LibGuides: Virtual Displays: February Displays

February Virtual Displays

The virtual displays for February are Black History Month, Louis Riel Day, and Valentine's Day

The following sections have a variety of topics regarding both displays. Physical displays can also be found by the main circulation desk in the John E. Robbins Library.

Black History Month

Canada commemorates the important peoples and events in the African Diaspora (a worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa). This display celebrates by showcasing books on the African diaspora, Black Canadian history, and Black leadership in Canada.

International Friendship Month

Friends make the world go round. They brighten our darkest days, share in our greatest achievements, and share countless treasure memories. This display celebrates all things friends with books and links for you to enjoy.

Louis Riel Day

Louis Riel was a Canadian politician, a found of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. His dream of a province that embraces all cultures is still shared by Manitobans today. This holiday is held in Manitoba on the 3rd Monday of February to commemorate Métis culture and Riel's vision.

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is held on February 14th each year and was originally a Christian religious feast day. Now it commemorates love and companionship. Exchanging cute Valentine's cards, chocolates, or flowers are all common practices in Canada.

Black History Month

The African Diaspora in Canada by Wisdom J. Tettey (et al.)
ISBN: 9781552382769

Publication Date: 2006-01-01

This book addresses the conceptual difficulties and political contestations surrounding the applicability of the term "African-Canadian." In the midst of this contested terrain, the volume focuses on first-generation, black continental Africans who have immigrated to Canada in the last four decades, and have traceable genealogical links to the continent. It also explores the circumstances of their children, as they try to define their identities vis-à-vis their parents and the larger Canadian society.
Blackening Canada by Paul Barrett
ISBN: 9781442615762

Publication Date: 2015-04-22

Focusing on the work of black, diasporic writers in Canada, this book investigates the manner in which literature can transform conceptions of nation and diaspora. Through a consideration of literary representation, public discourse, and the language of political protest, it argues that Canadian multiculturalism uniquely enables black diasporic writers to transform national literature and identity. These writers seize upon the ambiguities and tensions within Canadian discourses of nation to rewrite the nation from a black, diasporic perspective, converting exclusion from the national discourse into the impetus for their creative endeavors.
Continuing Perspectives on the Black Diaspora by Aubrey W. Bonnett (et al.)
ISBN: 9780761846628

Publication Date: 2009-07-16

This volume investigates the often-overlooked African presence in Asia. Researchers sought to determine how many of these diasporic populations have fared in the context of political independence, globalization / economic marginalization, and the presence of ethnic conflict and institutional racism, even with positive class formations and declining significance of race in other geographical areas. Prescriptions for the continued viability of these diasporic populations are provided.
Extending the Diaspora by Dawne Y. Curry (et al.)
Call Number: DT16.5. E95 2009

ISBN: 9780252076527

Publication Date: 2009-07-21

Through a variety of methodologies and theoretical constructs, the contributors plumb a wide range of localities to engage many important subjects, including slavery and emancipation, transnational and diasporic experiences, social and political activism, and political and cultural identity. It offers insightful and thought provoking studies, highlight new areas of inquiry in the African diaspora, and in many cases transcend geographical and national boundaries. The probing and meticulously woven narratives of this collection combine to show the vibrant histories of peoples of African descent.
Multiple Lenses by David Divine (Editor)
ISBN: 9781847181107

Publication Date: 2007-02-01

Black Canadian Studies is the exploration of the range of histories, experiences, contributions, perceptions, feelings, convictions, triumphs, and obstacles awaiting to be overcome, of identified Black people of African descent resident in Canada. This book is an essential introduction to an understanding of the experience of Black people in Canada over a 400 year period.
We Be Lovin' Black Children by Gloria Swindler Boutte (Editor); Joyce E. King (Editor); George L. Johnson (Editor); LaGarret J. King (Editor)
ISBN: 9781975504632

Publication Date: 2021-03-01

This book is about what we must do to ensure that Black children across the world are loved, safe, and that their souls and spirits are healed from the ongoing damage of living in a world where white supremacy flourishes. It offers strategies and activities that families, communities, social organizations, and others can use to unapologetically love Black children. This book will facilitate Black children's cultural and academic excellence.

All Aboard! by Monica Kulling; Bill Slavin (Illustrator)
Call Number: T40. M33K84 2010

ISBN: 9780887769450

Publication Date: 2010-08-10

In the second of Tundra's Great Idea series, biographies for children who are just starting to read, Monica Kulling presents the life of an extraordinary man. There were few opportunities for the son of slaves, but Elijah McCoy's dreams led him to study mechanical engineering in Scotland. He learned everything there was to know about engines - how to design them and how to build them. But when he returned to the United States to look for work at the Michigan Central Railroad, the only job Elijah could get was shoveling coal into a train's firebox. Undaunted, he went on to invent a means of oiling the engine while the train was running, changing the face of travel around the world. With playful text and lively illustrations, All Aboard! Elijah McCoy's Steam Engine may be the first biography a child discovers, and it will whet the appetite for many more.
Ebony Roots, Northern Soil by Charmaine A. Nelson
ISBN: 9781443825641

