Trust Yourself is excerpted from Have Note Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance 1985-1995, available as a print or ebook. Published in autumn 2001, Have Not Been the Same became the first book to...
Canadian nonfiction
- Author:Barclay, Michael , Jack, Ian A.D., Schneider, JasonSummary:
- Author:Lund, Anna Jane SamisSummary:
Trustees at Work explores the role bankruptcy trustees play in determining who qualifies as a deserving debtor under Canadian personal bankruptcy law. The idea of a deserving debtor is woven throughout bankruptcy law, with debt relief...
- Author:McMillan, L. JaneSummary:
The name "Donald Marshall Jr." is synonymous with "wrongful conviction" and the fight for Indigenous rights in Canada. In Truth and Conviction, Jane McMillan - Marshall's former partner, an acclaimed...
- Author:Marquis, GregSummary:
Truth and Honour explores the 2011 murder of Saint John businessman Richard Oland, of the prominent family that owns Moosehead Breweries, the ensuing police investigation and the arrest, trial, and conviction of the victim's son,...
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How educators can respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action Educators have a special role in furthering truth and reconciliation in education, but many struggle to understand exactly what that means and...
- Author:McLachlin, BeverleySummary:
Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Beverley McLachlin, offers a look at her life and shares her insights into the most pressing legal and social questions we face today. As a young girl, Beverley McLachlin's world was...
- Author:Good, MichelleSummary:
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. FINALIST for the Writers' Trust Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. A bold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada. With authority and insight,...
- Author:Hanrahan, MauraSummary:
Twenty-seven dead. Staggering property losses.
Triggered by an offshore earthquake on the Grand Banks, a tsunami unleashed its fury on the coastline of the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, killing twenty-seven people and...
- Author:De Gaulejac, ClémentSummary:
Depuis 2012, Clément de Gaulejac a produit un grand nombre d’affiches et d’illustrations qui ont contribué à équiper visuellement la critique sociale et politique au Québec. Ce livre offre un prolongement à son travail d’illustrateur...
- Author:Blum, AndrewSummary:
In Tubes, journalist Andrew Blum goes inside the Internet's physical infrastructure and flips on the lights, revealing an utterly fresh look at the online world we think we know. It is a shockingly tactile realm of unmarked compounds,...
- Author:Brett, BrianSummary:
For thirty years, Brian Brett shared his office and his life with Tuco, a remarkable parrot given to asking such questions as 'Whaddya know?' and announcing 'Party time!' when guests showed up at Bretts farm. Although Brett bought Tuco...
- Author:Brownstone, HarveySummary:
Tug of War is the first book of its kind. Written by a sitting family court judge in layman’s language, it demystifies complex family law concepts and procedures, clearly explains how family court works, and gives parents...
- Author:McLeod, JamesSummary:
Newfoundland and Labrador had three premiers in a single year-- three and a half, if you count Frank Coleman. An elected politician broke down crying on live radio. In less than eighteen months, the Official Opposition went from six to...
- Author:Dallison, Robert L.Summary:
In the early 1860s, Irish immigrants in the United States were eager to help the Fenian brotherhood overthrow the British in Ireland. The American Fenians' mission: to invade British North America and hold it hostage. New Brunswick,...
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For years, the prospect of parliamentary reform has been a hot-button issue in Canada. More and more Canadians find themselves frustrated with how Parliament works (or doesn't) and end up increasingly checked out from politics as a...
- Author:Delaney, Douglas E., Gardner, NikolasSummary:
For the British Empire and its allies of the Great War, 1917 was a year marked by crises. But here and there glimmers of light pierced the gloom. Soldiers began solving the problems posed by trench warfare. The dominions asserted...
- Author:Yellowhorn, EldonSummary:
Unlike most books that chronicle the history of Native peoples beginning with the arrival of Europeans in 1492, this book goes back to the Ice Age to give young readers a glimpse of what life was like pre-contact. The title, Turtle...
- Author:Sawler, HarveySummary:
Three generations after the Irving family arrived in Canada from Scotland, the name K. C. Irving hit the Forbes top billionaires list, making K. C. one of the richest men in the world and the most powerful businessperson in Canada. But...
- Author:Juby, Thomas C.Summary:
On the 2nd of September, 1998, near the small fishing village of Peggys Cove, N.S., a Swissair passenger jet carrying 229 people crashed into the ocean with a complete loss of life. This book is the true story of the crash investigation...
- Author:Bacher, John, Armson, Kenneth A.Summary:
Short-listed for the 2012 Speaker’s Book Award Edmund Zavitz (1875–1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of once-flourishing...