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By Kaye Stearman. 1998
Homelessness looks at the many and varied reasons why people find themselves without a permanent place to live. Can there…
ever be long-term solutions to the problems of homelessness and dispossessed people? Or is it too huge and complex an issue ever to be resolved? These are among the questions posed in a book that tackles the subject of homelessness world-wide.By Michele Elliott. 1998
This practical book for parents and children explains what behaviour can be considered as bullying, and what can be done…
about it. It covers everything from examples of how you might answer a bully back, to teaching you how to make friends and restore self- esteem. For junior high readers.By Ed Kirk Pauline. 1994
An anthology of true stories by ten adults who were abused as children, and whose experiences reflect how it can…
happen anywhere, in all social classes and ethnic groups. Often labelled as bad or delinquent because their abuse went unrecognized, they still struggle in forming relationships as adults. However, there is also an optimism apparent as victims become survivors, accepting that they can learn to deal with their abusive experiences, and that they can achieve success.By Thora Hird, Liz Barr. 1995
Thora Hird's book has been produced for friends and supporters of one of her favourite organisations, Help the Aged. It…
brings together a selection of Thora's most-loved prayers, hymns and readings, all introduced in her inimitable and amusing way. It also includes new hymns written by readers of Help the Aged's associate magazine "Yours", many of which are published here for the first time.By Mary Jo Leddy. 1997
Mary Jo Leddy talks about the work done in Romero House, a house for refugees in Toronto. In describing daily…
life in Romero House, she tells the stories of some of the refugees who have passed through its hallways. Some descriptions of violence and torture.By The National Center for Missing, Exploited Children. 2002
One in five children who goes online regularly is approached by strangers for sex, so our children must be educated…
to deal with these experiences. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, a national clearinghouse and resource center, has compiled a number of informational brochures on teen and child safety into one braille book offered through NBP. Topics covered include Parental Tips to Help Keep Your Children Safer, Online Safety for Teens and Preteens, Safety Tips for Halloween, and Babysitters and Daycare. 2002.By Alexa Conradi. 2019
In response to rapid and unsettling social, economic, and climate changes, fearmongering now features as a main component of public…
life. Right-wing nationalist populism has become a hallmark of politics around the world. No less so in Quebec. Alexa Conradi has made it her life's work to understand and to generate thoughtful debate about this worrisome trend. As the first president of Québec solidaire and the president of Canada's largest feminist organisation, the Fédération des femmes du Québec, Conradi refused to shy away from difficult issues: the Charter of Quebec Values, religion and Islam, sovereignty, rape culture and violence against women, extractive industries and the treatment of Indigenous women, austerity policy and the growing gap between rich and poor. This determination to address uncomfortable subjects has made Conradi - an anglo-Montrealer - a sometimes controversial leader. Conradi invites us to take off our rose-coloured glasses and to examine Quebec's treatment of women with more honesty. Through her personal reflections on Quebec politics and culture, she dispels the myth that gender equality has been achieved and paves the way for a more critical understanding of what remains to be done. 2019.By Philippe Lançon. 2018
Alors que l'auteur s'apprête à rejoindre sa compagne aux Etats-Unis, où il doit donner des cours de littérature, il participe…
à la conférence de rédaction de Charlie Hebdo le 7 janvier 2015. Survient l'attentat dont il réchappera, défiguré. Il raconte sa sidération, sa douleur, les greffes, tout en essayant de se refabriquer un lien à l'existence. Prix du Roman-News 2018By Claude Villeneuve. 2013
" Est-il trop tard pour contrer les changements climatiques ? C'est la question à laquelle le spécialiste des changements climatiques,…
Claude Villeneuve, répond, avec clarté et sagesse, dans son nouveau livre préfacé par Frédéric Back. "By Augustin. 2000
Romain chrétien, rompu à la lecture des auteurs païens, Saint-Augustin interroge les textes bibliques à travers les catégories de la…
culture antique. Plus qu'une autobiographie, elles racontent la quête d'une âme tournée vers Dieu qui trouve son point d'orgue dans une réflexion sur le temps.By Amanda Perrot. 2019
What happens when you make all the "responsible" choices, and you still feel like a miserable failure? For Grounded Goodness…
founder, Amanda Perrot, the answer is to get outta town. She crammed her business into a Subaru nicknamed Vladamir to spend 47 days discovering her home province, and what life could look like after her marriage failed. It started as a way to see new parts of Saskatchewan and sell some stuff along the way, but seven weeks later she'd learned more about herself and the power of community than she ever expected. Amanda offers a glimpse of hope for women who know they would be happier if they left their marriage but don’t have an obvious or clear reason to point to when they explain why they want a divorce. This is a first-hand story of transformation that reassures us of the goodness and positivity that can come out of making the terrifying leap back into single life, and inspired to have our own difficult conversations. This is a story for every woman who is tired of questioning herself and wants the unvarnished truth of what happens when we learn to: honour ourselves; be confident about what we want and need; commit to our own happiness; stop beating ourselves up; and, let our intuition take the lead.By Dominique Fortier. 2019
Cet ouvrage est un répertoire de miracles fragiles et minuscules que nous avons choisi de garder comme on conserve les…
