May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada, a time to celebrate the rich and diverse contributions of Asian communities across the country.
University of Toronto Press is spotlighting a curated selection of books and journal articles exploring Asian Canadian experiences, histories, and cultures.
Featured free-to-read journal articles cover groundbreaking research on Asian immigrant youth, South Asian migration, Asian Canadian theatre, and more.
Forthcoming this June, discover two new titles in Asian Studies: Spectres of Affinity explores migration, identity, and belonging in the east Malaysian state, while Cosmopolitan Memories, Vernacular Visions traces the transformation of the Korean language and the politics of national identity.
Discover more in our Asian Heritage Month newsletter — link in bio.
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“This book models the hard work necessary to achieve a just politics at planet scale.” —Timothy Morton, Rice University
Becoming Ecological offers a fresh and empowering perspective on the natural world by insisting that our relationship with language can transform issues of sustainability and environmental catastrophe.
Drawing from various views on relationships, values, and responsibility, as well as topics like AI, food, compost, sound, economics, improvisation, extinction, climate anxiety, and even the nature of reality, Becoming Ecological is a hopeful invitation to engage with the world differently.
Order your copy on our website (find the link in our bio)!
#Ecology #EcologicalCrisis #Sustainability #Language #Communication
In today’s “Ask the Author,” Joseph Wilson reflects on why, in his words, “the living, breathing humans who make AI work are purposefully erased from the narrative.”
Learn more about Humans of AI on our website through the link in our bio!
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Nonfiction #ChatGPT #HumansOfAI
James Chatto recently joined CP24 to discuss his compelling new book, Acquired Tastes: The Lives and Recipes of Eight Culinary Ambassadors, co-written with W.L. Martin and Joseph Sproule.
Acquired Tastes traces the surprising human stories behind some of the world’s most beloved recipes and drinks — and how they travelled across cultures, centuries, and continents.
Part biography, part culinary history, and part cookbook, each chapter weaves together a richly researched narrative with a recipe that readers can recreate in their own kitchens.
Watch the full interview at the link in bio.
@thejameschatto@cp24breakfast@cp24breakingnews #FoodHistory #CulinaryHistory #GlobalFlavors #RecipeStories #foodandculture
Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author Daren Martin calls this “the new gold standard book for mentorship.”
Mentorship by Frankie J. Weinberg is a practical, research-informed guide for students, professionals, educators, and leaders in business, entrepreneurship, leadership, and higher education, showing how mentees can take the lead in shaping their own development. Featuring the ACE Framework, the Seven Cs, and actionable tools for building more effective mentoring relationships, it offers a fresh approach to professional growth.
Explore the future of mentorship today.
@loyola_nola@frankie_j_weinberg@darenmartinphd
#Mentorship #LeadershipDevelopment #BusinessEducation #Entrepreneurship #ProfessionalDevelopment
This Earth Day, take time to reflect on climate action and the role cities can play in shaping a more sustainable future. 🌍
Tune into the Cities 1.5 podcast, where David Miller speaks with urban leaders working to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees. Season 6 covers topics including the rapid urbanization of the global majority, the invisible labour of migrant workers, the resilience of women climate leaders dealing with systemic sexism, disinformation disseminated by fossil fuel industries, and how cities can act as climate first responders to continue climate action even through national hesitancy.
Listen to the newest episodes at the link in our bio.
@c40cities
#EarthDay #ClimateAction #Cities1.5 #ClimateChange #UrbanLeadership
“The Political Economy of Public Policy offers a broader take on the subject matter, making an effort to bring in politics, society and culture.” – Geoff Martin, Mount Allison University
How is public policy shaped in practice? The Political Economy of Public Policy: A Concise Guide by Alena Kimakova offers an interdisciplinary approach to the field, connecting economics, politics, and society to examine how policy decisions are made and applied.
Accessible and concise, this new textbook is a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in public policy, political economy, and contemporary governance.
Learn more at the link in bio.
@mountallison@yorkulaps@usask@yorkuniversity
#PublicPolicy #PoliticalEconomy #Economics #PoliticalScience #CanadianPolitics #PolicyAnalysis #HigherEd
“Life Lines offers a powerful contemplation of what it means to give care, to create together, and to be present for each other in the landscape of very old age.” —Mitra Emad, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Minnesota Duluth
In Life Lines, a graphic biography about caring for aging parents, Joshua H Roth documents his father’s life and accomplishments to honour him and ease his transition into a new stage of life. Through his striking illustrations, Roth offers a glimpse into the daily realities and emotional challenges of caring for his father, offering insight into the profound impact of this critical phase in both of their lives.
Learn more about Life Lines: Art, Memory, Relationship via the link in our bio!
#NewRelease #CareWork #Biography #Memoir #GraphicStorytelling
Can a great company truly rise again after a major fall? And why, after decades of corporate strategy and business scholarship, do so many iconic firms still struggle to reclaim their former greatness?
Alfred Marcus’s Comeback sets out to answer these questions with compelling clarity and depth. Blending rigorous business analysis with real-world case studies, Marcus traces the turbulent journeys of eight iconic firms, including Intel, Amazon, Disney, and Tesla, as they navigated crisis, disruption, and the relentless pressure to transform, revealing a story of resilience and struggle that is as relevant to today’s business landscape as ever.
Featuring insights from one of the leading voices in strategy and sustainability, this is essential reading for business leaders, strategists, academics, and anyone seeking to understand what it truly takes to survive and recover in a competitive world.
#BusinessStrategy #CorporateResilience #Leadership #BusinessBooks #Management
“We have not abandoned each other, because we love each other.”
Those words were spoken by a young French woman to a Nazi interrogator in Berlin, 1943. She was accused of a crime without a law: she was a lesbian.
I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany by Samuel Clowes Huneke recovers her story and dozens more — drawn from over fifty archival files, many never before examined — to tell the hidden history of queer women under fascism.
This is a history of surveillance, harassment, imprisonment, and loss. But it is also a history of women who refused to abandon their partners under impossible pressure, of solidarity forged across lines of class, race, and sexuality in the darkest of times.
Rigorous, compassionate, and compellingly written, I Will Not Abandon You challenges what we think we know about the resilience of those history has tried to forget.
Tap the link in bio to explore the book.
@schuneke@vestopr@glaad@theadvocatemag@georgemasonu@lambdaliterary@uclagenderstudies@ucsbfemst
#QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #LesbianHistory #QueerStudies #LGBTQ
We're at a pivotal moment for Canada's public service.
A new generation of leaders is stepping up - more diverse, more values-driven, more impatient for change - while seasoned leaders carry the weight of systems under unprecedented strain. The demands on everyone have never been greater, and the environment requires more than technical competence: it demands emotional intelligence, political acumen, ethical courage, and the resilience to lead under constant pressure.
Northern Grit was written for this moment. Grounded in real interviews with public sector leaders across federal, provincial, and municipal government, these fictionalized stories cover everything from speaking truth to power and navigating political acumen, to advocating for inclusion, managing conflict, and leading through crisis with honesty, warmth, and deep respect for the people who choose to serve.
Whether you're just starting out or navigating the complexity of senior leadership, this book will challenge you, validate you, and remind you: you are not alone in this work.
Tap the link in bio to explore the book.
@ccib.national@OttawaCitizen@CBCOttawa
#CDNPoli #CanadianPolitics #PublicService #PublicPolicy #PoliSci
Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson reflect on what Democracy’s Second Act is really about — and how the research and writing process revealed just how ready ordinary citizens are to take on real democratic responsibility.
#Democracy #CivicEngagement #Politics #PublicPolicy #Nonfiction
