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Books by or about Indigenous peoples in BC.
The Gathering Tree

The Gathering Tree

by Larry Loyie, with Constance Brissenden, illustrated by Heather D. Holmlund
edition:Paperback
tagged : native canadian, diseases, illnesses & injuries

The Gathering Tree is a beautifully illustrated children's book about HIV/AIDS. Written by award-winning First Nations author Larry Loyie and co-author Constance Brissenden, it is a gentle, positive story of a First Nations family facing HIV. After eleven-year-old Tyler and his younger sister Shay-Lyn learn their favorite cousin Robert has HIV, they discover that knowledge brings understanding and self-awareness. Aspects of physical, spiritual, mental and emotional health are addressed.

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The Equity Myth

The Equity Myth

Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities
by Frances Henry; Enakshi Dua; Carl E. James; Audrey Kobayashi; Peter Li; Howard Ramos & Malinda S. Smith
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook Hardcover
tagged : discrimination & race relations, higher

The university is often regarded as a bastion of liberal democracy where equity and diversity are promoted and racism doesn’t exist. In reality, the university still excludes many people and is a site of racialization that is subtle, complex, and sophisticated. While some studies do point to the persistence of systemic barriers to equity in higher education, in-depth analyses of racism, racialization, and Indigeneity in the academy are more notable for excluding racialized and Indigenous profe …

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The Equity Myth

The Equity Myth

Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities
by Frances Henry; Enakshi Dua; Carl E. James; Audrey Kobayashi; Peter Li; Howard Ramos & Malinda S. Smith
edition:Hardcover
also available: Paperback
tagged : discrimination & race relations, higher

The university is often regarded as a bastion of liberal democracy where equity and diversity are vigorously promoted. In reality, the university still excludes many people and is a site of racialization that is subtle, complex, and sophisticated. This book, the first comprehensive, data-based study of racialized and Indigenous faculty members’ experiences in Canadian universities, challenges the myth of equity in higher education. Drawing on a rich body of survey data, interviews, and analysi …

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The Equity Myth

The Equity Myth

Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities
by Frances Henry; Enakshi Dua; Carl E. James; Audrey Kobayashi; Peter Li; Howard Ramos & Malinda S. Smith
edition:eBook
also available: Hardcover
tagged : discrimination & race relations, higher

The university is often regarded as a bastion of liberal democracy where equity and diversity are promoted and racism doesn’t exist. In reality, the university still excludes many people and is a site of racialization that is subtle, complex, and sophisticated. While some studies do point to the persistence of systemic barriers to equity in higher education, in-depth analyses of racism, racialization, and Indigeneity in the academy are more notable for excluding racialized and Indigenous profe …

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The Language of Family

The Language of Family

Stories of Bonds and Belonging
edited by Michelle van der Merwe
edition:Paperback
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What is family? Is it defined by blood and birth? Or can we invite whomever we want into that intimate embrace?

The Royal BC Museum's new book, The Language of Family: Stories of Bonds and Belonging, invites readers to pull up a guest chair at the family table.

Twenty contributors from across British Columbia – museum curators, cultural luminaries, writers and thinkers young and old, from First Nations, LGBTQ, Japanese Canadian and Punjabi communities, among others – share their vastly differe …

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Bad Endings

Bad Endings

by Carleigh Baker
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback Audiobook (CD)
tagged : short stories (single author)

Finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award. Top 100 of 2017, Globe and Mail.

“… Baker pushes readers to reconsider their desire for resolution. Eschewing the easy, the neat, the smoothed over, allows us to consider the things about ourselves we might not like. There’s a political dimension to this. One thread running through this book is the threat of environmental collapse – drought, massive bee death, dwindling salmon stock – and h …

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From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea

From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea

text by Kai Cheng Thom, illustrated by Kai Yun Ching & Wai-Yant Li
edition:Hardcover
tagged : lgbt, alternative family, asian american

A magical gender variant child brings transformation and change to the world around them thanks to their mother's enduring love.

In the magical time between night and day, when both the sun and the moon are in the sky, a child is born in a little blue house on a hill. And Miu Lan is not just any child, but one who can change into any shape they can imagine. The only problem is they can't decide what to be: a boy or a girl? A bird or a fish? A flower or a shooting star? At school, though, they mus …

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Song of Batoche

Song of Batoche

by Maia Caron
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : literary, historical, native american & aboriginal

The stunning debut by the author of the Globe & Mail bestseller The Last Secret. "Ambitious, broad, sweeping, historical mystery.” - Shelagh Rogers, The Last Chapter

Louis Riel arrives at Batoche in 1884 to help the Métis fight for their lands and discovers that the rebellious outsider Josette Lavoie is a granddaughter of the famous chief Big Bear, whom he needs as an ally. But Josette learns of Riel’s hidden agenda - to establish a separate state with his new church at its head - and refuse …

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