Publication Date: 2010-12-01

Ebony Roots, Northern Soil is a powerful and timely collection of critical essays exploring the experiences, histories and cultural engagements of black Canadians. Drawing from postcolonial, critical race and black feminist theory, this innovative anthology brings together an extraordinary set of well-recognized and new scholars engaging in the critical debates about the cultural politics of identity and issues of cultural access, representation, production and reception.
The Hanging of Angélique : The Untold Story of Old MontréalCanadian Slavery and the Burning of Old by Afua Cooper
Call Number: HV6248. A53C66

ISBN: 0002005530

Publication Date: 2006

Tells the astonishing story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montréal in April 1734 and condemned to die a brutal death. In a powerful retelling of Angélique’s story―now supported by archival illustrations―Cooper builds on 15 years of research to shed new light on a rebellious Portuguese-born black woman who refused to accept her indentured servitude. At the same time, Cooper completely demolishes the myth of a benign, slave-free Canada, revealing a damning 200- year-old record of legally and culturally endorsed slavery.
Unyielding Spirits by Maureen G. Elgersman
Call Number: FC106. B6E44 2016

ISBN: 9781138986565

Publication Date: 2016-01-20

This comparative study uncovers the differences and similarities in the experiences of Black women enslaved in colonial Canada and Jamaica, and demonstrates how differences in the exploitation of women's productive and reproductive labor caused slavery to falter in Canada and excel in the Caribbean. This study is unique in its desire and ability to place Black Canadian slave women at the center of research, and then contextualize it with a Caribbean model.
We're Rooted Here and They Can't Pull Us Up by Peggy Bristow (Editor)
ISBN: 9780802068811

Publication Date: 1994-08-18

The six essays collected here explore 300 years of Black women in Canada, from the 17th century to the immediate post-WW2 period. This long overdue history will prove welcome reading for anyone interested in Black history and race relations. It provides a much-needed text for senior high school and university courses in Canadian history, women's history, and women's studies. Winner of the Ontario Historical Society's 1996 Joesph Brant award.

Blues and Bliss by Jon Paul Fiorentino (Editor); George Elliott Clarke
ISBN: 9781554582341

Publication Date: 2008-11-17

Blues singer, preacher, cultural critic, exile, Africadian, high modernist, spoken word artist, Canadian poet—these are but some of the voices of George Elliott Clarke. In a selection of Clarke's best work from his early poetry to his most recent, this book offers readers an impressive cross-section of those voices. It alsosketches Clarke's primary interest in the negotiation of cultural space through adherence to and revision of tradition and on the finding of a vernacular that begins in exile, especially exile in relation to African-Canadian communities.
Harriet's Legacies by Ronald Cummings (Editor); Natalee Caple (Editor)
ISBN: 9780228010654

Publication Date: 2022-05-15

Historic freedom fighter and conductor of the Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman risked her life to ferry enslaved people from America to freedom in Canada. Her legacy instigates and orients this exploration of the history of Black lives and the future of collective struggle in Canada. Considering questions of culture, community, and futures, this book explores what happened in the wake of Tubman's legacy and situates Canada as a key part of that dialogue.
The Kids Book of Black Canadian History by Rosemary Sadlier; Qijun Wang (Illustrator)
Call Number: FC106. B6S23 2003

ISBN: 9781550748925

Publication Date: 2003-08-01

From the first Black person who came to Canada about 400 years ago to the most recent wave of African immigrants, Black Canadians have played an important role in our country's history. In this informative overview, kids will discover the inspiring stories and events of a people who fought oppression as they searched for a place to call their own. Featuring fact boxes, mini-profiles, a timeline and more, this book in the acclaimed Kids Book of series offers a glimpse into an often-overlooked part of Canadian history.
Make the World New by Lillian Allen; Ronald Cummings
ISBN: 9781771124959

Publication Date: 2021-08-31

Lillian Allen is one of the leading creative Black feminist voices in Canada. Her work has been foundational to the dub poetry movement, which swept across the Black diaspora in the 1980s, taking roots/routes in Kingston, Toronto, and London and offering exciting sounds of protest and a careful, detailed documenting of everyday life as political praxis. This book brings together some of the highlights of Lillian Allen's work in a single volume.
Michaëlle Jean by Rebecca Szulhan
Call Number: FC641. J43S98 2008

ISBN: 9781553883234

Publication Date: 2008

Provides an in-depth look at Michaëlle Jean, her inspiration, achievements and successes.

