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Welcome to the Human Rights and Equity (HRE) Book Club! Here, members and staff will participate in discussing a variety of books in a virtual forum.

The HRE Book Club will be looking for recommended reads by Canadian authors who have had an impact on the HRE equity-seeking groups – Racialized members, members living with disabilities, Indigenous members, Francophone members, and 2SLGBTQI members. They also hope they can get an author or two to join the discussion!

Currently Reading

The Pull of the Stars

A small world of work, risk, death and unlooked-for love. In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new flu are quarantined.

Join us for our next meeting on December 10, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. (ET)

Earn HRE Book Club Points

The Human Rights and Equity Book Club points program allows book club members to earn points. The person who has earned the most points by the end of the year will win a gift certificate worth $250 from the ONA Merch Shop. Winner will be announced at the Annual Human Rights and Equity Caucus,

ActionReward
Join the bookclub *10 pts
Participate in a poll10 pts
Attend and participate in a meeting100 pts + a chance to win a copy of the next book

Note: Members who joined the HRE book club before 2024 will automatically be given 10 pts.

We look forward to engaging with ONA members and staff at our meetings!

Past Books

  • What Happened to Ivy by Kathy Stinson
  • bug by Yolanda Bonnell.
  • Ru: A Novel by Kim Thúy
  • Small Great Things: A Novel by Colson Whitehead and Jodi Picoult
  • Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide By Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
  • I know this much is true by Wally Lamb
  • Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity by Darrel J. McLeod
  • I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
  • How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  • Moving Beyond Border: A History of Black Canadian and Caribbean Women in the Diaspora by Karen Fynn
  • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Dr. Gabor Maté
  • From the Ashes: My Story of Being Indigenous, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
  • Naturally Tan: A Memoir by Tan France
  • The Boat People by Sharon Bala
  • Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta
  • Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
  • The Centaur’s Wife by Amanda Leduc
  • Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod
  • We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
  • Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
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