Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Introduction: The intersection of race, class, and gender in the anti-racism discourse / George Sefa Dei ; Feminist intersectional theorizing / Daiva K. Stasiulis -- pt. 2. Inequality and family: Part-time work and the gender division of labour / Gretchen Weber and Christine Williams ; Marrying citizens! Raced subjects? : re-thinking the terrain of equal marriage discourse / Suzanne J. Lenon ; Sterilization in Alberta, 1828-1972 : gender matters / Jana Grekul -- pt. 3. Inequality and education: The legacy of residential schools / Bernard Schissel and Terry Wotherspoon ; Fighting a 'public enemy' of black academic achievement : the persistence of racism and the schooling experience of black students in Canada / Henry M. Codjoe ; The persistence of colonial discourse : race, gender, and Muslim students in Canadian schools / Goli Rezai-Rashti ; African women and Canadian history : demanding our place in the curriculum / Njoki Nathani Wane -- pt. 4. Inequality and health: Redefining home care for women with disabilities : a call for citizenship / Kari Krogh ; Affirming immigrant women's health : building inclusive health policy / Marian MacKinnon and Laura Lee Howard ; Becoming 'the fat girl' : acquisition of an unfit identity / Carla Rice ; Yearning for lightness : transnational circuits in the marketing and consumption of skin lighteners / Evelyn Nakano Glenn -- pt. 5. Inequality and social justice: The growth of poverty and social inequality : losing faith in social justice / Ann Duffy and Nancy Mandell ; Lessons in decolonization : Aboriginal overrepresentation in Canadian criminal justice / Patricia A. Monture-Angus ; The space of Africville : creating, regulating, and remembering the urban 'slum' / Jennifer J. Nelson ; Sharing the wealth, spreading the burden? : the settlement of Kosovar refugees in smaller British Columbia cities / Kathy Sherrell, Jennifer Hyndman, and Fisnik Preniqi ; The Sharia debate in Ontario : gender, Islam, and Muslim Women's Agency / Anna C. Korteweg ; Feminist leadership and female genital mutilation in Canada : a community health centre's advocacy and FGM eradication efforts / Wangari Esther Tharao and Linda Cornwell -- pt. 6. Canada and global inequality: Global restructuring, Canadian connections and feminist resistance / Roberta Hamilton ; Whose social reproduction? : transnational motherhood and challenges to feminist political economy / Sedef Arat-Koç ; Garment production in Canada : social and political implications / Roxanna Ng ; Fruits of injustice : women in the post-NAFTA food system / Deborah Barndt.