From the 1880's to the present, Lenskyj examines the social attitudes and practices that keep females from participating in all sports and physical activities.

Out of Bounds: Women, Sport and Sexuality

Politics & Social Sciences

Lenskyj, Helen

Social Sciences

Women's Press (CA)

"...an important part of the history of the Canadian women's movement, and an equally important part of the history of the Native peoples of this century." - The Globe and Mail

Enough is Enough: Aboriginal Women Speak Out

History

Americas

Through oral histories, Dionne Brand documents the lives of Black women in Ontario, from the 20s through the 50s.

No Burden to Carry: Narratives of Black Working Women in Ontario 1920's to 1950's

Biographies & Memoirs

BRAND, Dionne

Immigrant Women's Job Placement

De Shield, Lois

Community & Culture

Newly released as a Women's Press Classic, this play artfully weaves together past and present, North and South America, history, documentary, and myth. Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots is a satire of colonization that celebrates Native women as creators and healers. It has become a classic in Canadian theatre since it was first published in 1991 and is now widely studied at universities and colleges across North America and around the world.The remarkable radio play Birdwoman and the Suffragettes: A Story of Sacajawea, first produced or CBC Radio Drama's Vanishing Point: Adventure Stories for Big Girls, is also included.

Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots

Literature & Fiction

Mojica, Monique

Dramas & Plays

There is always a special feeling I get when I read a book written by a Maori about being Maori, where the world is described through eyes that are my eyes - the people, the humour, the sadness and the occasions are familiar parts of my life - and Tahuri is such a book."" -Books for Secondary School Libraries

Tahuri

Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

British & Irish

Honest and poignant, Division of Surgery is an essential novel tracing one woman's journey through and beyond her experience of inflammatory Bowel Disease -- a disease chronically painful and potentially fatal. This carefully written narrative confronts harsh pain with biting wit and carries the reader to a quiet, life-affirming respect for the protagonist.

Division of Surgery

McFarlane, Donna

United States

In the impressive and powerful book, Janice Acoose deconstructs stereotypical images of American Indian women in popular literature, exposing the underlying racism and sexism.

Iskwewak - Kah' Ki Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak

Acoose, Janice

History & Criticism

Pushing the Limits is a path-breaking multi-media anthology of fiction, personal narrative, poetry, song, and artwork by disabled dykes. Taking cultural space for their language and art, Anne-Marie Alonzo, Sherree Clark, Laura Hershey, Audre Lorde, Mary Frances Platt, Sherry Shute, Shahnaz Stri, Frances Yip Hoi, and others, challenge exclusionary notions about who counts as a dyke, and subvert pervasive stereotypes about disabled people. In doing so, these writers and artists enrich queer communities, and contribute to the efforts of anti-ablest and other disability activists.
Finally, an autonomous, self-contained collection of cultural work by disabled dykes, Pushing the Limits is compelling, provocative, and affirming.

Pushing the Limits: Disabled Dykes Produce Culture

Set in North America and Japan, Exile and the Heart weaves beautiful stories of women of the diaspora negotiating love, identity, and friendship against a moving landscape of memory, history and home. Gen Tanaka and Kathy Nakashima slowly piece together the fragments of their lives, naming their exiles, tracking their journeys, making the connections of who they are, and what that means. In a world of racism and homophobia, Kobayashi's characters carve a cautious home of tenderness and resilience. Exile and the Heart is a passionate and musical tale sparkling with clarity and freshness.

Exile and the Heart

Tamai Kobayashi

Short Stories & Anthologies

This collection of articles covers a broad range of topics: the impact of colonialism and its associated discourse on First Nations and other groups of colonized women; racism in the Canadian labor movement; the impact of globalization on women of color; the ways in which the institution of the nuclear family shapes racism; sexism in communities of color; and the response of the Canadian women's movement to creating an anti-racist praxis. The book not only offers exciting new insights into how women of color experience Canadian society, but also provides the instructor a textbook that integrates anti-racist and feminist approaches.

Scratching the Surface Canadian Anti-Racist Feminist Thought

Anthropology

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