The Reading Room
November 2025
The daughter of a Danish father and a Cree mother tells the stories of La Ronge from the fur trade, through the development of churches, schools, and various governments, until the 1970s.
Argues that we can and should dismantle the Indian Act, that there are examples of effective Indigenous self-government arrangements and that negotiating more such arrangements is an absolute necessity.
As the Soviet threat evolved in the early Cold War, the world was watching. Barnes draws on recently declassified sources to offer a new perspective on Canada’s policies for the defence of North America from 1946 to 1964.
From 1975-1997 over 210,000 Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians fled atrocities to resettle in Canada. Based on interviews with former refugees, the authors share accounts of oppression, concentration camps, genocide, and perilous escapes over land and sea.
The 2025 federal election split Canada in two. One side was convinced that Canada had been broken by years of mismanagement. The other was motivated by the threat posed by Donald Trump. Ling watched it all from up close.
Centered around the Orange Shirt Day movement, Webstad shares a series of conversations and insights, that challenge readers to explore decolonization, Indigenization, healing, and every person's responsibility to honour Truth and Reconciliation.
The story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history. Written with candor, a unique perspective, and the pace of a page-turning novel, Kamala Harris takes you inside the race for the presidency.
Challenging the myth of a meritocratic society, Osberg focuses on upward and downward mobility, taxation of large inheritances, the role of unions, and the impact of social policies. The book calls for a fairer, more just economy.
A history of Black Canadian journalism from the abolitionist era to the modern civil rights era that highlights how journalists countered mainstream portrayals of their community. Positions Black journalists, editors, publishers, and readers as influential intellectual activists.
Offers tactics to keep high performers engaged and loyal to your organization, including how to create the right environment and opportunities, shape professional development, and build a workplace where your stars want to excel.
From the telegraph to the digital age, this book examines the role of public broadcasting in the context of regulation, private capital, and foreign programming. Concludes with suggestions for encouraging the creation of distinctively Canadian programming.
In 1951, the Sioux Lookout Pelican Lake Indian Residential School Black Hawks hockey team embarked on a whirlwind promotional tour. The authors recontextualize photos from the tour, revealing the complicated role of sports in residential school histories.
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