The first edition of Making Space for Indigenous Feminism proposed that Indigenous feminism was a valid and indeed essential theoretical and activist position, and introduced a roster of important Indigenous feminist contributors. This new edition builds on the success and research of the first and provides updated and new chapters that cover a wide range of some of the most important issues facing Indigenous peoples today: violence against women, recovery of Indigenous self-deter...

Lucille Booker was a true prayer warrior and an obedient child of God. She ensured her children, grandchildren, and all the people she encountered had a chance to know God. She was fully dedicated to spreading his word, whether in the pulpit or on the radio or street. She was never without a scripture and a word of encouragement and always offered everything with a smile. She served in the ministry for more than fifty years and always trusted in God for everything.In Find God, Find...

I wrote this poetry from the different aspects of life we encounter times of hopelessness, loneliness, joy, accomplishment and the need to be independent. I hope you will feel the passion, the pain, and the love written in the contents of these pages and come away with the feeling that it gave you some direction or fulfillment that you needed. I do hope this story give teens the courage to say no to abuse when dating, and find the courage to leave a volatile relationship.

As readers head into the second fifty years of the modern critical study of blackness and black characters in Renaissance drama, it has become a critical commonplace to note black female characters’ almost complete absence from Shakespeare’s plays. Despite this physical absence, however, they still play central symbolic roles in articulating definitions of love, beauty, chastity, femininity, and civic and social standing, invoked as the opposite and foil of women who are “fair”. Beginning ...

Once merely a footnote in Restoration and eighteenth-century studies and rarely taught, Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave (1688), by Aphra Behn, is now essential reading for scholars and a classroom favorite. It appears in general surveys and in courses on early modern British writers, postcolonial literature, American literature, women's literature, drama, the slave narrative, and autobiography.Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," provides not only resources for the teacher of...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 bestselling author of 'Indian' in the Cabinet, a groundbreaking and accessible roadmap to advancing true reconciliation across Canada.**There is one question Canadians have asked Jody Wilson-Raybould more than any other: What can I do to help advance reconciliation? It is clear that people from all over the country want to take concrete and tangible action that will make real change. We just need to know how to get started. This boo...

A short story from No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg, perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.Marianne has opened a cafe in memory of her husband: Café Widows. Most customers that walk through the door are middle aged women, accompannied by men whose behaviour is often quite unpleasant. Suddenly there is a policeman on the doorstep, confronting Marianne with the news that there have been several deaths recently. Men of all different ...

Now in a second edition, Social Movements offers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the field's historical background and major theories. Key issues are explored in the context of specific social movements and counter movements active within Canada and around the world, showing how these movements originate, mobilize participants, and bring about social change. Chapters on the women's, Aboriginal, gay and lesbian, environmental, and global justice movements reveal exactly how these g...

Change is always hard, but especially so for a young girl who loses her parents and has to "make a new home." Nancy loved the farm and everything about it and knows she will hate living in the city. Or will she?

In 2008 the Canadian government apologized to the victims of the notorious Indian residential school system, and established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission whose goal was to mend the deep rifts between Aboriginal peoples and the settler society that engineered the system.Unsettling the Settler Within argues that in order to truly participate in the transformative possibilities of reconciliation, non-Aboriginal Canadians must undergo their own process of decolonizati...

By examining the root causes of aboriginal problems, Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard expose the industry that has grown up around land claim settlements, showing that aboriginal policy development over the past thirty years has been manipulated by non-aboriginal lawyers and consultants. They analyse all the major aboriginal policies, examine issues that have received little critical attention - child care, health care, education, traditional knowledge - and propose the comprehensive go...

Trivia-on-Book: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. MaasTake the challenge and share it with friends and family for a time of fun!You may have read the book, but not have liked it.You may have liked the book, but not be a fan.You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan?Trivia-on-Books is an independently curated trivia quiz on the book for r...