ARLENE CHAN, a third-generation Chinese Canadian, is a retired librarian and author of non-fiction works for children, young adults, and adults on Chinese festivals and the Chinese in Canada. An avid dragon boat racer and gold-medalist on the Canadian National Women’s Dragon Boat Team, she lives, writes, and paddles in Toronto.

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  Righting Canada's Wrongs 10 volume set

  Pamela Hickman, Arlene Chan, Rona Arato, Gloria Ann Wesley, Jean Smith Cavalluzzo, Melanie Florence, Ken Setterington, Frank James Tester, Krista Ulujuk Zawadski, Andrew Bomberry, Teresa Edwards, Masako Fukawa, Lindsay Gibson, Ilan Danjoux, Roland Case

  For educators seeking to build anti-racism learning into Canadian history classes, this 10-book set of classroom materials is an invaluable resource. Each book addresses a major instance of official racism and discrimination spanning more than 150 years. Also included is a free teachers guide to help integrate these titles into class curriculums.

  $349.95, Set

  Interest ages: 13-18
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  Righting Canada's Wrongs: The Chinese Head Tax and Anti-Chinese Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century

  Arlene Chan

  This visual history shows how, after the CPR to Vancouver was finished, Canada imposed racist, anti-Chinese immigration policies that lasted more than 60 years
  

  $34.95, Hardcover

  Interest ages: 13-18

  Lexile Reading Level: 1170L