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The skin we're in : [Book Club Set] / by Cole, Desmond,1982-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In May 2015, the cover story of Toronto Life magazine shook Canada's largest city to its core. Desmond Cole's "The Skin I'm In" exposed the racist practices of the Toronto police force, detailing the dozens of times Cole had been stopped and interrogated under the controversial practice of carding. The story quickly came to national prominence, went on to win a number of National Magazine Awards and catapulted its author into the public sphere. Cole used his newfound profile to draw insistent, unyielding attention to the injustices faced by Black Canadians on a daily basis: the devastating effects of racist policing; the hopelessness produced by an education system that expects little of its black students and withholds from them the resources they need to succeed more fully; the heartbreak of those vulnerable before the child welfare system and those separated from their families by discriminatory immigration laws. Both Cole's activism and journalism find vibrant expression in his first book, The Skin We're In. Puncturing once and for all the bubble of Canadian smugness and naïve assumptions of a post-racial nation, Cole chronicles just one year-- 2017-- in the struggle against racism in this country. It was a year that saw calls for tighter borders when African refugees braved frigid temperatures to cross into Manitoba from the States, racial epithets used by a school board trustee, a six-year-old girl handcuffed at school. The year also witnessed the profound personal and professional ramifications of Desmond Cole's unwavering determination to combat injustice. In April, Cole disrupted a Toronto police board meeting by calling for the destruction of all data collected through carding. Following the protest, Cole, a columnist with the Toronto Star, was summoned to a meeting with the paper's opinions editor and was informed that his activism violated company policy. Rather than limit his efforts defending Black lives, Cole chose to sever his relationship with the publication. Then in July, at another TPS meeting, Cole challenged the board publicly, addressing rumours of a police cover-up of the brutal beating of Dafonte Miller by an off-duty police officer and his brother. When Cole refused to leave the meeting until the question was publicly addressed, he was arrested. The image of Cole walking, handcuffed and flanked by officers, out of the meeting fortified the distrust between the city's Black community and its police force. In a month-by-month chronicle, Cole locates the deep cultural, historical and political roots of each event so that what emerges is a personal, painful and comprehensive picture of entrenched, systemic inequality. Urgent, controversial and unsparingly honest, The Skin We're In is destined to become a vital text for anti-racist and social justice movements in Canada, as well as a potent antidote to the all-too-present complacency of many white Canadians."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Black Canadians; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in law enforcement; Minorities; Police brutality; Police misconduct; Police-community relations; Race discrimination;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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The skin we're in : a year of Black resistance and power / by Cole, Desmond,1982-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In May 2015, the cover story of Toronto Life magazine shook Canada's largest city to its core. Desmond Cole's "The Skin I'm In" exposed the racist practices of the Toronto police force, detailing the dozens of times Cole had been stopped and interrogated under the controversial practice of carding. The story quickly came to national prominence, went on to win a number of National Magazine Awards and catapulted its author into the public sphere. Cole used his newfound profile to draw insistent, unyielding attention to the injustices faced by Black Canadians on a daily basis: the devastating effects of racist policing; the hopelessness produced by an education system that expects little of its black students and withholds from them the resources they need to succeed more fully; the heartbreak of those vulnerable before the child welfare system and those separated from their families by discriminatory immigration laws. Both Cole's activism and journalism find vibrant expression in his first book, The Skin We're In. Puncturing once and for all the bubble of Canadian smugness and naïve assumptions of a post-racial nation, Cole chronicles just one year-- 2017-- in the struggle against racism in this country. It was a year that saw calls for tighter borders when African refugees braved frigid temperatures to cross into Manitoba from the States, racial epithets used by a school board trustee, a six-year-old girl handcuffed at school. The year also witnessed the profound personal and professional ramifications of Desmond Cole's unwavering determination to combat injustice. In April, Cole disrupted a Toronto police board meeting by calling for the destruction of all data collected through carding. Following the protest, Cole, a columnist with the Toronto Star, was summoned to a meeting with the paper's opinions editor and was informed that his activism violated company policy. Rather than limit his efforts defending Black lives, Cole chose to sever his relationship with the publication. Then in July, at another TPS meeting, Cole challenged the board publicly, addressing rumours of a police cover-up of the brutal beating of Dafonte Miller by an off-duty police officer and his brother. When Cole refused to leave the meeting until the question was publicly addressed, he was arrested. The image of Cole walking, handcuffed and flanked by officers, out of the meeting fortified the distrust between the city's Black community and its police force. In a month-by-month chronicle, Cole locates the deep cultural, historical and political roots of each event so that what emerges is a personal, painful and comprehensive picture of entrenched, systemic inequality. Urgent, controversial and unsparingly honest, The Skin We're In is destined to become a vital text for anti-racist and social justice movements in Canada, as well as a potent antidote to the all-too-present complacency of many white Canadians."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Black Canadians; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in law enforcement; Minorities; Police brutality; Police misconduct; Police-community relations; Race discrimination;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Grand-père Lebon et la chatte farouche / by Smillie, Hilary.; Reynolds, Pat.;
