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Shame on me : an anatomy of race and belonging / by McWatt, Tessa,author.;
'Shame on Me' is an exploration of history and identity, colour and desire from a writer who, having been plagued with confusion about her race all her life, has at last found kinship and solidarity in story. Tessa McWatt has been nominated for the Governor General's Award and the Toronto Book Awards. Her parents emigrated to Canada from Guyana when she was three. She lives in London. A Dewey Diva Pick. Book Club.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; McWatt, Tessa.; McWatt, Tessa; Authors, Canadian; Authors, Guyanese; Race.;
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True north rising : my fifty-year journey with the Inuit and Dene leaders who transformed Canada's North / by Fraser, Whit,author.;
"In this captivating memoir, Whit Fraser weaves scenes from more than fifty years of reporting and living in the North with fascinating portraits of the Dene and Inuit activists who successfully overturned the colonial order and politically reshaped Canada--including his wife, Mary Simon, Canada's first Indigenous governor general. "This is a huge embrace of a book, irresistible on every level. . . . I couldn't put it down." --Elizabeth Hay, Giller-winning author of Late Nights on Air In True North Rising, Whit Fraser delivers a smart, touching and astute living history of five decades that transformed the North, a span he witnessed first as a longtime CBC reporter and then through his friendships and his work with Dene and Inuit activists and leaders. Whit had a front-row seat at the MacKenzie Valley Pipeline inquiry, the constitutional conferences and the land-claims negotiations that successfully reshaped the North; he's also travelled to every village and town from Labrador to Alaska. His vivid portraits of groundbreakers such as Abe Okpik, Jose Kusugak, Stephen Kakfwi, Marie Wilson, John Amagoalik, Tagak Curley, and his own wife, Mary Simon, bring home their truly historic achievements, but they also give us a privileged glimpse of who they are, and who Whit Fraser is. He may have begun as a know-nothing reporter from the south, but he soon fell in love with the North, and his memoir is a testament to more than fifty years of commitment to its people."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Fraser, Whit.; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Journalists;
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Lake Superior our helper [videorecording] : stories from Batchewanaung Anishinabek fisheries / by Furlotte, Sarah,film director,director of photography.; Sayers, Dean,film producer,on-screen participant.; Collective Eye Films,presenter,publisher.;
Cinematography, Sarah Furlotte ; editor, Sarah Furlotte.Chief Dean Sayers.The film follows Chief Dean Sayers through a series of discussions with community members that explore the underlying social and ecological approaches of Batchewana's fisheries as well as perspectives about its history, current practices, and future directions.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Environmental films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fisheries; Fisheries; Fisheries; Fishes; Human-animal relationships.; Indigenous peoples; Small-scale fisheries; Sustainable fisheries.;
For private home use only.
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Maudie [videorecording] / by Hawke, Ethan,1970-actor.; Hawkins, Sally,actor.; Matchett, Kari,actor.; Walsh, Aisling,1958-film director.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Kari Matchett, Gabrielle Rose, David Feehan.Sally Hawkins stars in this biopic of Canadian artist Maud Lewis, who overcame rheumatoid arthritis to become one of the most revered folk painters in her country's history. After taking a job in Nova Scotia as a housekeeper for a lifelong bachelor (Ethan Hawke), Lewis hones her painting skills while attracting national attention for her inspirational story.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Romance films.; Lewis, Everett, 1893-1979; Lewis, Maud, 1903-1970; Artists; Folk artists; Man-woman relationships;
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Incorrigible [videorecording] : a film about Velma Demerson / by Lee, Karin,1960-film director.; McIntyre Media,film distributor.;
Gemini award winning filmmaker Karin Lee tells the heartbreaking and poignant story of Velma Demerson who was arrested under the Ontario Female Refuges Act (1897-1964) and incarcerated for falling in love with a Chinese man in 1938 at the age of 18 in Toronto, Canada. Pregnant and without legal counsel, Velma was sentenced to one year in prison where she was tortured by the prison's eugenicist doctor who attempted to abort her child. 60 years later Velma attempted to sue the Ontario provincial government for wrongful incarceration. She and paralegal activist Harry Kopyto worked to solve the puzzle of how to sue the government for a case which was past the limitation period. Velma was finally vindicated and won her case in 2003 at the age of 83. This is the story of an ordinary young woman who did nothing wrong, except to fall in love with a man of a different race. It is a story of how institutional racism ruined the lives of two young people in love and destroyed the possibility of their having a happy and healthy family. Most important, it is the inspirational story of a woman who fought back for decades to get justice and won. Velma never stopped trying to get justice for all the women arrested under the Female Refuges Act, and actively lobbied the government, until her death in 2019, to apologize to all women who were wrongly incarcerated. The message in this film to these women and their families is that "they did nothing wrong and it's not their fault."E.DVD.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Historical films.; Demerson, Velma, 1920-2019.; Interracial dating; Race discrimination; Racism; Women prisoners;
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Born to be blue [videorecording] / by Budreau, Robert,film director.; Hawke, Ethan,1970-actor.; Ejogo, Carmen,1974-actor.; Rennie, Callum Keith,actor.; Nappo, Tony,actor.; Mchattie, Stephen,actor.; Green, Janet-Laine,actor.; Movie Central (Firm); Movie Network.; Telefilm Canada.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.;
Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Rennie.Jazz legend Chet Baker's tumultuous life is thrillingly re-imagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. In the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon of cool.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA Rating: R; for drug use, language, some sexuality and brief violence.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Biographical films.; Baker, Chet; Jazz musicians; Jazz; Man-woman relationships; Drug addicts;
For private home use only.
