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Instant national bestseller. In this debut memoir from the bestselling author of The Bear and The Last Neanderthal, Claire Cameron confronts the rare genetic mutation that gave her cancer by investigating an equally rare and terrifying event—a predatory bear attack. When Claire Cameron was nine years old, her father, a professor of Old English, told her he was dying. In the years after he was gone, she found a way to overcome her grief among the rivers and lakes of Algonquin Park, a vast Canadian wilderness area.

In What to feel, how to feel, Shane Neilson dazzles in the lyric essay form. Focusing on non-neurotypicality, Neilson investigates his supposed difference of self while also holding to account society's construction of that difference, moving from his early childhood to adulthood and then back again in terms of a neurodivergent fathering of his own son.

National Bestseller. Finalist for the Toronto Books Awards. Finalist for the Hilary Weston–Writers' Trust Prize for Non-Fiction. An inventive memoir about one family's escape from Vietnam and the father's mysterious disappearance along the way. This book is an intricate exploration of a searching mind, shedding light on the psyche of a grieving son, as he chases certainty and seeks elusive resolution. With the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the U.S. war in Vietnam ended, but the refugee crisis was only beginning.

The life and legacy of Serafim "Joe" Fortes, a trailblazing Black lifeguard, who became a cultural icon in a racist society. Searching for Serafim is a layered exploration of the life of Serafim "Joe" Fortes. A Trinidad native who arrived on the shores of Canada in 1885, Fortes was heralded as a hero in Vancouver for saving dozens of people from drowning as the city's first lifeguard, and his funeral drew the largest crowd ever recorded in the city's history. Since his passing, Fortes has been commemorated with a postage stamp and local buildings named in his honour.

L'autrice, poète et psychiatre Ouanessa Younsi a publié, entre 2011 et 2023, cinq recueils de poésie, ainsi qu'un essai (Soigner, aimer, finaliste du Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général du Canada en 2017). Elle a aussi codirigé l'ouvrage Femmes rapaillées. Dans Soigner, écrire, elle se penche sur ses différentes pratiques et nous transporte, par ses récits et ses réflexions, dans les couloirs de l'hôpital, de la maternité et du poème. Tantôt médecin, tantôt patiente, toujours humaine, elle convoque les morts qui jalonnent son métier de soignante pour les garder vivants.

In Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies, Indigenous author Renee Linklater explores healing and wellness in the Indigenous communities on Turtle Island. Drawing on a decolonizing approach, which puts the "soul wound" of colonialism at the center, Linklater engages ten Indigenous health care practitioners in a dialogue regarding Indigenous notions of wellness and wholistic health, critiques of psychiatry and psychiatric diagnoses, and Indigenous approaches to helping people through trauma, depression, and experiences of parallel and multiple realities.

"This bright and bubbly early reader graphic novel, based on debut creator Yu’s own immigration story, validates the sometimes overwhelming nature of learning an unfamiliar language as a child in a new country." — Publishers Weekly. Being the new kid in school is scary enough. But imagine what it would be like if you were the new kid in a new school, in a new country. That’s exactly the situation Mei Yu finds herself in when her family moves from China to Canada.