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Ensouling Our Schools: A Universally Designed Framework for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Reconciliation (Teaching to Diversity #3)
by Jennifer KatzIn an educational milieu in which standards and accountability hold sway, schools can become places of stress, marginalization, and isolation instead of learning communities that nurture a sense of meaning and purpose. In Ensouling Our Schools, author Jennifer Katz weaves together methods of creating schools that engender mental, spiritual, and emotional health while developing intellectual thought and critical analysis. Kevin Lamoureux contributes his expertise regarding Indigenous approaches to mental and spiritual health that benefit all students and address the TRC Calls to Action.
In Search of April Raintree
by Beatrice MosionierMemories. Some memories are elusive, fleeting, like a butterfly that touches down and is free until it is caught. Others are haunting. You'd rather forget them, but they won't be forgotten. And some are always there. No matter where you are, they are there, too.In this moving story of legacy and reclamation, two young sisters are taken from their home and family. Powerless in a broken system, April and Cheryl are separated and placed in different foster homes. Despite the distance, they remain close, even as their decisions threaten to divide them emotionally, culturally, and geographically. As one sister embraces her Métis identity, the other tries to leave it behind.Will the sisters&’ bond survive as they struggle to make their way in a society that is often indifferent, hostile, and violent?The first edition of In Search of April Raintree, published in 1984, has since touched many generations of readers, becoming a Canadian school classic. In this edition, ten critical essays accompany one of the best-known texts by an Indigenous author in Canada.
The Raven Mother (Mothers of Xsan)
by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Huson★ Starred selection for CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens 2023! Hoarders. Scavengers. Clever foragers. Bringers of new life. Ravens have many roles, both for the land and in Gitxsan story and song. The sixth book in Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson)&’s Mothers of Xsan series transports young readers to Northwestern British Columbia, where they will learn about the traditions of the Gitxsan, the lives of ravens, and why these acrobatic flyers are so important to their ecosystem. Follow along as Nox Gaak, the raven mother, teaches her chicks what they need to survive with the help of her flock.
The Gift Is in the Making: Anishinaabeg Stories
by Leanne Betasamosake SimpsonThe Gift Is in the Making retells previously published Anishinaabeg stories, bringing to life Anishinaabeg values and teachings for a new generation. Readers are immersed in a world where all genders are respected, the tiniest being has influence in the world, and unconditional love binds families and communities to each other and to their homeland. Sprinkled with gentle humour and the Anishinaabe language, this collection of stories speaks to children and adults alike, and reminds us of the timelessness of stories that touch the heart.Also available as an audiobook narrated by Tiffany Ayalik. Find it through your favourite audio retailer!
The Stone Collection
by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm★ [Akiwenzie-Damm's] luminescent prose in this book dances "like jingle dress dancers," and is somehow still compressed to shining perfection - Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewIn the Anishnaabe language and worldview, stones are alive, infused with life force or spirit. Although many of the stories are about loss, under that surface they are alive, celebrating the beauty and preciousness of life.—Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm In these 14 unique stories, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm takes on complex and dangerous emotions, exploring the gamut of modern Anishinaabe experience. Through unforgettable characters, these stories—about love and lust, suicide and survival, illness and wholeness—illuminate the strange workings of the human heart.
Kode's Quest: A Story of Respect (The Seven Teachings Stories)
by Katherena VermetteKode&’s class is learning about the Seven Teachings, but she&’s still confused about Respect. Kode asks the wisest people she knows for help—her parents, her older siblings, and her grandparents. As each person gives her a different answer, Kode learns about the many different ways we can show respect for other people, for the environment, and for ourselves.In this story for young readers, an Anishinaabe girl explores what respect means and how to be a respectful member of a community. A pronunciation guide for the Anishnaabemowin words can be found at the back of the book.Rich in culture and grounded in traditional knowledge, Katherena Vermette&’s The Seven Teachings Stories series features themes of love, wisdom, humility, courage, respect, honesty, and truth. Contemporary Indigenous children explore the Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe through stories of home and family that will look familiar to all young readers in these books for ages 3–5.