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Subjects: Grands-pères; Vie rurale; Chats; Grandfathers; Country life; Cats;
© c2004., Groupe Beauchemin,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Si je n'étais pas Anne... / by George, K.(Kallie),1983-; Godbout, Geneviève.; Meunier, Sabrina.; Montgomery, L. M.(Lucy Maud),1874-1942.Anne of Green Gables.;
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Subjects: Shirley, Anne (Personnage fictif); Shirley, Anne (Fictitious character); Orphelines; Vie rurale; Imagination; Orphans; Country life; Imagination;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Widows on Thursdays. by Piñeyro, Marcelo,film director.; Celentano, Ana,actor.; Alterio, Ernesto,actor.; Carrá, Gloria,actor.; Viale, Juana,actor.; Sbaraglia, Leonardo,actor.; Echarri, Pablo,actor.; Latido Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ana Celentano, Ernesto Alterio, Gloria Carrá, Juana Viale, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo EcharriOriginally produced by Latido Films in 2009.Life is idyllic in the exclusive country club of the Altos de la Cascada: a perfect bubble in a land on the verge of banckruptcy. Trophy wives, success and four best friends… a perfect façade, but soon three bodies will be found floating in one of the pools. In this perfect world, convictions now begin to falter and there's a growing sensation that the worst is yet to come.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Crime.; Detective and mystery films.; Motion pictures--Latin America.; Motion pictures--Argentina.;
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The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales. by Renner, Benjamin,film director.; Imbert, Patrick,film director.; Jahn, Augustin,actor.; Ronté, Céline,actor.; Darnault, Guillaume,actor.; Bienvenu, Jules,actor.; Samama, Violette,actor.; GKIDS Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Augustin Jahn Sani, Céline Ronté, Guillaume Darnault, Jules Bienvenu, Violette SamamaOriginally produced by GKIDS Films in 2017.From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits destined to become a classic.The countryside isn’t always as calm and peaceful as it’s made out to be, and the animals on this farm are particularly strange: a fox who mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit who plays the stork, and a duck who wants to be Santa Claus. If you think life in the country is a walk in the park, think again! Directors Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert adapt Renner’s own acclaimed graphic novel in this delirious slapstick comedy about family and the anxieties of modern life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.; Action and adventure films.;
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My Imaginary Country. by Guzmán, Patricio,film director.; Icarus Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Icarus Films in 2022.One day, without warning, a revolution exploded. It was the event that master documentarian Patricio Guzmán had been waiting for all his life: a million and a half people in the streets of Santiago, Chile, demanding justice, education, health care, and a new constitution to replace the strident rules imposed on the country during the Pinochet military dictatorship. Urgent and inspired, MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY features harrowing front-line protest footage and interviews with dynamic activist leaders and powerfully connects Chile's complex, bloody history to contemporary revolutionary social movements and the election of a new president.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Latin America.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.;
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The act of killing [videorecording] / by Anif, Haji.; Arifin, Syamsul.; Asmara, Sakhyan.; Oppenheimer, Joshua.; Sørensen, Signe Byrge.; Cinedigm (Firm); Drafthouse Films.; Final Cut For Real (Firm);
With Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara.The filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, a journey into the imaginations of mass murderers and the banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit.E.DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Pemuda Pancasila (Organization); Death squads; Documentary films.; Mass murderers; Political persecution;
© c2014., Cinedigm Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rams [videorecording] / by Bøving, Charlotte,actor.; Hákonarson, Grímur,film director,screenwriter.; Theodór Júlíusson,1949-actor.; Sigurjónsson, Sigurður,1955-actor.; Jónsson, Gunnar,actor.; Gunnarsson, Sveinn Ólafur,actor.; Jónsson, Grímar,film producer.; Cohen Media Group,publisher.; Netop Films,presenter.; Profile Pictures,production company.; Film Farms,production company.; Entertainment One (Firm),film distributor.;
Cinematographer, Sturla Brandth Grøvlen ; editor, Kristian Lodmfjord ; music, Atli Orvarsson.Siguour Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júliússon, Charlotte Bøving, Gunnar Jónsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson.In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country's best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi's sheep, the entire valley comes under threat.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Foreign films.; Motion pictures, Icelandic.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Brothers; Sheep ranchers; Sheep;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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El Quijote contado a los nin̋os / by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de,1547-1616.; Navarro Durán, Rosa.; Rovira, Francesc.;
Retells the adventures of an eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Don Quixote (Fictitious character); Knights and knighthood; Children's stories, Spanish.;
© 2005., Edebe,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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