fleurs entre les pages d'un livre pour pouvoir continuer à les admirer en hiver - une manière d'antidote au cynisme, à l'absurde, au découragement qui nous assaillent du dedans comme du dehors. Un tout petit acte de résistanceBy Tina Horn, Melissa Gira Grant. 2021
This collection of narrative essays by sex workers presents a crystal-clear rejoinder: there's never been a better time to fight…
for justice. Responding to the resurgence of the #MeToo movement in 2017, sex workers from across the industry—hookers and prostitutes, strippers and dancers, porn stars, cam models, Dommes and subs alike—complicate narratives of sexual harassment and violence, and expand conversations often limited to normative workplaces.Writing across topics such as homelessness, motherhood, and toxic masculinity,We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival gives voice to the fight for agency and accountability across sex industries. With contributions by leading voices in the movement such as Melissa Gira Grant, Ceyenne Doroshow, Audacia Ray, femi babylon, April Flores, and Yin Q, this anthology explores sex work as work, and sex workers as laboring subjects in need of respect—not rescue.A portion of this book's net proceeds will be donated to SWOP Behind Bars (SBB).By Sarah Ratchford. 2021
According to the World Health Organization, one in three women will be sexually or physically assaulted in her lifetime. These…
rates are very similar for non-binary people and other feminized people, too. This is rape culture, and young adults are living through it here and now. Fired Up about Consent is a practical, survivor-informed primer for young people who want to learn how to build joyful, mutually satisfying sex lives and relationships. In these pages, author Sarah Ratchford defines rape and sexual assault, busts the myths behind toothless messaging and outdated advice, and provides sex-positive scripts on how to ask for and offer a clear, enthusiastic, and freely given “Yes!” Along the way, Ratchford touches on topics such as #MeToo, gender identity, masturbation, virginity, porn, sex work, reporting assault, and more, all through a radically inclusive and intersectional lens. The message is loud and clear: not only is consent sexy, it’s mandatory—and everyone deserves frank and empowering literacy around it. Only with empathy, compassion, and resistance can we move forward into a new culture of consent.By Allan Bartley. 2020
By National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. 2019
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.By Daphne B., Alex Manley. 2021
A nuanced, feminist, and deeply personal take on beauty culture and YouTube consumerism, in the tradition of Maggie Nelson’s Bluets…
As Daphné B. obsessively watches YouTube makeup tutorials and haunts Sephora’s website, she’s increasingly troubled by the ways in which this obsession contradicts her anti-capitalist and intersectional feminist politics. In this poetic treatise, she rejects the false binaries of traditional beauty standards and delves into the celebrities and influencers, from Kylie to Grimes, and the poets and philosophers, from Anne Boyer to Audre Lorde, who have shaped the reflection she sees in the mirror. At once confessional and essayistic, Made-Up is a meditation on the makeup that colours, that obscures, that highlights who we are and who we wish we could be. The original French-language edition was a cult hit in Quebec. Translated by Alex Manley—like Daphné, a Montreal poet and essayist—the book’s English-language text crackles with life, retaining the flair and verve of the original, and ensuring that a book on beauty is no less beautiful than its subject matter. “The most radical book of 2020 talks about makeup. Radical in the intransigence with which Daphne B hunts down the parts of her imagination that capitalism has phagocytized. Radical also in its rejection of false binaries (the authentic and the fake, the futile and the essential) through the lens of which such a subject is generally considered. With the help of a heady combination of pop cultural criticism and autobiography, a poet scrutinizes her contradictions. They are also ours.” —Dominic Tardif, Le Devoir “[Made-Up] is a delight. I read it in one go. And when, out of necessity, I had to put it down, it was with regret and with the feeling that I was giving up what could save me from a catastrophe.” —Laurence Fournier, Lettres Québécoises, five stars "Made-Up is a radiant, shimmering blend of memoir and cultural criticism that uses beauty culture as an entry point to interrogating the ugly contradictions of late capitalism. In short, urgent chapters laced with humor and wide-ranging references, Daphné B. plumbs the depths of a rich topic that’s typically dismissed as shallow. I imagine her writing it in eye pencil, using makeup to tell the story of her life, as so many women do." —Amy Berkowitz, author of Tender Points "A companion through the thicket of late stage capitalism, a lucid and poetic mirror for anyone whose image exists on a screen." —Rachel Kauder Nalebuff "Made-Up is anything but—committed to the grit of our current realities, Daphné B directs her piercing eye on capitalism in an intimate portrayal of what it means to love, and how to paint ourselves in the process. Alex Manley has gifted English audiences with a nuanced translation of a critical feminist text, exploring love and make-up as a transformative social tool." —Sruti Islam "The book will leave you both laughing in recognition and wincing at the reality of the beauty world’s impact on our collective psyche." —Chatelaine d"[Made-Up] examines the intersection of beauty culture and consumer culture... Aided by the work of writers like Anne Carson, Anne Boyer, Amanda Hess, and Arabelle Sicardi... B. makes sharp observations about the ideologies behind both beauty [...] and consumerism." —Bitch Media "Made-Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture under Late Capitalism is well worth reading." —Literary Review of Canada "[Made-Up], newly translated by writer/poet Alex Manley from its original French, puts an i