International Friendship Month

Adult Friendship by Rosemary Blieszner; Rebecca G. Adams
Call Number: HM132.5.B55

ISBN: 0803936729

Publication Date: 1992-06-22

Do you have a best friend? If so, you probably share the same race and social status. Why is this so? Does social structure determine your choice of friends? Or do other factors cause you to choose friends? This book explores those issues and offers a theoretical framework which incorporates both sociological and psychological perspectives on friendship. They use this model to synthesize the research theoretically, identify gaps in the literature, scrutinize the methods used, and produce a map for future research. This book also covers historical conceptions of friendship, the internal structure of friendship, and the phases of friendship.
Aristotle's Philosophy of Friendship by Suzanne Stern-Gillet
Call Number: B491.F7S74

ISBN: 0791423417

Publication Date: 1995-04-26

Presents the major issues in Aristotle's writings on Friendship.
Just Friends by Lillian B. Rubin
Call Number: BF575.F66R83

ISBN: 0060154608

Publication Date: 1985-09-01

Based on years of research, including interviews with three hundred men and women, a psychotherapist examines the social and personal role of friendship.
Philosophy and Friendship by Sandra Lynch
Call Number: B105. F75L96

ISBN: 0748617272

Publication Date: 2005-07-18

From Aristotle to contemporary theorists, the book explores the conditions that enable the development of self-understanding in friendship, the delicate and unstable pairing of concepts like inclination and duty and distinctions between self-love, self esteem and self-concern in relations between friends.
What Are Friends For? by Marilyn Friedman
Call Number: BJ1533.F8F75

ISBN: 0801480043

Publication Date: 1994-01-06

A contribution to the feminist discussion on moral theory, exploring the debate between moral impartiality and the partiality that characterizes personal relationships, the ethic of care and its relation to justice in a gender asymmetrical society, and the role of intimate friendship in an era of the dissolution of both extended and nuclear families.

Family and Friends in Eighteenth-Century England by Naomi Tadmor
Call Number: DA485. T24

ISBN: 0521039738

Publication Date: 2007-08-16

This book concerns the history of the family in 18th-century England by providing an interpretation of concepts of household, family and kinship starting from the analysis of contemporary language. It emphasizes the importance of the household in constructing notions of the family in the 18th century, uncovers a vibrant language of kinship which recasts our understanding of kinship ties in the period, as well as shows how strong ties of 'friendship' formed vital social, economic and political networks among kin and non-kin.
Friendship's Bonds by Richard Dellamora
Call Number: PR878. D377D45

ISBN: 0812238133

Publication Date: 2004-08-03

What is the connection between citizenship and friendship in Victorian fiction? Why do Victorian writers use the portrayal of relations between mentor and protégé as a way of meditating on the possibilities of democratic governance? This book revisits the classical and Victorian dream that a just society would be one governed by friends.
Friendship in Islamic Ethics and World Politics by Mohammad Jafar Amir Mahallati (Editor)
Call Number: BP190.5. F73F75 2019

ISBN: 9780472131570

Publication Date: 2019-11-20

This book offers a friendship-related academic framework that examines shared moral concepts, philosophical paradigms, and political experiences that can develop and expand multidisciplinary conversations between the Christian West and the Muslim East. By advancing multicultural and interreligious discourses on friendship, this book helps promote actual friendships among diverse cultures and peoples.
Love, Friendship and Faith in Europe, 1300-1800 by Laura Gowing; Miri Rubin; Michael Hunter
Call Number: HM1161. L68 2005

ISBN: 1403991472

Publication Date: 2005-09-27

This ground-breaking volume explores the terrain of friendship against the historical backdrop of early modern Europe. In these thought-provoking essays the terms of friendship are explored - from the most intimate and erotically charged to the reciprocities of village life. This is a rich offering in social and cultural history that is attuned to the pervasive language of religion. A hidden history is revealed - of friendships that we have lost, and of friendships starkly, and movingly, familiar.
Modernism, Male Friendship, and the First World War by Sarah Cole
Call Number: PR830. W65C65 2003

ISBN: 0521819237

Publication Date: 2003-08-28

This book examines the rich literary and cultural history of masculine intimacy in the 12th century. It approaches this complex and neglected topic from many perspectives - as a reflection of the exceptional social power wielded by the institutions that housed and structured male bonds; as a matter of closeted and thwarted homoerotics; as part of the story of the First World War.

The Adventures of Beekle: the Unimaginary Friend (Caldecott Medal Winner) by Dan. Santat
Call Number: PZ7. S23817A38 2014

ISBN: 9780316199988

Publication Date: 2014-04-08

An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Call Number: PR6118. O59B43 2021

ISBN: 9780735281790

Publication Date: 2021

This book tells the story of Alice and Eileen, two best friends approaching their thirties, and on very different trajectories. Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Italy with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young, but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They have sex, they worry about sex, they worry about their friendships and the world they live in. Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?
Best Friends, No Matter What by Scott Higgs
Call Number: PS8615. I38B47 2006

ISBN: 9780439947251

Publication Date: 2006

Best friends Haley and Bix have to separate when Bix moves away. How will they cope with being apart? Haley and Bix are inseparable best friends who are as different as night and day. They are devastated when Bix finds out she has to move to Italy with her family for a year. The friends try to think of ways to stop it, but moving day finally arrives and off Bix goes. They really miss each other, but then they each have the same brilliant idea! Haley sends Bix her very special stuffed puppy, Scraps. And Bix sends Haley her very special stuffed puppy, Jessie Flower. Now Bix has a little bit of Haley, and Haley has a little bit of Bix.
A Circle of Friends by Terri Mack (author), Bill Helin (illustrator)
Call Number: PE1119. S673C57 2012