Pisim Finds Her Miskanaw (The Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Ithiniwak)
by William DumasNOW REVISED! This edition features updated Rocky Cree translations and an expanded glossary, augmented with new maps to give a more detailed look at Pīsim&’s journey. These enhancements make this book a great tool for teachers and a great addition to any library.Out of an important archaeological discovery came this unique story about a week in the life of Pīsim, a young Cree woman, who lived in the mid 1600s. In the story, created by renowned storyteller William Dumas, Pīsim begins to recognize her miskanaw – the path for her life – and to develop her gifts for fulfilling that path. The story is brought to life by the rich imagery of Mi&’kmaw artist Leonard Paul, and is accompanied by sidebars on Cree language and culture, archaeology and history, maps, songs, and more.Great ideas for using this book in your classroom can be found in the Teacher&’s Guide for Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw. A printable eBook of the guide is available for download.Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw is book one in The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Īthiniwak series about the Asiniskow Īthiniwak (Rocky Cree) of Northern Manitoba. Corresponding to the six seasons of sīkwan (spring), nīpin (summer), takwakin (fall), mikiskow (freeze-up), pipon (winter), and mithoskamin (break-up), the books explore the language, culture, knowledge, territory, and history of the 17th century Rocky Cree people through story and images. The groundbreaking series centres Indigenous ways of knowing and includes insights from a wide range of disciplines – cross-cultural education, history, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, literature, oral culture and storytelling, experiential and community-based learning, and art.To find more information about The Six Seasons project and the Picture Book App: Pisim Finds Her Miskanaw visit www.sixseasonsproject.ca.
The Viscount's Wallflower Wager
by Liz TynerA lively Regency romance with secrets to unravel…The stakes of the wager?Saying &“I do&”! When Gabriel is awakened by the news that his riotous grandmother has lost a card game and he has gained a bride, he knows he has to act! So the viscount wastes no time in meeting Marie, his unexpected betrothed. But she&’s nothing like the wallflower he expected. Not least because Marie is privy to his family&’s deepest secrets…which he has worked hard to hide. Now he has no choice but to keep Marie tantalizingly close! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Treacherous Escape
by Kellie VanHornFramed for murder… with the real criminals in pursuit. A groundbreaking discovery catapults biochemist Vienna Clayton into a world of danger when her laptop is stolen and her boss is murdered. Vienna flees onto stormy Lake Superior—only to be rescued by park ranger Hudson Lawrence. She's framed for crimes she didn&’t commit, and they&’re determined to clear her name, but with the clock ticking down, it&’s the threats they can&’t see coming that could cost them their lives…From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Whispering Winds Widows (Lookout Mountain Mysteries #4)
by Debra WebbThree women, bound by friendship And a thirty-year-old secret Lucinda was angry when her husband left his job in the city to work with his father. Deidre never shared her husband&’s dream of moving to Nashville. And Harlowe wanted a baby that her husband couldn&’t give her. When their men vanished, the Whispering Winds Widows told the same story. Will the son of one of the disappeared and a writer from Chattanooga finally uncover the truth?From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in the Lookout Mountain Mysteries series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Disappearance in Dread HollowBook 2: Murder at Sunset RockBook 3: A Place to HideBook 4: Whispering Winds WidowsBook 5: Peril in Piney Woods
Crash Landing
by Janice Kay JohnsonEscaping a plane wreck Was just the beginning… After surviving a crash landing and the killers gunning for them, Rafe Salazar and EMS paramedic Gwen Allen are on the run together. Hunted across treacherous mountain wilderness, Gwen has no choice but to trust her wounded patient—a DEA agent on a dangerous undercover mission. Vowing to keep each other safe even as desire draws them closer, will they live to fight another day?From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in theseries. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order:
Marriage Charade with the Heir
by Carol ArensA marriage ruse with a Victorian CinderellaHeading to the altar…and a pretend husband! Refusing to marry her sister&’s beau to please their father, Olive is at her wit's end when Joseph Billings purchases the local manor. He&’s a handsome viscount&’s heir and she&’s a penniless villager, but they have one thing in common—being pushed to marry against their will! With his potential bride visiting for a week, Joseph suggests a bold charade: pretending to be newlyweds! As they grow closer, Olive starts wondering where the ruse ends…and reality begins. From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
K-9 Shield (New Mexico Guard Dogs #3)
by Nichole SevernHe and his K-9 saved her life onceAnd he&’ll risk anything to do it again Jones Driscoll has spent half his life in war zones. This rescue mission feels different. Undercover journalist Maggie Caddel is tough—and yet she still rouses his instinct to protect. She might trust him to help her bring down the cartel that held her captive, but neither of them has any reason to let down their guard and trust the connection they share. From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in the New Mexico Guard Dogs series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: K-9 SecurityBook 2: K-9 DetectionBook 3: K-9 Shield
