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Get that freak: Homophobia and transphobia in high schools

https://bcch.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113409
Haskell, Rebecca, Burtch, Brian. Halifax, NS: Fernwood Publishing , 2010.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
GA 600 HAS 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Bullying in schools has garnered significant attention recently, but little has been said about the bullying of homosexuals and transexual students in Canadian high schools. This book fills that gap by exploring the experiences of youth who identify or are identified as "queer." Based on interviews…
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Author
Haskell, Rebecca
Burtch, Brian
Place of Publication
Halifax, NS
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing
Publication Date
2010
Physical Description
Paperback: 126 pages
Subject
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues
LGBT
Education. Schools
Bullying
Abstract
Bullying in schools has garnered significant attention recently, but little has been said about the bullying of homosexuals and transexual students in Canadian high schools. This book fills that gap by exploring the experiences of youth who identify or are identified as "queer." Based on interviews with recent high school graduates in British Columbia, these researchers provide stories of physical, verbal, and emotional harassment in this group and offer insights into the negative outcomes that result from the experience of being bullied. On the other hand, however, these young people were not helpless victims: many learned to rely on resistance, inner strength, and true friends. In the last chapter, the authors make recommendations for handling homophobic and transphobic bullying in high schools and supporting students who experience this form of harassment.
ISBN
9781552663783
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
GA 600 HAS 2010

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The education of Augie Merasty: A residential school memoir

https://bcch.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120611
Merasty, Joseph Auguste, Carpenter, David. Sakatchewan, SK: University of Regina Press , 2017.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
GN 400 MER 2017
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
A courageous and intimate memoir, The Education of Augie Merasty is the story of a child who faced the dark heart of humanity, let loose by the cruel policies of a bigoted nation.; A retired fisherman and trapper who sometimes lived rough on the streets, Augie Merasty was one of an estimated 150,00…
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Author
Merasty, Joseph Auguste
Carpenter, David
Place of Publication
Sakatchewan, SK
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
Hardcover; 150 p.
Subject
Aboriginal Health
Trauma Survivors
Abstract
A courageous and intimate memoir, The Education of Augie Merasty is the story of a child who faced the dark heart of humanity, let loose by the cruel policies of a bigoted nation.
A retired fisherman and trapper who sometimes lived rough on the streets, Augie Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of aggressive assimilation.
As Augie recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mould children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse.
But even as he looks back on this painful part of his childhood, Merasty's sense of humour and warm voice shine through.
ISBN
9780889774575
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
GN 400 MER 2017

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