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BOOKS
Women play a pivotal role in the world of literature, contributing diverse perspectives and narratives that enrich the literary landscape
BOOKS
Women's voices not only broaden the understanding of human experiences but they also challenge and reshape societal norms while fostering more inclusive and dynamic contributions to the repertoire of literature.
Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy
Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy is a critical scholarly publication that seeks to make the Academy responsive and inclusive for women advancement and sustainable empowerment strategies by broadening the understanding of why women in the Academy are overlooked in leadership positions, why there is a pay parity deficit, and what is being done to change the situation. Featuring a wide range of topics such as mentorship, curriculum design, and equality, this book is ideal for policymakers, academicians, deans, provosts, chancellors, administrators, researchers, and students.
By Taima Moeke-Pickering (Laurentian University, Canada), Sheila Cote-Meek (York University, Canada) and Ann Pegoraro (Laurentian University, Canada)
Daughters of the Deer
Daughters of the Deer is a historical novel whereby the author imagines what the lives of Algonquin women would be like in the 1600s. The story is influenced by her family’s ancestral connection to a girl murdered by French settlers.
Not Without My Daugther
Betty Mahmoody wrote Not Without My Daughter, an autobiographical novel in collaboration with William Hoffer focusing on Betty’s personal experiences as an American woman held in a hostage situation in Iran due to her Iranian husband’s oppressive behaviour. The book reveals sacrifices in motherhood, reliance and freedom.
Sexual Politics
Sexual Politics 1970 by Kate Millett is a feminist book critiquing social organization and literature portraying itself to be feminist. She reveals how power influences sexual relationships rooted in political issues of dominance.
Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be
Nicole Perkins in her book highlights the issues women face when society fails to address problems such as myths and misogyny. She shares gruesome stories of her life to reveal her endevours to break cycles that attempt to stop her confidence. Her underlying message is to use pop culture positively while discarding the negative.
The Female Eunuch
Germain Greer took a bold approach when she wrote the book The Female Eunuch which speaks of many women’s reality that the demand to be passive in their sexuality is associated with the act of genital castration.
Tricky Grounds: Indigenous Women's Experiences in Canadian University Administration
Since the release of the TRC’s 2015 report, universities have created new Indigenous policies and roles—many of which are carried by Indigenous women. Tricky Grounds examines what it means to be tasked with Indigenizing Western institutions that have not meaningfully transformed.
Drawing on her own experience and the stories of Indigenous women in senior university roles, Candace Brunette-Debassige explores the “triple bind” they face within colonial, Eurocentric, and male-dominated environments. She highlights the emotional and gendered labour placed on Indigenous women when institutions rush to Indigenize without doing the deeper work of decolonization. Through a decolonial Indigenous feminist lens, Brunette-Debassige shows how Indigenous women enact agency, resist colonial pressures, and help drive real structural change—offering a model for meaningful reconciliation and Indigenization in Canadian universities.
Women Transforming the Future of Higher Education
Bringing together insights from women scholars who are leading change within universities, this co—edited text by Dr. Taima Moeke—Pickering, along with Dr. Sharon Lauricella and Dr. Shubha Sandill, is a collection that explores themes of mentorship, equity, leadership, and systemic transformation. The chapters highlight real experiences from women working across the academy and offer practical, hopeful perspectives on creating supportive, inclusive, and forward—thinking educational environments.
Women and Madness
Feminist Phyllis Chesler in her book Women and Madness, first written in 1972 and revised in 2005 speaks of the negative treatment of psychiatry and psychology towards women in those fields due to male dominance, In the revised revision adds information concerning mental health issues such as postpartum depression, eating disorders and biological psychology.
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