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Pat Lamondin Skene is a proud citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Born on the shores of the Magnetawan River in Britt, Ontario, her indigeneity has always been part of who she is: a Métis descendant of the Solomon and Berger-Beaudoin family lines, with deep roots in the fur trade, a woman who achieved success in the corporate world and left it behind to find fulfilment elsewhere, a mother of a beloved daughter and now a grandmother, an awa...

Playing and watching sports has been a big part of Evanka Osmak's life since she was a kid. Growing up in Oakville, Ontario with an older sister and brother there was always a game to be played or a competition to join. She credits her early years playing sports for giving her great friends, exciting adventures and life long skills. She may not have always been the star on the team, but being part of a team was just as rewarding. Evanka turned...

A young Black girl with a love of water is told that swimming is not a "Black sport." She has to overcome discrimination, stereotyping, and peer pressure to finally catch a wave. Told in spoken word, Water Love is a story that will inspire children to follow their passion and make their dreams come true.

Twelve in a Race is the story of how the Chinese zodiac came to be, as told through the words of Catherine Little and the art of Sae Kimura.

Anne Brontë's second and final novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, is an epistolary novel that tells the story through letters and a diary. It explores the challenges faced by an independent woman as she struggles for freedom from a repressive and abusive marriage and encounters suspicion and gossip from the community she has fled. The novel was first published under a pseudonym and scandalized Victorian society. With an introduction by Finola...

Written in the Gothic tradition, The Grey Woman tells a powerful story of deception and distrust. It was originally published as a three-part novella in 1861 in Charles Dickens's weekly literary journal All the Year Round. This complex tale is told in an epistolary format from the perspective of the protagonist, Anna Scherer. Similar to other Gaskell works, a recurring theme is the oppression of women through marriage, specifically the lack of...

The current political reality has awakened in many women the urgent determination to be involved ? but the journey from the sidelines to political power is seldom a straight path. Women on the Ballot: Pathways to Political Power is an essential roadmap designed to encourage, equip, and empower women to step up and run for political office. This book is about women who saw things as they were, knew change was needed, and entered into Canadian p...

Some of the poets featured in this collection Anna Akhamatova Maya Angelou Elizabeth Bishop Robert Browning Leonard Cohen Billy Collins Lorna Crozier Emily Dickinson Sophie Hannah Li-Young Lee Erin Moure Michael Ondaatje Lemn Sissay Alice Walker