Thursday, April 19th up to and including Thursday, April 26th the Lakeshore Library we will be open until 2am.

The Circulation and Reference Desk will maintain their regular hours.

Richard Wagamese traces through his fictional characters, the decline of a culture and a cultural way. For Saul, an Ojibway boy taken forcibly from the land and his family when he's sent to a residential school. Salvation comes for a while through his incredible gifts as a hockey player. But in the harsh realities of 1960s Canada, he battles racism, cultural alienation and displacement.

A new movie based on the novel is now in theatres.

See our infographic for an analysis of the Indigenous print collection.

For further titles and research, please see our Aboriginal Research Guide.

The Library's Kanopy streaming video platform now features 40 of the films by Oscar-winning documentarian Frederick Wiseman. His documentaries portray ordinary human experiences in contemporary social institutions such as hospitals, schools and law enforcement.

Titles include:

• Law and Order: An Examination of Police Practices and Behavior
• Hospital: Daily Activities of an Urban Hospital
• La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
• Public Housing: A Look at Poverty in Chicago

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Thicker Than Blood is a comprehensive yet down-to-earth look at adoptive parenting in the twenty-first century. The book looks at all facets of adoption, including its dark history over the past 100 years when it was seen as a lower-class option for desperate parents, or when children were taken from single mothers against their will. Today, adoption is much more open-minded - LGBT adoptive parents and adoptive single parents are now commonplace - yet challenges linger, from adoptive children suffering from PTSD to those dealing with issues of anger and abandonment.

If you want to catch up on some casual reading or explore some of your academic topics, you'll want to see what you have access to in Flipster.

Flipster is a digital magazine 'newsstand' service. Read popular magazines including Maclean’s, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, GQ, Today's Parent, Toronto Life, Vogue and more in full colour format online.

Highlights from some of the latest issues include:

• Vogue: Viva Annabel's - Legendary London nightclub comes roaring back in an extravegent new space
• Maclean's: Two Solitudes - After Gerald Stanley's acquittal, relations between Saskatchewan's Indigenous and white communities continue to decline
• Toronto Life: The Great TTC Fraud - The true story of the fraudsters that fleeced the TTC for $6 million
• Bon Appetit: The Way We Cook Now - 29 Essential Recipes from the Bon Appetit Test Kitchen

Access Flipster from the Database List OR download Flipster from most app stores (Android or Apple products) to read on the go!

The adoption of direct action tactics like blockades and occupations is predicated on the idea that something drastic is needed for Aboriginal groups to break an unfavourable status quo, overcome structural barriers, and achieve their goals. But are blockades actually "breakthroughs"? What are the objectives of Aboriginal people and communities who adopt this approach? How can the success of these methods be measured? This collection offers an in-depth survey of occupations, blockades, and their legacies, from 1968 to the present. 

This title is also available as an eBook.

See our infographic for an analysis of the Indigenous print collection.

For further titles and research, please see our Aboriginal Research Guide.

In the 1970s John Baily conducted extensive ethnomusicological research in Afghanistan, principally in the city of Herat but also in Kabul. Then, with Taraki’s coup in 1978, came conflict, war, and the dispersal of many musicians to locations far and wide. This new publication is the culmination of Baily’s further research on Afghan music over the 35 years that followed. He examines the effects of the ever-changing situation on the lives and works of Afghan musicians, following individual musicians in fascinating detail.

Congratulations to Mikayla, an architecture student, and our Great Recess Challenge winner!

The Great Recess Challenge is a game created in collaboration with PALS, the Writing & Math Centre, FYE, and the Library & Learning Commons, as a part of our 4-day RECESS in the Library event.

Thanks to all challenge participants, and enjoy your new iPad, Mikayla! 

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