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What We’re Reading: Reimagining Healthcare, Leadership, Resilience, and More in September

What We’re Reading: Reimagining Healthcare, Leadership, Resilience, and More in September

September is shaping up to be a standout month for readers, with several of our speakers releasing new books that challenge readers to rethink how we live, lead, and care for one another.

Ranging from candid memoirs and personal reckonings to bold visions and reflections on healthcare, leadership, and Canada’s place in a changing world, these books offer fresh perspectives on resilience, reinvention, and what it takes to build something that lasts.

The Opportunities in Healthcare by Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

Available today!
The Opportunities in Healthcare

An ICU and palliative care physician, Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng wants to challenge the conventional narrative that healthcare is defined by crisis, burnout, and unsustainable costs.

In his latest book, The Opportunities in Healthcare, he presents a bold vision for reimagining healthcare through innovation, prevention, technology, and human-centered solutions that improve outcomes while reducing suffering and system strain. Drawing from years on the frontlines of critical care, he shares practical strategies for leaders, organizations, and communities to build a healthier future — one focused not simply on treating disease, but on creating systems that help people thrive.

Kwadwo encourages readers to think differently about the future of healthcare and embrace the extraordinary opportunities available to transform how we care for ourselves, our communities, and the systems we depend on.

Tempted by Rick Campanelli

Available September 1
Tempted by Rick Campanelli

This bombshell memoir by media personality Rick Campanelli tells the story of his public life in front of the camera and his secret life behind the scenes.

Rick’s journey of winning a nationwide contest to become a MuchMusic VJ on the iconic Canadian music station launched him quickly from an unknown Hamilton kid to an on-air national superstar known as “Rick the Temp,” as his warm, affable personality won over millions of Canadians from coast to coast. But while his star was rising in front of the camera, behind the scenes was a different story. Revealed for the first time ever in Tempted, Rick shares the story of the secret demons he battled that nearly destroyed his life.

Lords of Serendipity by Randy Boyagoda

Available September 8
Lords of Serendipity by Randy Boyadega

Randy Boyagoda is a bestselling author of seven books, four of which were nominated for the Giller Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize. His latest book, Lords of Serendipity, set between contemporary Sri Lanka and the United States, is a wry, moving and sharply observed story about how rich and poor alike try to get ahead by going to university. It’s about dreams and ambition meeting corruption and hypocrisy. It’s about what parents are willing to do for their children, and about what strivers and hustlers are willing to do when they meet gatekeepers.

Devi is a Sri Lankan village girl who dreams of going to Harvard. Katrina is a middle-class American girl whose life has been designed to get her into an elite liberal arts college. Devi’s father cleans toilets in a five-star hotel to pay for his daughter’s Indian tutor, who might not be the Oxford student he claims to be on WhatsApp. Katrina’s father teaches extra courses at a mediocre technical university to pay for his daughter’s academic lifestyle experiences. Meanwhile, his tech bro teaching assistant expertly extorts money from international students worried about failing school.

Lords of Serendipity is the twenty-first-century global campus novel, a story about two teenage girls from opposite sides of the world with the same dream. The novel couldn’t be more timely in this absurd and perilous-feeling moment for both American life and university education.

Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World by Bob Rae

Available September 9
Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty by Bob Rae

In this timely book about Canada in a changing world, former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations the Hon. Bob Rae brings together 20 of Canada’s leading voices, including Margaret Atwood, Lloyd Axworthy, Michael Kovrig, and more, to address urgent questions about Canadian sovereignty, at home and internationally.

As our relationship with the United States becomes increasingly unpredictable, questions of Canada’s future have never been more pressing. Prominent Canadians from the worlds of journalism, government, the arts and academia weigh in on the key issues facing our country today. What does the “ruptured” global order mean for Canada at home and abroad?

On trade and industry, the climate crisis, global alliances and defence, and political and cultural policy, leading figures from across the country propose what Canadians need to do to strengthen and safeguard our sovereignty.

Why Not You by Jennifer Botterill

Available September 22
Why Not You by Jennifer Botterill

Jennifer Botterill — Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, four-time Olympian, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and renowned Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster — invites readers into her world, on both sides of the arena glass. Guided by unwavering self-belief and brimming with sports psychology and inspiration, she urges all to ask themselves, why not you?

From her debut as the youngest player on Team Canada at the first Olympics for women’s ice hockey to becoming a mainstay on Hockey Night in Canada panels, Jennifer has relied on lessons learned as a child to pen her impressive resume. Inspired and taught by her performance psychologist father and Olympian mother, she learned early how to shift her mindset, focus on what she can control, and aim to improve the experience of those around her. Jennifer’s journey is a testament to resilience and ambition; her Hall-of-Fame career encompasses some of the biggest moments in sport’s history, but she has never been happy to just be there. She has always sought to make a significant impact. The result is an unmatched life in sport, and she is hardly done.

Jennifer’s narrative encourages readers to pursue their dreams with confidence and is bursting with performance psychology tips and strategies. Why Not You captures an inspirational life in sport and the feel-good hockey narrative filled with hope and self-belief that Canadians love. It is also a call-to-action to form a future of hockey that welcomes all voices and players.

The Inbetween Leader by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh

Available September 29
The Inbetween Leader

From Indigenous leader and former justice minister of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould comes a how-to guide for a new type of leadership.

In this era of extreme polarization, traditional leadership models rooted in competition and hierarchy are failing to bridge the gap. In The Inbetween Leader, Jody and her co-author, Roshan Danesh offer an alternative — one that fosters interconnectedness, empowers diverse teams, and maintains unity without erasing difference.

Drawing on Indigenous governance traditions and integrative worldviews, and building on discussions from the national bestsellers True Reconciliation and Reconciling History, Jody and Roshan show how leaders in workplaces, communities, and families can create environments where everyone feels valued and engaged.

Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, Rick Campanelli, Randy Boyagoda, the Hon. Bob Rae, Jennifer Botterill, and the Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould deliver engaging and informative keynote presentations that dive deep into the concepts and stories explored in their new books.

Contact us to learn more about each speaker and how to book them — and feature their incredible new books — at your next event.