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Book Recommendations

Reading is a great way to connect with people whose lived experiences are different from ours. It presents us with new perspectives and helps us dismantle our internal biases about the world. 


Below is a curated list of personal book recommendations on issues of racial justice, sex and gender equality, disability rights, and other topics related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.


Content warning: some books may contain upsetting content about racism and sexual assault. Please safeguard your mental health in your personal reading journey. 

Books by Authors in Canada

We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

On intersectionality and identity

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

On reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Insights, Tips, and Suggestions to Make Reconciliation a Reality by Bob Joseph

On reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada 

Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard

On systemic, anti-Black racism in Canada, including the history of slavery

All our Relations: Finding the Path Forward by Tanya Talaga

On reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada 

Pathways to Reconciliation by Aimée Craft and Paulette Regan

Pathways of Reconciliation by Aimée Craft and Paulette Regan

On reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada 

Being Chinese in Canada by William Ging Wee Dere

Being Chinese in Canada by William Ging Wee Dere

On systemic anti-Chinese racism in Canada

Indigenous Toronto: Stories that Carry This Place by multiple authors

Indigenous Toronto: Stories that Carry This Place by multiple authors

On Indigenous histories of Toronto (in Mohawk: Tkaronto, "over there is the place of the submerged tree") 

There's Something in the Water by Ingrid Waldron

There's Something in the Water by Ingrid Waldron

On environmental racism towards Indigenous and Black communities in Canada

Namwayut: A Pathway to Reconciliation by Chief Robert Joseph

Namwayut: A Pathway to Reconciliation by Chief Robert Joseph

On reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada 

Braiding Legal Orders: Implementing the UNDRIP by multiple authors

Braiding Legal Orders by multiple authors

On implementing the UNDRIP in Canada and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples

Peace and Good Order: The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada by Harold R. Johnson

Peace and Good Order by Harold R. Johnson

On Indigenous justice

Let us — every faith, every colour, every creed — recognize our common humanity. Let us accept that we are all one.


Chief Robert Joseph, author of Namwayut

Books by Authors in the United States

Letters to my White Male Friends by Dax-Devlon Ross

On systemic anti-Black racism in the United States

The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

On systemic anti-Black racism in the United States, particularly related to criminal justice

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

On anti-Black racism in the United States. This book is available here

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

On systemic racism and segregation in the United States

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Fiction)

On systemic anti-Black racism in the United States 

Traveling Black by Mia Bay

Traveling Black by Mia Bay

On racial segregation in travel and restriction of mobility rights for African Americans.
Content warning: racial slurs

Orientalism by Edward Said

On false stereotypes about the Muslim world in Western media

Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis

On the intersection of women, race, and class in the United States

Policing the Black Man by multiple authors, edited by Angela J. Davis

Policing the Black Man by multiple authors, edited by Angela J. Davis

On the policing of Black men in the United States

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

On identity, intersectionality, and anti-Asian racism in the United States. Content warning: racial slurs, homicide, sexual assault

Know my Name by Chanel Miller

Know my Name by Chanel Miller

On sexual assault and sex and gender-based discrimination. Content warning: sexual assault

All the Women in my Family Sing by multiple authors

All the Women in my Family Sing by multiple authors

On women's rights; sex and gender equality

The heart of justice lies in truth-telling.


bell hooks, author of Ain't I a Woman

Unbias by Stacey A. Gordon

Unbias by Stacey Gordon

On unconscious bias in the workplace

White Fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism

On racism, privilege, and allyship

An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States

On the Afro-Indigenous history of the United States

On racism, privilege, and allyship

Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau

Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau

On disability inclusion

The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

On body discrimination

Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks

The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

On Black women and feminism

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

On the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. 

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