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Righting Canada's Wrongs: The Sixties Scoop and the Stolen Lives of Indigenous Children
 An examination of the Sixties Scoop—a child welfare policy in Canada that saw the removal of Indigenous children from their families, often by force.
$34.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 12-18Righting Canada's Wrongs: 10 Volume Resource Guide
A resource guide for the Righting Canada's Wrongs series that provides lessons in historical thinking.
$24.95, PaperbackRighting Canada’s Wrongs: Inuit Relocations
A ground-breaking account of multiple forced relocations by the Canadian government of Inuit communities and individuals. All have been the subject of apologies, but are little known beyond the Arctic. The Inuit community has proven resilient to many attempts at assimilation, relocation and evacuation to the south.
$34.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 13-18Righting Canada's Wrongs: The LGBT Purge and the fight for equal rights in Canada
Until recently, Canadian laws discriminated against LGBTq2+ people. Those in the Canadian Military, RCMP and civil service were targeted specifically.
$34.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 13-18Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential Schools
This updated edition includes the findings of unmarked graves at residential schools and examines the work still to be done to implement the Calls to Action of the TRC Report
$34.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 13-18Righting Canada's Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War
A newly updated edition explains how prejudice and racism led to the roundup and internment of hundreds of loyal Italian Canadians during the Second World War and includes the federal government’s apology for the internment in 2021.
$34.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 13-18Righting Canada's Wrongs: Africville
In the 1960s, after ignoring the Black community’s repeated petitions for basic services, the City of Halifax bulldozed Africville in the name of urban renewal.
$34.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 13-18White Privilege Deal With It
A reader-directed exploration of white privilege and the legacy of racism in society and media.
$24.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 9-14Lexile Reading Level: 780LRighting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis
In 1939, a ship of Jewish refugees, including hundreds of children, was turned away by the Canadian government, fuelled by anti-Semitic sentiments. In 2018, Canada apologized.
$34.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 7If I Go Missing
Powerfully written and beautifully illustrated, this graphic nonfiction book reveals an Indigenous teen's response to a human rights crisis.
$24.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 12-18Reading level: Grade 7Lexile Reading Level: GN1100LCarey Price
This is the story of how Carey Price became the highest paid goalie in the NHL and a role model for Indigenous youth everywhere.$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 12-18Reading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: 890LReal Justice: A Police Mr. Big Sting Goes Wrong
The tragic tale of a nineteen-year-old boy who was caught in an elaborate RCMP sting operation and falsely confessed to murder.$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: 840LRighting Canada's Wrongs: The Chinese Head Tax and Anti-Chinese Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century
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, HardcoverInterest ages: 13-18Lexile Reading Level: 1170LReal Justice: Jailed for Life for Being Black
The compelling story of a young professional boxer and the racism that led to his wrongful conviction$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: HL760LRighting Canada's Wrongs: The Komagata Maru and Canada's Anti-Indian Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century
A visual history of the courageous Indians who sailed to Vancouver to start a new life -- only to be turned away by a racist immigration policy$34.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 13-18Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq
How wrongfully convicted Donald Marshall Jr. forced the justice system to confront its racism$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-17Reading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: HL770LReal Justice: Guilty of Being Weird
The story of an unconventional 24-year-old who was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, and whose name was eventually cleared through the newly-developed science of DNA testing$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-17Reading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: 900LReal Justice: Sentenced to Life at Seventeen
The compelling story of the wrongful conviction of David Milgaard$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-17Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: 840LWillie O'Ree
"It doesn't matter what colour he is, as long as he can play." -- Boston Bruins coach Milt Schmidt$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 12-18Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: 790LReal Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death
How fourteen-year-old Steven Truscott was sentenced to hang, had his conviction upheld by the Supreme Court, and spent ten years in prison and 48 years trying to clear his name$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-17Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: 780LScroll to Top