Social Science
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"I Had a Swell Time"
The Diary of a Young Girl Searching for Love in the 1930s by Bernice Hodgins
Have you ever wanted to read someone else’s diary? What if the writer of that diary lived almost 100 years ago? Bernice Hodgins, born in 1916 in Seaforth, Canada, received a diary for her 12th birthday. She began to record her everyday...
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In the Company of Men
Who We Are And How We Become by Patricia Carlson
When Patricia Carlson walked through the doors of a men’s homeless shelter in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1995, she had no idea how profoundly her life—and the lives of countless others—would be changed. As the first female director of a...
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You're on Mute
13 Lessons for Women Frustrated with the Tech Sector by Marie Wiese
This was never meant to be a book that offered tidy solutions. Instead, it’s a declaration. A refusal to stay quiet. A chorus of voices from women who have spent years, and in many cases, decades, pushing against an industry that often erases...
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sinaakssin
picture-writing protocol as Indigenous methodology by dr. linda manyguns
sinăăkssin is grounded in cultural practice and insists on writing about research from an Indigenous perspective, focusing on the theme of Indigenous communication methods and emphasizing that culture is alive and capable of influencing research...
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Our Home and Treaty Land
Revised and Expanded Edition by Raymond C. Aldred and Matthew R. Anderson
Our Home and Treaty Land addresses the critical need for non-Indigenous peoples to face their past with honesty in order to navigate a harmonious way forward. In this revised edition, co-authors Ray Aldred and Matthew Anderson take you on an...
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Bold Women, Sustainable Futures
Leadership Lessons in an Age of Resistance by Supriya Verma
What do we do now? How do we move forward in a world moving backward? Around the world, women bear the brunt of the climate crisis—yet remain the least likely to hold positions of power or decision-making in shaping its solutions. As women face...
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The Social Blueprint
by Ian Bingham and Abigail Bingham
If a person is being dragged to the bottom of the sea, manacled to an anchor, is it better that they should scream away their air in wasteful bubbles, or to find in their pocket the key to the lock that shackles them? With the many flaws and...
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Nomenclature Of An Idle Thought
by Isheiko Cleare
"And the irony of life was how long it took me to realize how short it is." In this unflinching collection of aphorisms, Isheiko Cleare reflects on love and loneliness, power and faith, childhood and identity. With a voice that’s inquisitive,...
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The Making of a Radical Immigrant
by Ivana Caccia
The radical immigrant in the title of this book, Edo Jardas, was a young Croatian who arrived in Canada in May 1926 and worked for several years as a lumberjack in the hinterland of British Columbia. He was a loyal member of the Communist Party...
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TIZITA
A Memoir of Perseverance and Enchantment by Marian Dodds
Traversing personal narrative and broader social themes, this memoir will resonate with anyone who’s ever felt compelled to do good in the world, whether in person or by donation. Vivid descriptions, historical context and personal insights offer...