ISBN: 1927571189

Publication Date: 2012

There are many things that we do with friends and family. What are the activities that you do with your friends and family?
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Call Number: PR6118. O59C66 2018

ISBN: 9780451499066

Publication Date: 2018-08-07

Frances is a coolheaded and darkly observant young woman, vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her best friend is the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi. At a local poetry performance one night, they meet a well-known photographer, and as the girls are then gradually drawn into her world, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman's sophisticated home and handsome husband, Nick. But however amusing Frances and Nick's flirtation seems at first, it begins to give way to a strange--and then painful--intimacy.
Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle; Jeanne Rorex Bridges (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7. T489C76 2006

ISBN: 9781933693200

Publication Date: 2008-04-01

In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom.
Fire in Her Hair by D. Kelley Steele; Margaret Ray James (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7. S814463 2002

ISBN: 9780971153400

Publication Date: 2002-03-01

Indian hunters find a young child alone in the woods. The hunters are amazed by the child's bright red hair and give her the name Fire In Her Hair. Fire In Her Hair is loved and taught the ways of the People. But, when one young boy makes fun of her and calls her names because she looks a little different, Fire In Her Hair doubts herself. Out of fear and anger, she strikes out at the boy. This is the story of how Fire In Her Hair learns that it takes courage to be a friend, both to yourself and to others.
Franklin's Friendship Treasury by Paulette Bourgeois; Brenda Clark (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS8553. O85477F855

ISBN: 1550748726

Publication Date: 2000-09-01

A collection of favourite stories about Franklin and his friends. Winning tales that have made the loveable turtle one of the best-known and most enduring children's book characters.
Piper Reed, Forever Friend by Kimberly Willis Holt; Christine Davenier (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7. H74023P574 2013

ISBN: 9781250027252

Publication Date: 2013-05-28

Ten-year-old Piper moves yet again when her father, who is a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy, gets assigned to Norfolk, Virginia, and although the move takes a bit of adjustment, she soon makes friends with the girl next door and catches up with old friends too.
Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend by Mélanie Watt (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS8645. A884S284 2007

ISBN: 9781554531813

Publication Date: 2007-03-01

That lovable little worrywart is back. And he's as scaredy as ever! In his latest adventure, Scaredy Squirrel sets out to make The Perfect Friend. And once he's spotted a perfectly safe candidate (with no teeth), Scaredy's ready. Armed with a name tag, mittens, a mirror and a lemon, he's prepared to make The Perfect First Impression. But just when every detail is under control, Scaredy's Action Plan takes a surprising --- and "toothy" --- turn. Will he survive this ordeal? Will he find his kindred spirit? Will he discover the true meaning of friendship?

Louis Riel Day

The Audacity of His Enterprise by M. Max Hamon
ISBN: 9780773559370

Publication Date: 2020-01-23

Shining a spotlight on the life, vision, and cultivation of one of Canada's most influential historical figures.
The False Traitor by Albert Braz
ISBN: 9781442681255

Publication Date: 2017-04-10

The most comprehensive treatment of the representations of Louis Riel in Canadian literature, The False Traitor will be a seminal work in the study of this popular Canadian figure.
The False Traitor by Albert Braz
Call Number: PS8101. R5B72 2003

ISBN: 9780802083142

Publication Date: 2003-04-12

This book synthesizes the available material by and about Riel, including film, sculpture, and cartoons, as well as literature in French and English, and analyzes how an historical figure could be portrayed in such contradictory ways. In light of the fact that most aesthetic representations of Riel bear little resemblance not only to one another but also to their purported model, Braz suggests that they reveal less about Riel than they do about their authors and the society to which they belong.
The Incredible Adventures of Louis Riel by Cat Klerks
Call Number: FC3217.1. R53K54

ISBN: 9781551539553

Publication Date: 2004-01-01

This book will be especially fascinating for all young readers interested in: history, biography, or politics. Louis Riel is perhaps the most controversial figure in Canadian history. A rebel and a powerful orator, he emerged as a leader of the Metis in the Red River settlement. His ability to unite the Metis nation was legendary. Although known as the Father of Manitoba, he spent much of his adult life in exile. He was found guilty of treason and hanged in Regina on November 16, 1885.
Louis Riel by Dan Asfar; Tim Chodan; Faye Boer (Editor)
Call Number: FC3217.1. R53A93 2003

ISBN: 9781894864053

Publication Date: 2003-06-19

Champion of a people or traitorous rabble-rouser? Political visionary or religious lunatic? Louis Riel is one of the most ambiguous figures in Canadian history, a man who stood and fell for the Métis nation. Read about the fascinating western icon in this well-paced biography. The doomed struggle of Louis Riel and his Métis people against the new Canadian government is a story rich in drama and cultural change.
Louis Riel by Sharon Stewart
Call Number: FC3217.1. R53S74 2007

