Field Notes '26: Summer Edition | Reconciliation & Inclusion | Seneca Students

Welcome to Field Notes, a series from the Reconciliation & Inclusion team, offering curated resources to support deeper learning and inclusive practices across Seneca Polytechnic. Each issue will feature a bespoke collection of resources — such as books, TV shows and events — that the team has personally engaged with, reflected on and found meaningful in our own learning.

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I'm curious how Black queer artists can reclaim history through music.

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
by Bob, the Drag Queen

Harriet Tubman gets the concert tour she deserves in this wildly funny play about fame, history and Black queer culture.

Give me something similar to Everything Everywhere all at Once with a connection to colonization.

Operation Bounce House
by Matt Dinniman

A hilarious sci-fi comedy where AI, colonization and a struggling garage band collide in an unexpected thoughtful adventure.

I want to understand Indigenous life beyond Canada.

Stolen
by Ann-Helén Laestadius

A gripping novel following a young Sami woman whose life is shaped by threats and racism to her community and the reindeer herding tradition.

Give me an emotional political memoir with a personal lens.

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
by Raja Shehadeh

A memoir sharing how the author and his father dedicate themselves to the same cause in different ways. Only in loss does the author come to see his father clearly, in this intimate reflection on maturity and the slow arrival of appreciation.

Who gets to tell someone else's story?

Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang

A satire novel that follows a writer who steals another author’s work, exposing the publishing industry’s biases around race, authorship and success.

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If dystopian stories feel a little too close to home.

40 Acres

A gripping post-apocalyptic thriller set on Indigenous farmland, where survival and community becomes acts of resistance.

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Always in Fashion at the Textile Museum brings together Indigenous designers and showcases a blend of ancestral techniques and innovation that challenges colonialism and reclaim narratives.

Who It’s For: Fashion students and emerging designers whose understanding of the industry is incomplete without Indigenous perspectives.

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Churros92 is husband-wife owned coffee bar, serving authentic Mexican churros using the recipe from the wife's grandmother.

Who It’s For: If you're looking for a night out to grab an affordable sweet treat in Little Jamaica.

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Nice Day Pilates is Toronto's first Black-owned Pilates studio that focuses on slow and flowing movement to improve your body awareness and stability.

Who It’s For: Those who are curious to start and are looking for an open, low-pressure and come-as-you are studio.