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History and Current Events April 2022
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Ancestors : Indigenous Peoples of Western Canada in Historic Photographs
by Sarah Carter
This exhibition catalogue introduces historic photographs of Indigenous peoples of Western Canada from a collection housed at the University of Alberta's Bruce Peel Special Collections. The publication focuses on the ancestors represented in the collection and how their images continue to generate stories and meanings in the present. The selected photographs contribute to a richer, deeper understanding of the past. There is strength, character, persistence, determination, artwork, humour, dance, celebration, and so much more in the photographs.
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The Black history book
by Nemata Amelia Blyden
Bringing together accounts of the most significant ideas and milestones in Black history and culture, this important and thought-provoking book offers a bold and accessible overview of the history of the African continent and its peoples.
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The Call of the Red-winged Blackbird : Essays on the Common and Extraordinary
by Tim Bowling
In this collection of essays Tim Bowling picks up the common questions, and beauties, of life and examines them closely. From questions of love and money to the search for solitude in a clamouring world, to poetry and the place of art today, Bowling writes thoughtfully on what it means to be alive. In the end, we come back to the moon, the trees, the salmon that swim to the sea and the call of the red-winged blackbird, which his mother imitated to call him inside at night, as a child.
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Carefree black girls : a celebration of black women in popular culture
by Zeba Blay
A film and culture critic, who was one of the first people to coin the viral term #carefreeblackgirls on Twitter, presents essays in which she expands on this initial idea by delving into the work and lasting achievements of influential Black women in American culture.
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Commanding Hope : The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril
by Thomas Homer-dixon
For over three decades, Thomas Homer-Dixon has examined the threats to our future security, predicting a deteriorating global environment, extreme economic stresses, social instability and wide political violence if humankind continued on its current course. In Commanding Hope, Homer-Dixon lays out the tools we can command to rescue a world on the brink.
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Consumed : the need for collective change : colonialism, climate change, and consumerism
by Aja Barber
In Consumed, Barber calls for change within an industry that regularly overreaches with abandon, creating real imbalances in the environment and the lives of those who do the work--often in unsafe conditions for very low pay--and the billionaires who receive the most profit. A story told in two parts, Barber exposes the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the textile industry, one which brokered slavery, racism, and today's wealth inequality.
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Di-bayn-di-zi-win to Own Ourselves : Embodying Ojibway-anishinabe Ways
by Jerry Fontaine
A collaboration exploring the importance of the Ojibway-Anishinabe worldview, use of ceremony, and language in living a good life, attaining true reconciliation, and resisting the notions of indigenization and colonialization inherent in Western institutions. Indigenization within the academy and the idea of truth and reconciliation within Canada have been seen as the remedy to correct the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canadian society.
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The far land : 200 years of murder, mania, and mutiny in the South Pacific
by Brandon Presser
The perfect hideaway from British authorities in 1808, Pitcairn Island harbored fugitives and, after two decades, devolved into a real-life Lord of the Flies and, to this day, it’s diabolical past still looms over the island’s 48 residents, descendants of the original mutineers.
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Generations : The Sobey Family and Canadian Art Over three generations, the Sobey family of Nova Scotia has demonstrated their discerning and enthusiastic commitment to Canadian art. Accompanying a major exhibition at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the prestigious Sobey Art Award, Generations tells the story of a visionary family and their engagement with Canadian and Indigenous art.
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Home Water Systems
by Paul R. Wonning
Home water systems is a primer for the homeowner about water sources like lakes, streams, and wells. It provides a basic overview of water filtration systems, wells and other water sources for the home.
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Make the World New : The Poetry of Lillian Allen
by Lillian Allen
In the current historical movement for Black Lives, protests for racial justice and calls for institutional change, these poems echo with meaningful resonance while also reminding us of the long struggles for change. Allen's afterword includes the writer's reflections on her process and poetics and the social and cultural impact of the work.
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Miskwagoode
by Annharte
Taken from the Anishinaabe word for "woman," Miskwagoode is a lyrical portrayal of unreconciled Indigenous experience under colonialism, past and present.
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Operation Payback
by Lubomyr Y Luciuk
Soviet disinformation and alleged Nazi war criminals in North America.
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Red-handed : how American elites get rich helping China win
by 1964- Schweizer, Peter
"The #1 bestselling author of Profiles in Corruption and Secret Empires, Peter Schweizer, is back with his next blockbuster. This time, the six-time bestselling author will expose how foreign governments influence Washington"
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Standoff : Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It
by Bruce Mcivor
By weaving in personal stories of growing up Métis on the fringes of the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba and representing First Nations in court and negotiations, McIvor brings to life the human side of the law and politics surrounding Indigenous peoples' ongoing struggle for fairness and justice.
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Where the Power Is : Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art
by Karen Duffek
Dozens of Indigenous artists and community members visited the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia to engage with these objects and learn from the hands of their ancestors. The photographs and their commentaries speak to the connections between tangible and intangible cultural belongings; how "art" remains part of Northwest Coast peoples' ongoing relationships to their territories and governance; Indigenous experiences of reconnection, reclamation, and return; and critical and necessary conversations around the role of museums.
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