ISBN: 9781894852265

Publication Date: 2007-01-01

Louis Riel devoted his life to the Metis cause. A fiery activist, he struggled against injustice as he saw it. He was a pioneer in the field of Aboriginal rights and land claims but was branded an outlaw in his own time. In 1885, he was executed for treason. In 1992, the House of Commons declared Riel a founder of Manitoba. November 16 is now designated Louis Riel Day in Canada.
Louis Riel by Chester Brown
Call Number: PN6733. B76L68

ISBN: 9781896597638

Publication Date: 2004-01-01

Martyr or Madman? The Passionate Rebel History Can't Close The Book On. Is this the future of comics? Respectably penning the dowdy pages of history? Don't be fooled. This is one of the hippest comics going and will be a controversial must-have in 2003. Legendary cartoonist Chester Brown reveals in the dusty closet of Canadian history there are some skeletons that won't stop rattling. To some Louis Riel was one of the founding fathers of a nation but to others he was a murderer who nearly tore a country apart. A man so charismatic he was elected to government twice while in exile with a prize on his head--but so impassioned his dramatic behavior cast serious doubts on his sanity. Riel took on the army, the government, the Queen, and even the Church in the name of freedom. Will Riel's visionary democracy ever be enough to defend him from the verdict of history?
Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada by Jennifer Reid
ISBN: 9780826344151

Publication Date: 2008-11-01

Since he was tried and hanged for treason in November of 1885, Louis Riel has been the subject of more histories, biographies, novels, and poetry than any other figure in Canadian history. Politician, founder of Manitoba, and leader of the aboriginal Métis people, Riel led two resistance movements against the Canadian government: the Red River Uprising of 1869-70, and the North-West Rebellion of 1885, in defense of Métis and other minority rights. Against the backdrop of these legendary uprisings, Jennifer Reid examines Riel's religious background, the mythic significance that has consciously been ascribed to him, and how these elements combined to influence Canada's search for a national identity. Reid's study provides a framework for rethinking the geopolitical significance of the modern Canadian state, the historic role of Confederation in establishing the country's collective self-image, and the narrative space through which Riel's voice speaks to these issues.
Louis Riel Day by Deborah L. Delaronde; Sheldon Dawson (Illustrator)
Call Number: FC129. F8D455 2021

ISBN: 9781926886619

Publication Date: 2021-02-09

When a young boy is assigned a project about the fur trade by his teacher, he doesn't know who to turn to because his mom works all day. With help from his grandfather and the internet, they travel back in time and discover how the fur trade began, a new people emerged, the Métis' role in the fur trade, Louis Riel and the Red River Resistance, and the reason behind a holiday named Louis Riel Day.
A Rush to Judgment by Roger E. Salhany
ISBN: 9781459746091

Publication Date: 2020-01-21

This book challenges the view held by some historians that Riel received a fair trial. Roger Salhany argues that the presiding judge allowed the prosecutors to control the proceedings, was biased in his charge to the jury, and failed to properly explain how the jury was to consider the evidence of legal insanity. He also argues that the government was anxious to ensure the execution of Riel, notwithstanding the recommendation of the jury for clemency, because of concerns that if Riel was sent to a mental hospital or prison, he would eventually be released and cause further trouble. Salhany compels readers to reconsider Canada's most famous trial in court history.

One of the Family by Brenda Macdougall
Call Number: FC113. M33 2009

ISBN: 9780774817295

Publication Date: 2010-02-22

In recent years there has been growing interest in identifying the social and cultural attributes that define the Metis as both Aboriginal and a distinct people. The study of Metis identity formation has also emerged as an innovative way to explore cultural encounters and change in North American history and anthropology. In One of the Family Brenda Macdougall employs the concept of wahkootowin - the Cree term for a worldview that privileges family and values interconnectedness - to trace the emergence of a Metis community in northern Saskatchewan. Wahkootowin describes how relationships in the nineteenth century were supposed to work and helps to explain how the Metis negotiated with fur trade companies and the Roman Catholic Church while nurturing a society that emphasized family obligation and responsibility. This path-breaking study offers a model for future research and discussion that will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the fur trade or Metis culture and identity.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire by Chantal Fiola
ISBN: 9780887554803

Publication Date: 2015-04-17

Why don't more Métis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Métis identity? This book investigates the relationship between Red River Métis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical impacts of colonization upon Métis relationships with spirituality on the Canadian prairies. Using a methodology rooted in an Indigenous world view, Fiola interviews eighteen people with Métis ancestry, or an historic familial connection to the Red River Métis, who participate in Anishinaabe ceremonies, sharing stories about family history, self-identification, and their relationships with Aboriginal and Eurocanadian cultures and spiritualities.
Returning to Ceremony by Chantal Fiola
ISBN: 9780887559358

Publication Date: 2021-10-08

Returning to Ceremony is the follow-up to Chantal Fiola's award-winning Rekindling the Sacred Fire and continues her ground-breaking examination of Métis spirituality. Among the Métis, Fiola asserts, spirituality exists on a continuum of Indigenous and Christian traditions, and Métis spirituality includes ceremonies.

