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Book Recommendations & Learning Resources
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Full Bloom
Debut Book
Our very own Jennifer Looney's (Jenn Sheila's) debut book Full Bloom: A Coming Out Journey through Poems & Letters, was released in June 2025 on Amazon. This deeply personal collection explores her coming out journey through poetry, letters, and song lyrics, all woven together through themes of identity, fear, liberation, and self-love. Jenn hopes the book will empower others in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to embrace their truth and celebrate who they are.
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Author Interview & Resources coming Fall 2025.
Our #1 Rated Literature Circle
Our #1 Rated Literature Circle With back to school on September 5, 2023 in Ontario, Canada, and World Teachers' Day on October 5, 2023,...
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Aug 28, 20233 min read
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Adult Readers: In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience by Helen Knott
We are extremely humbled to introduce Helen Knott's memoir, In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience. Helen offers her truth to...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
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Adult Readers: Tilly and the Crazy Eights by Monique Gray Smith
We are honoured to feature and share with you Monique Gray Smith's Tilly and the Crazy Eights. This amazing book was the winner of the...
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Jan 6, 20231 min read
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Adult Readers: So I Said to My Anxiety... by Jessica Victoria
We are honoured to feature and share with you Jessica Victoria's book 'So I Said to My Anxiety...'. Jessica shares her knowledge about...
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Oct 31, 20222 min read
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Adult Readers: Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
We are honoured to feature and share with you Joshua Whitehead's first novel and the 2021 CANADA READS WINNER, Jonny Appleseed . The book...
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Sep 9, 20221 min read
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Adult Readers: Unreconciled by Jesse Wente
We are honoured to feature and share with you Jesse Wente's memoir 'Unreconciled'. Jesse's book is a call to action for education toward...
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Jul 6, 20221 min read
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Adult Readers: From Why to Fly by Jessica Victoria
We are honoured to feature and share with you Jessica Victoria's book ' From Why to Fly '. Jessica shares deeply about her own personal...
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Apr 25, 20222 min read
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Adult Readers: Motorcycles & Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor
We are honoured to feature and share with you Drew Hayden Taylor's 'Motorcycles & Sweetgrass'. The story opens with the readers following...
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Mar 29, 20221 min read
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Adult Readers: Daughter of Black Lake by Cathy Marie Buchanan
We are thrilled to feature and share with you Cathy Marie Buchanan’s most recent novel, Daughter of Black Lake. Like both of her previous...
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Feb 25, 20222 min read
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Adult Readers: The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World by Anton Treuer
We are extremely excited to feature and share with you Anton Treuer's 'The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern...
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Jan 31, 20222 min read
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Adult Readers: Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally by Emily Ladau
We are thrilled to feature and share with you Emily Ladau's ' Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally...
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Dec 15, 20212 min read
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Adult Readers: The Rage Room by Lisa de Nikolits
Topics: Time travel/ Our ever-increasing consumerism/ Oblivion to the state of the planet, destruction of nature and art, and our...
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Nov 30, 20212 min read
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Adult Readers: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Michelle Good was awarded the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada for this masterpiece. Five Little...
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Oct 30, 20211 min read
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Adult Readers: The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate by Jeannie Gainsburg
We are proud to be featuring 2SLGBTQIA+ (two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, queer, intersex, asexual/agender, +) inclusion...
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Sep 9, 20213 min read
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Adult Readers: Indigenous Writes: A Guide To First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues In Canada by Chelsea Vowel
Métis writer and lawyer Chelsea Vowel's 'Indigenous Writes: A Guide To First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues In Canada'. Vowel's book is...
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Aug 20, 20211 min read
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Adult Readers: 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act by Bob Joseph
We are honoured to feature author, speaker, trainer, and member of the Gwawa'enuk Nation and hereditary chief of the Gayaxala clan, Bob...
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Jul 28, 20212 min read
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July 2021: Adult Readers
For July 2021, we are featuring Robin DiAngelo's 'White Fragility', a book which challenges white people to acknowledge their white...
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Jul 25, 20211 min read
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Adult Readers: me and white supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
Layla F. Saad's ' me and white supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor ' helps those of us with white...
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Jul 25, 20212 min read
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