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Lytton Climate Change, Colonialism and Life Before the Fire [electronic resource] : by Edwards, Peter.aut; Loring, Kevin.aut; cloudLibrary;
From bestselling true-crime author Peter Edwards and Governor General's Award-winning playwright Kevin Loring, two sons of Lytton, BC, the town that burned to the ground in 2021, comes a meditation on hometown―when hometown is gone. “It’s dire,” Greta Thunberg retweeted Mayor JanPolderman. “The whole town is on fire. It took a whole 15 minutes from the first sign of smoke to, all of a sudden, there being fire everywhere.” Before it made global headlines as the small town that burned down during a record-breaking heatwave in June 2021, while briefly the hottest placeon Earth, Lytton, British Columbia, had a curious past. Named for the author of the infamous line, “It was a dark and stormy night,” Lytton was also where Peter Edwards, organized-crime journalist and author of seventeen non-fiction books, spent his childhood. Although only about 500 people lived in Lytton, Peter liked to joke that he was only the second-best writer to come from his tiny hometown. His grade-school classmate’s nephew Kevin Loring, Nlaka’pamux from Lytton First Nation, had grown up to be a Governor General’s Award–winning playwright.         The Nlaka’pamux called Lytton “The Centre of the World,” a view Buddhists would share in the late twentieth century, as they set up a temple just outside town. A gold rush in 1858 saw conflict with a wave of Californians come to a head with the Canyon War at the junction of the mighty Fraser and Thompson rivers. The Nlaka’pamux lost over thirty lives in that conflict, as did the American gold seekers. In modern times, many outsiders would seek shelter there, often people who just didn’t fit anywhere else and were hoping for a little anonymity in the mountains.         Told from the shared perspective of an Indigenous playwright and the journalist son of a settler doctor who pushed back against the divisions that existed between populations, Lytton portrays all the warmth, humour and sincerity of small-town life. A colourful little town that burned to the ground could be every town’s warning if we don’t take seriously what this unique place has to teach us.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Canada; Rural; Native Americans;
© 2024., Random House of Canada,
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Yukon [videorecording] : wild beauty / by Benkritly, Mèllik,film director.; Frost, Stephen,on-screen participant.; Huot, Jadrino,film producer,screenwriter.; Kehoe, Jennifer,on-screen participant.; Lee, Terry,on-screen participant.; Moses, Mary Jane,on-screen participant.; Dreamscape Media,presenter,publisher.;
Terry Lee, Jennifer Kehoe, Stephen Frost, Mary Jane Moses.Experience the Yukon like never before in this documentary that covers the wild spaces, unique fauna, and some of the highest mountains in Canada, home of the Gold Rush.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Travelogues (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.
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From underground railroad to rebel refuge : Canada and the Civil War / by Martin, Brian(Brian Gordon),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Filled with engaging stories and astonishing facts, From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge examines the role of Canadians in the American Civil War. Despite all we know about the Civil War, its causes, battles, characters, issues, impacts, and legacy, few books have explored Canada's role in the bloody conflict that claimed more than 600,000 lives. A surprising 20 thousand Canadians went south to take up arms on both sides of the conflict, while thousands of enslaved people, draft dodgers, deserters, recruiters, plotters, and spies fled northward to take shelter in the attic that is Canada. Though many escaped slavery and found safety through the Underground Railroad, they were later joined by KKK members wanted for murder. Confederate President Jefferson Davis along with several of his emissaries and generals found refuge on Canadian soil, and many plantation owners moved north of the border. Award-winning journalist Brian Martin will open eyes in both Canada and the United States about how the two countries and their citizens interacted during the Civil War and the troubled times that surrounded it."--
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21 brothers [videorecording] / by Garrett, Clayton.; MacDonald, Brian.; McGuire, Michael.; Pap, Jonathan.; Sinclair, Tom.; Spencer, Steven.; Ytinifni Pictures.;
Cinematography, Clint Tippin ; costume design, Justin Walsh.Steven Spencer, Clayton Garrett, Tom Sinclair, Jonathan Pap, Brian MacDonald.Set in W.W.1 the film follows the story of the Canada's 21st battalion as it prepares for the battle of Courcelette in September 1916.PG.DVD ; Dolby digital.Guinness World Record for longest One-shot film in history
Subjects: Feature films.; Male friendship; Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2012., Ytinifni Pictures,
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