Canada's Residential Schools: the Métis Experience by Truth and Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
ISBN: 9780773546554

Publication Date: 2015-12-09

This book focuses on an often-overlooked element of Canada's residential school history. As this volume demonstrates the Métis experience of residential schooling in Canada is long and complex, involving not only the federal government and the churches, but provincial and territorial governments. Much remains to be done to identify and redress the impact that these schools had on Métis children, their families, and their community.
Contours of a People by Nichole St-Onge (Editor); Carolyn Podruchny (Editor); Brenda MacDougall (Editor); Maria Campbell (Foreword by)
Call Number: E99. M47C66 2012

ISBN: 9780806142791

Publication Date: 2012-12-21

The Metis world spanned the better part of a continent, and a major theme of this book is conception of geography--not only how Metis people used their environments but how they gave meaning to place and developed connections to multiple landscapes. Their geographic familiarity, physical and social mobility, and maintenance of family ties across time and space appear to have evolved in connection with the fur trade and other commercial endeavors.
Gabriel Dumont : Memoirs by Gabriel Dumont (author 1837-1906), Denis Paul Combet (author 1955-)
Call Number: FC3217.1. D84A3 2006

ISBN: 9782921347914

Publication Date: 2006

The Memoirs as dictated by Gabriel Dumont and Gabriel Dumont’s Story, conserved in the Société historique de Saint-Boniface archives are published here for the first time in a bilingual French-English volume. These two manuscripts from the Société Historique Métisse collection are emotionally charged documents. In the best tradition of memoirs, Gabriel Dumont, Louis Riel’s General, speaks in order to correct the official version of events, which was often exaggerated or untrue. Beyond the epic events of the 1885 North-West Métis Resistance, it is the role of Dumont and his superior heroism that stand out. This edition was annotated by professor Denis Combet of Brandon University.
Gabriel Dumont : Souvenirs de Résistance d'un Immortel de l'Ouest by Gabriel Dumont (author), Denis Paul Combet (author), Ismène Toussaint (author)
Call Number: FC3217.1. D84A3 2009

ISBN: 9782895291381

Publication Date: 2009

In 1888, three years after the defeat at Batoche and the assassination of Louis Riel, Gabriel Dumont (1837-1906), the hero of the Métis armies, decided to step out of the shadows to reestablish the truth about the origins of the revolt, the government's theft of Indigenous lands, the course of hostilities, the controversial personality of his friend Louis Riel, and his own role in organizing the uprising. To do this, he first dictated a thrilling three-part text comprising his Memoirs, a Narrative, and his Souvenirs de résistance. Completed with notes and an exhaustive bibliography, this work appears both as a little gem of popular literature and as a reference work.
Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire by Scott Berthelette
ISBN: 9780228010593

Publication Date: 2022-07-19

Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire explores the lives of the Canadiens who used family and kinship ties to navigate between sovereign Indigenous nations and the French colonial government from the early 1660s to the 1780s. Acting as cultural intermediaries, the Canadiens made it possible for France to extend its presence into northwest North America. Over time, however, their uncertain relationships with the French colonial state splintered imperial authority, leading to an outcome that few could have foreseen - the emergence of a new Indigenous culture, language, people, and nation: the Métis.
Histoires et identités métisses : hommage à Gabriel Dumont by Denis Paul Combet (author), Lise Gaboury-Diallo (author), Denis Gagnon (author)
Call Number: E78. 97H48 2009, E90. D83H57 2009, & FC109. H48 2009

ISBN: 1895407397

Publication Date: 2009

Divided into three parts: "Revisiting Gabriel Dumont", "Cultural Recognition and Government Policies" and "Literature, Music and Visual Arts", this bilingual and multidisciplinary work brings together sixteen contributions to offer a better appreciation and understanding of realities too often neglected by official History.
Metis Legacy by Lawrence J. Barkwell (et al.)
Call Number: FC109. M494 2001

ISBN: 9781894717045

Publication Date: 2001-01-01

A 512 page book covering the histories of the Metis people. Pictures of cultural items are also included.
Metis Pioneers by Doris Jeanne MacKinnon
ISBN: 9781772123616

Publication Date: 2018-03-15

In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis women born during the fur trade--one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson's Bay Company tradition--who settled in southern Alberta as the Canadian West transitioned to a sedentary agricultural and industrial economy. MacKinnon provides rare insight into their lives, demonstrating the contributions Metis women made to the building of the Prairie West. This is a compelling tale of two women's acts of quiet resistance in the final days of the British Empire.
The Métis by Jennifer Howse
Call Number: FC109. H69 2007

ISBN: 9781553883371

Publication Date: 2007

The Métis are people who identify themselves as having both First Nations and European ancestors. There are more than 200,000 Métis people living in Canada today. Learn more in Métis, one of the titles in the Canadian Aboriginal Art and Culture series.
Métis in Canada by Christopher Adams (Editor); Gregg Dahl (Editor); Ian Peach (Editor)
Call Number: FC109. M492 2013

