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The Inuvialuit knowledge keeper and residential school survivor died at the age of 84.

Here are the Canadian picture books we are excited to read in the first half of 2021!

Perdita Felicien's mom Catherine was a poor young woman in St. Lucia when she was given a seemingly random, but ultimately life-changing, opportunity: to come to Canada with a wealthy white family and become their nanny. But when she gets to Canada, life is tougher than she expected, as she endures poverty, domestic violence and even homelessness. However, she still encouraged and supported her youngest daughter's athletic dreams. Felicien would go on to be a world-class hurdler and one of Canada's greatest track athletes.  My Mother's Daughter is the story of these two women, and how thei...

Journalist Susan McClelland has carved a niche for herself 
co-writing memoirs of trauma and healing When Toronto journalist Susan McClelland first started co-writing memoirs, there was less understanding about responsible reporting on trauma that centred victim experiences. It was 2007, and public discussions about story ownership were more than a decade away. Yet instinctively she knew that her role was as a facilitator. McClelland understood the responsibilities that her job entailed at a time when many people – including funding bodies – thought that co-writers were glorif...

“I never thought I would write a book,” says Christian Allaire endearingly. Allaire, whose recognition has grown since joining the U.S. Vogue team as a writer in 2019 — where he lends a particular expertise in highlighting Indigenous fashion creatives — admits he’s not used to being on the other side of the interview. But he’ll have to get used to it, especially after today’s release of The name of Allaire’s book comes from a very personal place, and he hopes it will resonate with fashion fans who, like himself, grew up not seeing themselves — or seeing caricaturized vers...