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  • The diplomat : Lester Pearson and the Suez Crisis
    Auteur:
    Anderson, Antony
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    Saturday, November 3, 1956. The United Nations about 10 p.m. Lester Pearson, Canada's foreign minister (and future prime minister) stands before the United Nations General Assembly. He is about read a proposal composed of seventy-eight...
  • Shimmerdogs
    Auteur:
    Linden, Dianne
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    Shimmerdogs is the story of young Lester B. Hopkins — Mike to almost everyone except his mother, Master Corporal Alice Mackelwain. He is just a boy trying to make sense of his life, which is becoming more complicated by the world of his...
  • Shattered
    Auteur:
    WALTERS, Eric
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    In order to pass social studies, fifteen-year-old Ian must complete community volunteer service. Choosing to work at "The Club” sounds like fun, until he arrives at what turns out to be a soup kitchen for the homeless in...
  • Pearson's Peacekeepers Canada and the United Nations Emergency Force, 1956-67
    Auteur:
    Carroll, Michael K.
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    In 1957, Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for creating the United Nations Emergency Force during the Suez crisis. The award launched Canada's enthusiasm and reputation for peacekeeping. Pearson's Peacekeepers explores the...
  • Peacekeepers
    Auteur:
    Linden, Dianne
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    13-year-old Nell Mackelwain has to share her mother, a Canadian peacekeeper, with the world, when she just wants her home in Edmonton, helping her deal with the bullies at school.

    Nell's trying to be understanding about her...
  • Peacekeepers
    Auteur:
    Bova, Ben
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    In the next century, the United States and Russia have joined forces to form the International Peacekeeping Force. The IPF is charged with controlling the satellite network and preventing nuclear missile launches. But many factions...
  • Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past
    Auteur:
    McCullough, Colin
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    Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past illuminates how Canada’s participation in the United Nations’ peacekeeping efforts from 1956 to 1997 was used as a symbol of national identity – in Quebec and the rest of the country. Delving into...
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