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.
On intersectionality and identity
On reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada
On reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada
On systemic, anti-Black racism in Canada, including the history of slavery
On reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada
On reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada
On systemic anti-Chinese racism in Canada
On Indigenous histories of Toronto (in Mohawk: Tkaronto, "over there is the place of the submerged tree")
On environmental racism towards Indigenous and Black communities in Canada
On reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada
On implementing the UNDRIP in Canada and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
On Indigenous justice
Chief Robert Joseph, author of Namwayut
On systemic anti-Black racism in the United States
On systemic anti-Black racism in the United States, particularly related to criminal justice
On anti-Black racism in the United States. This book is available here
On systemic racism and segregation in the United States
On systemic anti-Black racism in the United States
On racial segregation in travel and restriction of mobility rights for African Americans.
Content warning: racial slurs
On false stereotypes about the Muslim world in Western media
On the intersection of women, race, and class in the United States
On the policing of Black men in the United States
On identity, intersectionality, and anti-Asian racism in the United States. Content warning: racial slurs, homicide, sexual assault
On sexual assault and sex and gender-based discrimination. Content warning: sexual assault
On women's rights; sex and gender equality
bell hooks, author of Ain't I a Woman
On unconscious bias in the workplace
On racism, privilege, and allyship
On racism, privilege, and allyship
On disability inclusion
On body discrimination
On Black women and feminism
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