All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward is the second book that Tanya Talaga has written that I have read. The last book I read by Talaga was Seven Fallen Feathers, which tells the stories of seven indigenous teenagers who … Continue reading
Son of a Trickster is by Eden Robinson. She is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations (details courtesy of Wikipedia). She has a BA from the University of Victoria and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. She’s an award … Continue reading
Joanna Goodman is a Canadian author, just thought I’d put it out there right off the bat because sometimes I feel like all my media (books, tv, etc.) is a certain “type” (whether it is nationally, culturally, racially, etc.) so … Continue reading
The Boat People is an extremely resonate book because it is so relevant to our modern refugee crisis. It seeks to look at all of the different perspectives in a fictional case where you can begin to unravel the many … Continue reading
Fat Cats is the fourth novel of the Dyed in the Green series written by George Mercer. At the end of Jasper Wild, Ben Matthews took a position at a national park in Tanzania so the focus of Fat Cats … Continue reading
The Marrow Thieves is set in a post apocalyptic future where indigenous people are being hunted for their brown marrow. Set sometime after 2050, indigenous people in Canada are on the run. It sounds like things were good for a … Continue reading
Jasper Wild if the third book in George Mercer’s Dyed in the Green. Our main protagonist, Ben Matthew’s, and his girlfriend, Kate, who are both park wardens, have transferred from Wood Buffalo to Jasper National Park. In Jasper there are … Continue reading
Wood Buffalo is George Mercer’s second book in the Dyed in the Green series. For those of you who missed it, George Mercer also wrote Dyed in the Green, the first book in his series featuring protagonist, Ben Matthews, a … Continue reading
Frontier Jason Momoa, we all know him right? Khal Drogo, Game of Thrones? The guy is a bad ass. In Frontier, he has taken up the role of Declan Harp, a Cree-Irish fur trader operating in 1700’s Canada, who’s made … Continue reading
The Birth House by Ami McKay was recommended to me at a local bookstore. I can’t remember what the conversation was, but I think the extent of it was “historical fiction” “female protagonist” “thanks”. It was an amazing read and … Continue reading
Indigenous Canada is being offered every few weeks on Courersa through out the fall. It was developed by people who work in the Indigenous studies department at the University of Alberta. I’ve recently finished the course and I loved it; … Continue reading
For those of you who don’t know, Roméo Dallaire is a Canadian who served in the army for a long time and was the commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda during the genocide in 1994. He also served … Continue reading
I was gifted Crazy Dave by Basil Johnston from a friend of mine last summer and I have finally had a chance to read it. Crazy Dave is a story about David, who was born with Downs Syndrome, and his mother, … Continue reading
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden is a great book, although not particularly cheerful. Niska is welcoming her nephew, Xavier, back from World War 1 and he has been injured in the war; he lost his leg, he’s suffering mentally, … Continue reading
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden is somewhat of a complex tale to describe. There are three POV (point of view) characters; Christophe, a French priest, Bird, a Wendat (Huron) man, and Snow Falls, a Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) girl who was adopted by … Continue reading
Kiss of the Fur Queen is a captivating and beautifully written novel by Tomson Highway. Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are two Cree brothers from northern Manitoba and are sent to a Catholic residential school where they are forced to go … Continue reading
Fort Frances, Ontario, is a small town of about 8000 people nestled in, well, the forest, lakes and rocks of north western Ontario. A 3.5 hour drive from Thunder Bay, Ontario, and directly on the border of International Falls, Minnesota, don’t … Continue reading
Canada’s federal election for prime minister is quickly coming up on October 19, 2015. Everyone’s vote counts, especially the votes of young people who are under the age of 30 and minorities. Even if you are currently undecided, you should … Continue reading
Heather O’Neill lives in Montreal, Canada, which is the setting of her captivating first novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals. This story was heartbreaking as Baby, who is a mere 13 years old, is exposed to so many of the harsh … Continue reading
Always Fire and Honey 