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Since 1980, 1,200 Canadian aboriginal women have been murdered or have gone missing. This alarming figure reveals a national tragedy…
and the systemic failure of law enforcement and of all levels of government to address the issue. Journalist Emmanuelle Walter spent two years investigating this crisis and has crafted a moving representative account of the disappearance of two young women, Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander, teenagers from western Quebec, who have been missing since September 2008. Via personal testimonies, interviews, press clippings and official documents, Walter pieces together the disappearance and loss of these two young lives, revealing these young women to us through the voices of family members and witnesses. 2015. Uniform title: Soeurs volées : enquête sur un féminicide au Canada.
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Award winning non-fiction, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Over the span of ten years, seven high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The seven were hundreds of…
miles away from their families, forced to leave their reserve because there was no high school there for them to attend. Award-winning journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest, and struggle with, human rights violations past and present against aboriginal communities. Bestseller. Winner of the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize and the 2018 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. 2017.
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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Indigenous peoples, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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The tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as the book contributors look at the roots…
of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for anti-violence work from an Indigenous perspective. They acknowledge the destruction wrought by colonial violence, and also look at controversial topics such as lateral violence, challenges in working with “tradition,” and problematic notions involved in “helping.” Through stories of resilience, resistance, and activism, the editors give voice to powerful personal testimony and allow for the creation of knowledge. 2018.
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Indigenous peoples in Canada, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian politics and government, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Social issues
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The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root…
cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The two volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.
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Indigenous peoples biography, Politics and government, General non-fiction
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The groundbreaking and multiple award-winning national bestseller work about systemic racism, education, the failure of the policing and justice systems,…
and Indigenous rights by Tanya Talaga.Over the span of eleven years, seven Indigenous high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They were hundreds of kilometres away from their families, forced to leave home because there was no adequate high school on their reserves. Five were found dead in the rivers surrounding Lake Superior, below a sacred Indigenous site. Using a sweeping narrative focusing on the lives of the students, award-winning author Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest Canada’s long struggle with human rights violations against Indigenous communities.