Alliance with the Notorious Lord (Enterprising Widows #2)
by Bronwyn ScottA spicy annoyances-to-lovers Victorian romanceMixing business……with rakish pleasure! Recently widowed Antonia Lytton-Popplewell is determined to carve her place in a man&’s world. Yet turning a ramshackle property in London into a world-class department store isn&’t easy. Especially when her inheritance comes with strings in the form of her late husband&’s business partner, infuriatingly attractive Lord Cullen Allardyce. To ensure success, Antonia needs Cullen&’s guidance. But her alliance with society&’s most notorious rebel becomes even more complicated when begrudging respect turns into mutual desire… From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.Enterprising WidowsBook 1: Liaison with the Champagne CountBook 2: Alliance with the Notorious LordBook 3: A Deal with the Rebellious Marquess
Baby Protection Mission (Mountain Country K-9 Unit #1)
by Laura ScottWhen a baby is targeted, can a K-9 team keep him safe? When his sister is kidnapped, rancher Cade McNeal will do anything to prevent his baby nephew from being next. Now Officer Ashley Hanson and her K-9 partner are on the case, and it&’s up to them to track down the assailant and keep Cade and his nephew from harm. But as the suspect list grows and the attacks escalate, will they bring a kidnapper to justice…before he strikes again?From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.Mountain Country K-9 Unit Book 1: Baby Protection Mission by Laura ScottBook 2: Her Duty Bound Defender by Sharee StoverBook 3: Chasing Justice by Valerie HansenBook 4: Crime Scene Secrets by Maggie K. BlackBook 5: Montana Abduction Rescue by Jodie BaileyBook 6: Trail of Threats by Jessica R. Patch
Rocky Mountain Survival
by Jane M. ChoateRunning from unknown enemies… but the wilderness is no refuge. Narrowly escaping death after being attacked, photojournalist Kylie Robertson flees to the mountains with her ex, former navy SEAL Josh Harvath. She doesn&’t know who&’s after her—or why they want the flash drive of photos she took. Together, they must piece together the mystery behind the pictures. But with killers running them down, will tackling a dangerous conspiracy become a second chance they won&’t survive? From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Cold Murder in Kolton Lake (The Lynleys of Law Enforcement #4)
by R. Barri FlowersA cold case investigation Leads to red-hot danger Reviewing a murder from twenty years ago, FBI Special Agent Scott Lynley needs the last person to see the victim alive. Still haunted by her aunt&’s death, FBI Victim Specialist Abby Zhang is eager to help. Yet even two decades later, someone is keeping clues hidden, putting Abby in the cross fire of the Kolton Lake killer. Scott&’s mission is to solve the case but Abby's quickly becoming his first—and only—priority.From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in The Lynleys of Law Enforcement series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Special Agent WitnessBook 2: Christmas Lights KillerBook 3: Murder in the Blue Ridge MountainsBook 4: Cold Murder in Kolton LakeBook 5: Campus KillerBook 6: Mississippi Manhunt
The Selection and Tenure of Foreign Ministers Around the World (Elements in International Relations)
by null Hanna Bäck null Alejandro Quiroz Flores null Jan TeorellForeign ministers are prominent actors in foreign affairs, often second only to heads of government in their influence. Yet, despite the growing awareness of the importance of key actors, and their backgrounds, in the study of international relations, foreign ministers remain understudied. In this Element, we make an important empirical contribution by presenting an original dataset on the personal and professional background of foreign ministers, spanning thirteen countries and more than 200 years. We use these data to answer three questions: who are the foreign ministers, why are foreign ministers with particular features appointed, and why do some foreign ministers have longer tenure than others? We find that foreign ministers tend to be men of politics who are appointed both on the basis of their affinity to, and to complement the experiences of, the head of government. We also find that foreign ministers stay longer in office when they perform well or are expected to do so, but that they are more likely to lose their posts when conditions make heads of government more prone to 'pin blame' on them to deflect criticism from foreign policy failures.
Philosophical, Medical, and Legal Controversies About Brain Death (Elements in Bioethics and Neuroethics)
by null L. Syd JohnsonThis Element considers current legal, ethical, metaphysical, and medical controversies concerning brain death. It examines the implicit metaphysical and moral commitments and dualism implied by neurological criteria for death. When these commitments and worldview are not shared by patients and surrogates, they give rise to distrust in healthcare providers and systems, and to injustice, particularly when medicolegal definitions of death are coercively imposed on those who reject them. Ethical obligations to respect persons and patient autonomy, promote patient-centered care, foster and maintain trust, and respond to the demands of justice provide compelling ethical reasons for recognizing reasonable objections. Each section illustrates how seemingly academic debates about brain death have real, on-the-ground implications for patients and their families.
