The Reading Room
February 2026
“So what's it like to be the mayor?" Don Atchison, former Saskatoon city councillor and the city’s longest-serving mayor, reflects on his life as a politician and explores the history of the development of Saskatoon.
Uncovers the activism of Indigenous women in Kanata’s West, including Saskatchewan, from the 1930s to the 1980s. Emphasizes how everyday acts – caregiving, organizing, legal activism, and advocacy – formed a powerful political movement.
Explores the factors that led to WWII, the rise of Nazism, and the responses of Canada and the UK. Describes the air base plan and its successes, including the training facility near Mossbank, Saskatchewan.
An accessible chronicle of Canada’s leaders from Sir John A. Macdonald in 1867 to Mark Carney in 2025. Captures the defining moments of each prime minister’s time in office and explores how their reputations have evolved.
Vigars, who travelled with Terry Fox and led a publicity campaign about his journey, tells the inside story of the Marathon of Hope – the logistical nightmares, boardroom battles, and moments of pure magic.
Curates Canada’s most unique and memorable experiences, journeying to every province and territory to reveal the activities and destinations one can only do in Canada. Spans nature, adventure, culture, history, food, and the bizarre.
What might it mean to truly listen to water? Simpson traces the historical and cultural interactions of Indigenous peoples with water in all its forms, weaving Nishnaabeg stories with her own thought and lived experience.
Provides a comprehensive account of nearly four hundred years of state-sanctioned surveillance, criminalization and punishment of Black lives in Canada, while highlighting the ubiquity of Black resistance.
Historically, Indigenous art and cultural expression have been examined within Canadian or international legal contexts. This book turns to Indigenous legal orders, revealing ways to understand intellectual property law within Indigenous societies.
Former MP Sergio Marchi shares his adventures, key policy decisions, and lessons learned while in office to shed light on the inner workings of public life, encouraging others to plunge into an exciting, meaningful, and purposeful profession.
Marginalized voices within the church make sense of their own experiences and understanding of Christianity to explore how Christian scholars and church leaders can reconfigure theology, ethics, and church practices.
Cynicism is a natural response to a world full of injustice, but it can deepen social problems. Zaki introduces hopeful skepticism, a way of understanding others that can change our view of human nature.
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