Articles tagged with: Our Collections

• Crime and Consequence

  Tuesday, December 03, 2024 | By Amanda Emery

  

  Do you have a curiosity for true crime? Are you interested in learning about justice and the legal system? Check out some of the mysterious and fascinating stories in December’s Featured Collection of books.

  • Read about the notorious ‘Georges’ communities of British Columbia and their reputation as Canada’s most dangerous city prior to World War I.
  • Explore the newly published Outlaw Bikers as Organized Crime, providing research on outlaw bikers and clubs from all over the world.
  • If you are interested in cross-border organized crime, read up on the millennial mobsters who brought chaos and the cartels to the Canadian underworld.

  You can browse the Crime and Consequence collection by visiting the book display next to the Ask Us desk in Matheson Learning Commons, or view the eBooks online.

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• International Education Week, 2024

  Monday, November 18, 2024 | By Amanda Emery

  

  Explore this curated collection of books and eBooks focusing on international education and studying abroad. International Education Week (IEW) is celebrated globally on the third week of November each year. IEW highlights the importance of a globally oriented learning experience and showcases the impact that international education has on learning, research, and community.

  Brock International Education Week events, held November 18-22, are great opportunities to get involved, expand your knowledge, and connect with the world.

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• Political Landscapes

  Thursday, October 31, 2024 | By Amanda Emery

  

  Our November Featured Collection explores works on the intricate and evolving landscapes of current politics in the United States and Canada. With the US election a trending topic, this collection of books and eBooks highlights a variety of related subjects including democracy, campaigns, polling, and parties.

  Read the relevant Electable: Why American Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House…Yet with a focused chapter on Kamala Harris and the 2020 US election.

  Explore the growing discussion around Illiberal Democracies as it pertains to the history of political ideals in the United States. The newly published Illiberal America: A History looks to the past to understand this recent resurgence.

  If you are interested in a Canadian perspective you can read up on current movements in What’s Trending in Canadian Politics? which explores political communication and democratic governance in a digital age.

  You can browse the collection by visiting the book display next to the Ask Us desk in Matheson Learning Commons, or view the eBooks online.

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• Featured Collection: Honouring Indigenous Women and Girls

  Tuesday, October 01, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  This month’s featured Omni Collection is intended to honour and remember the lives of Indigenous Women and Girls in recognition of the Native Women’s Association of Canada‘s Sisters In Spirit Day. Browse and borrow from the print collection displayed next to the Ask Us desk and head online to view the Indigenous Women on Film sub-collection of documentaries.

  The collection also acts as a complement to The Canadian Library, a grassroots art installation project that acts as a memorial to all Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people. View the Brock University micro gallery at the Entiohahathe’te Knowledge Den.

  

  The Entiohahathe’te Knowledge Den is located home to an Indigenous book collection and Brock’s Canadian Library Project micro gallery.

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• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  Tuesday, September 17, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  On September 30, we recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.  

  Learn more about the impact of residential schools by exploring our virtual book display, a mixture of print titles, ebooks, and streaming video.

  Image credit: The Survivors’ flag was designed during six weeks of consultation, discussion and collaboration with Survivors from across Canada. Inuit, Mi’kmaq, Atikamekw, Cree, Ojibway, Dakota, Mohawk, Dene, Nuu-chah-nulth, Secwepemc, Métis Survivors brought the flag to life by sharing their thoughts, ideas and lived experience to identify the important symbolism you see. The NCTR (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation) ensured the Survivors’ wishes and ideas were conveyed to Vincent Design to complete the flag.

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• Brock Library Now and Then

  Sunday, August 25, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  As part of Brock University’s 60th anniversary celebrations, we present Brock Library Now and Then, a treasure trove of photos showing the development of the Brock University Library and the generations of students who studied here.

  Reminisce in-person by scanning the QR codes located on posters in the Matheson Learning Commons (main floor or the Library), Floor 5, and in the Map, Data, & GIS Library. For those unable to visit in person, navigate to Brock Library Now and Then exhibit online.

  Most of the images are from the University photo collection held in the Archives and Special Collections. We thank Archives staff for their contributions to this exhibit, and invite you to delve further into Brock University history and lore at the Pop-Up Archives event during this year’s very special Homecoming Skyline Celebration.

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• Dark Tourism

  Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | By Amanda Emery

  

  Our August Featured Collection delves into the darker side of tourism, exploring why people choose to visit places associated with tragedy, death, or disaster. “Dark Tourism” is a long-time practice and some scholars describe it as an opportunity to engage with history and gather a deeper understanding of events that occurred in specific locations.

  Read about the preservation of cultural and natural heritage in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where Ukraine is transforming the site into a tourism attraction. Consider the term social memory and explore collective remembrance of the Holocaust through the visitation of Holocaust memorials and museums.

  These books cover a variety of sites such as: Fukushima, war memorials, concentration camps, catacombs, penitentiaries, and natural disaster sites like Pompeii.

  You can browse the collection by visiting the display next to the Ask Us desk or view the e-books online.

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• Olympic & Paralympic Games 2024

  Wednesday, July 24, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  As thousands of athletes gather to compete in Paris this week, Brock Library presents an extra thematic collection this month: 2024 Olympics. Featuring print and e-book titles as well as Olympic and sport-related films, the collection takes an inter-disciplinary approach to the world-wide sporting extravaganza.

  Of note: The Olympic Sports Economy and Circus Maximus consider the economic impacts of mega sporting events on host countries.

  Individual athletes are profiled in titles such as Playing the Long Game by Canadian soccer star Christine Sinclair, and The Greatest Athlete (You’ve Never Heard of): Canada’s First Olympic Gold Medalist, George Washington Orton.

  The 2024 Olympics featured collection is accompanied by a display of Olympic trivia and posters at the Thistle entrance to the Learning Commons.

  Browse, borrow and enjoy in between catching your favourite events.

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• Canadian Reads

  Tuesday, July 02, 2024 | By Amanda Emery

  

  Explore July’s curated collection of books and e-books, Canadian Reads, and delve into the print world of Canadiana.

  Looking for a Canadian award-winning fiction to read? The collection includes:

  • Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein, the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner.
  • The Future by Catherine Leroux, the 2024 Canada Reads winner.
  • Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton, the 2023 Canada Reads winner.
  • Many other titles from the shortlist of both the Scotiabank Giller Prize and Canada Reads.

  Interested in educating yourself on contemporary issues in Canada? Try some of these reads:

  • Look into the desperate need for access to safe drinking water in Indigenous and rural communities in Canada.
  • Read about the history of reproductive justice in Canada.
  • Learn about small town Ontario as a popular literary trop in fiction.

  Browse the collection by visiting the display next to the Ask Us desk or view the e-books online.

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• Disability Pride Month

  Thursday, June 27, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  July is Disability Pride Month.

  Take some time to explore this collection of titles in the fields of Mad Studies and Critical Disability Studies. Both fields have been instrumental in advancing the voices and knowledges of Mad and disabled persons to enact transformative change.

  “Disability is not only an identity, but also a community with a diverse culture all their own to be proud of and celebrated. Disability culture is about visibility and self-value. Disability Pride Month is a time for recognizing these facts and listening to people with disabilities.”

  From Ontario’s Bill 128 – “Disability Pride Month Act, 2023”

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