ISBN: 9780888646408

Publication Date: 2013-05-31

These essays constitute a groundbreaking volume of new work prepared by leading scholars in the fields of history, anthropology, constitutional law, political science, and sociology, who identify the many facets of what it means to be Métis in Canada today. After the Powley decision in 2003, Métis peoples were no longer conceptually limited to the historical boundaries of the fur trade in Canada.
Native Chiefs and Famous Métis by Holly Quan
ISBN: 9781894974745

Publication Date: 2009-06-01

These inspiring true stories illuminate the courage and wisdom of five 19th-century Native leaders and famous Métis who fought against impossible odds to preserve the culture and rights of their people. The visionary Cree leader Big Bear sought peace and a better life, only to be hunted mercilessly and imprisoned unjustly. Jerry Potts, the legendary North West Mounted Police guide and interpreter, helped smash the whisky trade and negotiate treaties. Persevering through sorrow and defeat, brave and steadfast men such as these left a lasting mark on Aboriginal culture and the history of western Canada.

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American Indian Love Stories by Herman Grey
Call Number: E98. F6G74

ISBN: 9781574160635

Publication Date: 2002-09-01

Traditional love stories handed down through families from generation-to-generation, these heart-warming, and sometimes playful, tales are written in a manner that lets the reader feel as if he were sitting at the feet of an elder. The lively stories provide authentic glimpses of Native culture, history, and customs from historical periods long past that continue to inform the present.
Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell; Candy Tan
Call Number: PN3448. L67W46 2009

ISBN: 9781416571223

Publication Date: 2009-04-14

Let's face it: Not many folks are willing to publicly admit they love romance novels. Meanwhile, romance continues to be the bestselling fiction genre. Ever. So what's with all the shame?
Beyond Heaving Bosoms shows that while some romance novels are silly--maybe even tawdry--they can also be intelligent, savvy, feminist, and fabulous, just like their readers!
Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
Call Number: PS8573. E128K48 2006

ISBN: 0889953708

Publication Date: 2006-08-09

When Lord Death comes to claim sixteen-year-old Keturah while she is lost in the King's Forest, she charms him with her story and is granted a twenty-four hour reprieve in which to seek her one true love.
The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction by Hsu-Ming Teo (Editor); Eric Murphy Selinger (Editor); Jayashree Kamblé (Editor)
Call Number: PN3448. L67R68 2021

ISBN: 9781472443304

Publication Date: 2020-08-10

Popular romance fiction constitutes the largest segment of the global book market. This book explores the global genre and its remarkable readership. In recognition of the diversity of the form, it provides a history of the genre, an overview of disciplinary approaches to studying romance fiction, and analyses and critical evaluations of important subgenres, themes, and topics. It also highlights new and understudied avenues of inquiry for future research in this vibrant and still-emerging field.
Savage Love: Stories by Douglas Glover
Call Number: PS8563. L64S29 2014

ISBN: 0864928513

Publication Date: 2014

Page after page overflow with the vagaries of lust, the lure of novelty, the perils of infidelity, and the destructive and redemptive nature of passion. Absurd, comic, dream-like, and deeply affecting (on the molecular level), Savage Love confirms Douglas Glover as the most adventurous story writer this country has ever witnessed.
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
Call Number: PZ7. P32316S3 2002

ISBN: 0152045694

Publication Date: 2002-10-01

Kaitlin Malone hates the Crutchfields. Her family has feuded with that family for generations, and now her dad is in jail for killing one of them. This legacy of hatred has never been questioned--until Kaitlin falls for a Crutchfield boy. As if that's not bad enough, that boy is the son of the man her father murdered.
This Is My Brain in Love by I. W. Gregorio
Call Number: PZ7.1. G7415T45 2020

ISBN: 9780316423823

Publication Date: 2020-04-14

Rising high school juniors Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici fall in love while trying to save the Wu family restaurant.

Addressing Student Sexual Violence in Higher Education by Clarissa J Humphreys; Graham J Towl
ISBN: 1838671412

Publication Date: 2020-05-01

This book is the first practical guidance on how to address sexual violence, using a comprehensive institution-wide approach. The authors provide how-to level information on policy writing, responding to disclosures, developing comprehensive prevention and response education programmes, conducting trauma-informed investigations and sanctioning.
Global Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality in Education by Elinor L. and Guichan Brown Zong
ISBN: 1681237962

Publication Date: 2017

This book is an international research monograph series that contributes to the body of inclusive educational policies and practices focused on: empowering society's most vulnerable groups; raising the ethical consciousness of those in positions of authority; and encouraging all to take up the mantle of global equity in educational opportunity, economic freedom and human dignity.
It's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris; Michael Emberley (Illustrator)
Call Number: HQ53. H37I87 2021

ISBN: 9781536207200

Publication Date: 2021-05-18

Rigorously vetted by experts, this is the most ambitiously updated edition yet, featuring to-the-minute information and language accompanied by new and refreshed art. It also provides young people with the knowledge and vocabulary they need to understand their bodies, relationships, and identities in order to make responsible decisions and stay healthy.
Many Splendored Things by Susanna Paasonen
ISBN: 9781906897826

