Jim Reynolds – författare

Colonialism endures in Canada today. Dismantling it requires an understanding of how colonialism operated across the British Empire and why Canada's colonial experience was unique.

Whereas colonies such as India were ruled through despotism and violence, Canada's white settler population governed itself while oppressing the Indigenous peoples whose lands they were on. Canada and Colonialism shows that Canadians' support for colonial rule – both at home and abroad – is the reason colonialism remains entrenched in Canadian law and society today.

Author Jim Reynolds presents a truly compelling account of Canada's colonial coming of age and its impacts on Indigenous peoples, including the settler-led internal colonialism behind the Indian Act and those who enforced it. As one of the nation's leading experts in Aboriginal law, Reynolds provides a vital accounting of the historical underpinnings and contemporary challenges the nation must address to reconcile with Indigenous peoples and move toward decolonization.

Which side of the barbed wire prison fences are the bad guys? Likewise, on the outside of those fences who are the good guys? This is an insightful true story of how a rag-tag minimum security prison slow pitch softball team in the Blue Ridge Mountains entered into a small city softball league as an experiment into integrating inmates back into the community and how these unseemly men persevered, triumphed and won the respect and acceptance of the whole community: always remembering: “…There is none righteous, no, not one:” (Romans 3:10).

We, as Christians, so often seek to comprehend the spiritual with our minds rather than our hearts, all to our own detriment. The Holy Trinity cannot be “figured” out in our minds. He must be experienced in order to be understood. Just as “the brightness of his glory” can only be found in the darkness of the cross; the Holy Trinity can only be found in the journey of a seeking heart, and Jim takes us on a journey through scripture in search of the Holy Trinity in order that we come to know Him whom we seek, “even as also I am known” (1 Corinthians 13:12).

Jim''s book gives a personal exploration into the caregiving challenges facing Dementia caregivers with the added complexity of Capgras Syndrome. The book provides practical caregiving advice to caregivers and healthcare professionals seeking help and empathy. Journal entries add unique and emotional honesty for the reader. The book offers a large amount of professional resources.

Jim''s book would be a practical guide on the bookshelf of healthcare professionals, mental health educators, eldercare and memory care facilities. Another companion for caregivers'' bookshelf is Patti Davis''s book Floating in the Deep End. Davis''s book is her memoir about the dementia care for her father, President Reagan.