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Collecting Courage: A Powerful Truth On Black Love, Freedom and Philanthropy

By Krishan Mehta, PhD, November 26, 2020 Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love, edited by Nneka Allen, Camila Vital Nunes Pereira and Nicole Salmon, Gail K. Picco Books, Civil Sector Press, November 24, 2020, 227 pp., $39.99 CAD/$29.99 USD Philanthropy is often defined as an expression of love for humanity. But in an age where Black bodies are deemed dispensable, … [Read more...] about Collecting Courage: A Powerful Truth On Black Love, Freedom and Philanthropy

Tomboy: Has appeal for all readers

By Wanda Deschamps November 24, 2020 Tomboy : The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different, Lisa Selin Davis, Hachette Go, August 11, 2020, 336 pp., $34.65 Tomboy.  “That’s a girl who has short hair and likes sports” explained Lisa Selin Davis’s daughter as she made the announcement of her identity to her mother by relaying this … [Read more...] about Tomboy: Has appeal for all readers

Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened

By Roger Ali (November 12, 2020) Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened and How to Stop the Next One, Debora MacKenzie, Hachette, July 14, 2020, 304 pp., $33.66 Covid-19 is a hot topic, and living through a pandemic, during unprecedented times, has heightened our awareness and growing concerns about the virus, when it will end and what worse threats … [Read more...] about Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened

Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech’s Empathy Problem

By Wanda Deschamps (November 9, 2020) Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech's Empathy Problem and How to Fix It, Maelle Gavet, Wiley, October 6, 2020, 224 pp., $29.69 Globalization and proliferation of technology. This is what I grew up hearing my late father talk about. His name is Walter J. Kontak. He was a political science professor at St. Francis Xavier University … [Read more...] about Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech’s Empathy Problem

Calling Bullshit: ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’

By Wanda Deschamps (November 4, 2020) Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World, Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West, Random House, August 4, 2020, 336 pp., $35.65 We associate the three-kinds-of-lies quote with 19th century American humourist Mark Twain. It was almost as if he was peering into the future while saying it because we do … [Read more...] about Calling Bullshit: ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’

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