Social Science, Activism & Social Justice
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In the Company of Men
Who We Are And How We Become
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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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The Social Blueprint
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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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Bold Women, Sustainable Futures
Leadership Lessons in an Age of Resistance
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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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Holding HIV
Poems of HOPE
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What could an HIV cure mean? Holding HIV shares the raw, poetic voices of 27 San Francisco community members living with or affected by HIV. Born from the HOPE Research Collaboratory’s Community Arts Integrated Research program, this collection...
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The Audacity of Inclusion
Fighting for the Equality of Persons Labelled Intellectually Disabled
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One beautiful, surprisingly warm spring morning on the isolated islands of Haida Gwaii, an insight smacked Dulcie McCallum in the face with the force of an unexpected tsunami: at the heart of it all, the law was the culprit. Rather than promoting...
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Out of Sight!
Memoir of a San Francisco Hippie
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What was it like to be in the midst of the counterculture movement as a white teen girl with a critical eye? Out of Sight! is Barbara Sanford Rahder’s memoir, a coming-of-age story set in the iconic time and place of 1960s San Francisco. At...
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When Men Buy Sex: Who Really Pays?
Canadian Stories of Exploitation, Survival, and Advocacy
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Andrea Heinz, former sex seller, and Kathy King, bereaved mother, invite readers to confront the dark reality of prostitution and its connection to human trafficking. This contemporary literature review is accompanied by voices of experiential...
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A Pocket Guide to Pronouns
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A Pocket Guide to Pronouns is here to answer questions about pronouns, pronoun etiquette, and steps toward allyship and inclusiveness! With activities, short stories, and exercises to practice throughout, this pocket guide includes the following:...
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210° Celsius
16 Ways the Truckers Ignited Canada for the Long Haul
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From late January to mid February 2022, the eyes of Canada—and indeed, the world—were on Ottawa, Ontario as the Trucker Freedom Convoy converged from all parts of the nation. They were there to tell Prime Minister Trudeau that enough was enough,...
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The Rats Had Never Left
Conquering Colonists & Systemic Racism
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Systemic racism underlies post-colonial societies, due in part to the undeniable legacy of historical racism. The conquering colonist (often mistakenly referred to as the “settler-colonist”) dominated the colonized, especially their minds....
