New book at the Tubman Resource Centre!

Just in at the Tubman Resource Centre: Writing Justice: Voicing Issues in the Third Media. In Writing Justice, Lorne Foster (York University Public Policy and Equity Studies Professor) provides a retrospective review of burning issues from the perspective of Canada’s Black community over the last decade. "I want the book to serve as both an historical example of ethnoracial media in the tradition of Mary Ann Shadd and Henry Bibb, and as a critical analysis of some of the most important issues impacting the lives of people of colour in the last decade," says Professor Foster.

Writing Justice contains selected articles on leadership and community leaders, human rights, race in the workplace, the immigration system, social problems in the city, urban poverty and health, globalization and social responsibility, Africa, the language of culture and power, and contemporary diversity issues.It aims to provide a retrospective review of the burning issues of a ten-year period from the perspective of the racialized community. This book also highlights the fact that the issues of yesterday inform the challenges of today, and can provide a broader perspective on public policy priorities in Canada.

Writing Justice is published by the Multicultural History Society at the University of Toronto in recognition of the United Nations General Assembly proclamation of 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent.

The Harriet Tubman Resource Centre strives to support the research needs of African diaspora scholars and strives to promote a greater understanding of the history of slavery and its legacy by collecting and making accessible primary and secondary materials related to the forced and voluntary movement of African peoples around the world.The physical collection is for reference purposes only and does not circulate.