It seems to us that 2017 is a great opportunity to reflect on what it means to be Canadian. And, of course, how we can make this country a better place for everyone who lives here.
With that in mind, we have pulled together just a few of the books that we think might help get you started.
Non-Fiction
Go to School, You’re a Little Black Boy, The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander
The Hanging of Angélique, Afua Cooper
Waiting for First Light, Roméo Dallaire
Bastards & Boneheads, Will Ferguson
The Reason You Walk, Wab Kinew
The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King
Women Who Give Away Millions, Iris Nowell
Dancing with a Ghost: Exploring Aboriginal Reality, Rupert Ross
Voice in the Wild, Laurie Sarkadi
The Comeback: How Aboriginals are Reclaiming
Power and Influence, John Ralston Saul
Fiction
Love Enough, Dionne Brand
How Does A Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun, Doretta Lau
The Diviners, Margaret Laurence
Birdie, Tracey Lindberg
Adult Onset, Ann-Marie MacDonald
Bone and Bread, Saleema Nawaz
Son of a Smaller Hero, Mordecai Richler
Ru, Kim Thúy
The Lesser Blessed, Richard Van Camp
Ragged Company, Richard Wagamese
Historical Fiction
The Secret Path, Gord Downie
The Book of Negros, Lawrence Hill
Obasan, Joy Kogawa