Publication Date: 2018-11-27

Exploring sex-bodily capacities, appetites, orientations, and connections-in terms of play and playfulness. We all know that sex involves a quest for pleasure, that sexual palates vary across people's lifespans, and that playful experimentations play a key role in how people discover their diverse sexual turn-ons and turn-offs. Yet little attention has been paid to thinking through the interconnections of sex and play, sexuality and playfulness. This book considers these interconnections.
Parties, Dorms and Social Norms by Lisa M. Meeks (et al.)
ISBN: 9781849057462

Publication Date: 2016-03-21

For young people with ASD, navigating leaving home, parties, and the first sexual encounters of their twenties can be tricky. This practical guide is full of tips for how to stay safe while making the most out of life and it includes advice on socialising, relationships, online safety, looking after your health, and more.
Reconceiving the Second Sex by Marcia C. Inhorn (Editor); Maruska la Cour Mosegaard (Editor); Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen (Editor); Helene Goldberg (Editor)
ISBN: 9781845454739

Publication Date: 2009-08-01

This book sheds new light on male reproduction from a cross-cultural, global perspective, focusing not only upon men in Europe and America but also those in the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. Both heterosexual and homosexual, married and unmarried men are featured in this volume, which assesses concerns ranging from masculinity and sexuality to childbirth and fatherhood.
Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood by Ann C. Crouter (Editor); Alan Booth (Editor)
ISBN: 9780805853919

Publication Date: 2005-10-27

This book is an enlightening compilation of essays for academicians and upper-lever undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of human development and family studies, sociology, and psychology, as well as for practitioners in those fields who work with families and adolescents.
Routledge International Handbook of Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health by Jane M. Ussher (Editor); Joan C. Chrisler (Editor); Janette Perz (Editor)
ISBN: 9781138490260

Publication Date: 2019-10-04

This book is the authoritative reference work on important, leading-edge developments in the domains of women's sexual and reproductive health. It adopts a life-cycle approach to examine key milestones and events in women's sexual and reproductive health. It will also inform health care providers about the latest research and clinical developments, including women's experiences of both normal and abnormal sexual and reproductive functions.
Sex Appeal by Paul Abramson
ISBN: 9780195393897

Publication Date: 2010-02-02

This book charts a thoughtful course between extremes to present six essential principles for sexual health and happiness: Do No Harm, Celebrate Sex, Be Careful, Know Yourself, Speak Up & Speak Out, and Throw No Stones. Abramson elaborates each of these principles in an engaging, often entertaining way, and shows how sex can be a fun, safe, and life-enhancing experience if approached in the right spirit and with the necessary information to make wise sexual choices.
Sex in Canada by Tina Fetner
Call Number: HQ18. C2F48 2024

ISBN: 9780774869508

Publication Date: 2024-03-05

It shows us how the social forces that shape our lives also nudge our sexual behaviour into patterns that reflect the world around us. In applying the tools of social science to a formerly taboo topic, Sex in Canada offers the most accurate picture to date not just of Canadians' sex lives but of why we act the way we do.

Red Hearts and Roses? : Welsh Valentine Songs and Poems by Rhiannon Ifans
ISBN: 9781786833723

Publication Date: 2019

This volume analyses the first extant Welsh Saint Valentine's Day poems, and advances a new understanding of societal propriety in settings where citizens paid great attention to tradition. In so doing, it offers new insights into the tradition of observing Saint Valentine's Day in Wales and, indeed, argues that although it is the fifth-century Dwynwen who is today considered to be the patron saint of Welsh lovers, Saint Valentine also handed out aid and sympathy to lovers in Wales over many centuries.
Valentines Poems by Ted Kooser (Editor)
ISBN: 1281213535

Publication Date: 2008-01-01

For Valentine s Day 1986, Ted Kooser wrote Pocket Poem and sent the tender, thoughtful composition to fifty women friends, starting an annual tradition that would persist for the next twenty-one years. Printed on postcards, the poems were mailed to a list of recipients that eventually grew to more than 2,500 women all over the United States. Valentines collects Kooser s twenty-two years of Valentine s Day poems, complemented with illustrations by Robert Hanna and a new poem appearing for the first time.
The Valentine Star by Patricia Reilly Giff; Blanche Sims (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.G3626V3

ISBN: 0440492041

Publication Date: 1985-01-01

It's time for everyone in Ms. Rooney's room to make cards for the Valentine box. Emily Arrow couldn't be happier when Dawn Bosco gives her some colored stars to decorate her cards. She plans to make a special one for Ms. Vincent, the new student teacher. But things take a turn for the worse when Ms. Rooney asks Emily to be class monitor. Emily feels important sitting at the teacher's desk, until Sherri Dent leaves her seat without Emily's permission. Emily reports her. That's when Sherri tells Emily, "You'll be sorry." Emily is really worried. What will Sherri do to get even?