 56.2 percent of the wealth, a greater share than anywhere else in Canada. Our richest have wealth counted in the billions while the poorest sleep in downtown doorways, ... Read more

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