Empowering Labor: Leftist Approaches to Wage Policy in Unequal Democracies
by null Juan A. BogliacciniEmpowering Labor uses a comparative study of Chile, Portugal, and Uruguay to analyze the underlying political dynamics that shape the use of wage policy as a pre-distributive instrument of leftist parties in power in unequal democracies. The book theorizes that the unity of the Left and labor's political legitimacy are two main drivers for relating on wage policy as a pre-distributive instrument for promoting inclusion. These factors are shaped by elite long-term strategies towards labor. Such strategies, when dominant for long-enough periods, create path dependency, shaping differential opportunities for further options down the road. The book integrates large-scale historical processes with frequently analyzed short-term and agency-based factors to elucidate variation in the crafting of wage policies and reshapes the debate on the politics of pre-distribution in unequal democracies by situating the cases in a longer historical arc.
Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity
by null Simcha GrossFrom the image offered by the Babylonian Talmud, Jewish elites were deeply embedded within the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE). The Talmud is replete with stories and discussions that feature Sasanian kings, Zoroastrian magi, fire temples, imperial administrators, Sasanian laws, Persian customs, and more quotidian details of Jewish life. Yet, in the scholarly literature on the Babylonian Talmud and the Jews of Babylonia , the Sasanian Empire has served as a backdrop to a decidedly parochial Jewish story, having little if any direct impact on Babylonian Jewish life and especially the rabbis. Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity advances a radically different understanding of Babylonian Jewish history and Sasanian rule. Building upon recent scholarship, Simcha Gross portrays a more immanent model of Sasanian rule, within and against which Jews invariably positioned and defined themselves. Babylonian Jews realized their traditions, teachings, and social position within the political, social, religious, and cultural conditions generated by Sasanian rule.
Cómo no matar tus plantas (How Not to Kill Your Houseplant): Nueva edición
by Veronica PeerlessPor mucho que riegues tus plantas siguen estando débiles: hojas que se caen, amarillean y tienen manchas. ¿Qué ocurre? Esta guía de plantas de interior te explica de manera fácil los problemas que pueden estar sufriendo.Detecta las señales de peligro, aprende cómo puedes rescatarlas y descubre qué planta se adapta mejor a tus necesidades. Puedes colocarlas en espacios muy diferentes: baños, cuartos fríos, encima del escritorio, en el marco de una ventana, en un rincón sombrío o en un solárium caliente. ¡Crea tu propio oasis dónde tú quieras!Este libro de plantas también incluye: Consejos para comprender qué les gusta y qué no.Indicaciones sobre cuánta luz, agua, calor y humedad necesitan.Explicaciones para principiantes de las diferentes etapas de crecimiento de la planta.¡Pasa las páginas y descubre cómo salvar a tus plantas! Identifica qué hay plantado en tu maceta y asegúrate de que crezca sana y fuerte. El regalo perfecto para todo aquel que busca poner una planta en su vida y para amantes de las plantas con poca experiencia que quieren adquirir nuevos conocimientos. -------------------------------Learn all the tips and tricks you need to become a proud plant parent – of more than 100 different plants.Yellowed leaves, drooping leaves, dried leaves, even though you've watered it: what&’s going on? How Not to Kill Your Houseplant will explain – and fix – your houseplant woes. Learn to spot the danger signs and take the proper action to rescue your sick plant. Discover the perfect plant for your unique space and needs. Bathrooms, cold rooms, at a desk, on a windowsill, in a gloomy corner or hot suntrap: there are plants for every location to create your own indoor oasis.This perfect plant book further features: Quick tips to understand what your plant does and doesn't like: How much light, water, food, heat, and humidity. Every stage of plant parenting for beginners, from identifying exactly what's in the pot, to keeping it in check when it grows too well. Proving the idea self-purchase or gift purchase for complete beginners who have no experience with or knowledge of plants, as well as [people who want to increase the amount of greenery in their life with indoor plants.
DK Super Readers Level 3 Ant Antics (DK Super Readers)
by DKUse your reading superpowers to learn about some of the trillions of ants in our world.Ant Antics is a beautifully designed, high-quality nonfiction reader all about these incredible insects - trillions of them working in teams around the world!The engaging text has been carefully translated into Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about army, worker, and weaver ants and how they work together to survive.
DK Super Readers Level 2 Wild Baby Animals (DK Super Readers)
by DKUse your reading superpowers to learn all about different wild baby animals.Wild Baby Animals is a beautifully designed, high-quality nonfiction reader all about the lives of cute baby animals, from sleepy bears to jelly-bean sized joey!The engaging text has been carefully translated into Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Diacritics are used so children are set up to succeed.A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about the lives of wild baby animals around the world.
DK Super Readers Level 4 Shark Apex Predator (DK Super Readers)
by DKUse your reading superpowers to learn all about sharks and their hunting grounds.Shark: Apex Predator is a beautifully designed, high-quality nonfiction reader all about some of the oceans&’ most fearsome hunters.The engaging text has been carefully translated into Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills.Children will love to find out about all kinds of sharks and their prey.