For decades Canadians have been led to believe that majority governments are the ideal outcome of our federal elections, allowing the winning party to fully implement its vision and act decisively. But in this timely exploration of...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Russell, PeterSummary: - Author:Backhouse, ConstanceSummary:
Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and...
- Author:Segal, HughSummary:
The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016 A bold call for a Canadian foreign policy that advances the basic freedoms that enable peace, stability, development, and security. What ends should a democratic country’s foreign policy serve?...
- Author:Nardi, TonySummary:
Although he has won plaudits and awards for work in film, television, and on stage, Tony Nardi's most recent headlines have been earned by his TWO LETTERS … And Counting!. Two Letters is based on two actual letters sent to “middle-men”...
- Author:Barclay, Michael, Jack, Ian A.D., Schneider, JasonSummary:
“Two Solitudes” is excerpted from Have Not 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...
- Author:Clearwater, JohnSummary:
In this second volume of his nuclear weapon series, John Clearwater continues to investigate the presence of American nuclear weapons in Canada. In Canadian Nuclear Weapons, Clearwater told the story of nuclear weapons that were in the...
- Author:Mucina, Devi DeeSummary:
Ubuntu is a Bantu term meaning humanity. It is also a philosophical and ethical system of thought, from which definitions of humanness, togetherness, and social politics of difference arise. Devi Dee Mucina is a Black Indigenous Ubuntu...
- Author:Wojna, LisaSummary:
Shrouded in mystery, unidentified flying objects have been reported in every corner of Canada. Surprisingly, some of these seemingly far-fetched stories may be based in fact, while others will never be explained.
- Author:Colombo, John RobertSummary:
UFOs Over Canada presents in highly readable style sixty eye-witness accounts of UFO activity over Canada. For the first time, in one book, contributors from accross the country recount their personal experiences in their own words.
- Author:Downie, Mary Alice, Robertson, Barbara, Errington, Elizabeth Jane, Adamowska, MariaSummary:
This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to...
- Author:Lorimer, RowlandSummary:
The definitive policy overview of the book publishing industry in Canada
In a thorough exploration of Canada’s book industry, Ultra Libris provides a historical backdrop to understand modern events in...
- Author:Trudeau, AlexandreSummary:
Depuis l’enfance, Alexandre Trudeau est fasciné par la Chine. Il retrace ici pour nous ses pérégrinations dans ce pays qui est synonyme de démesure et brosse un portrait saisissant de la Chine contemporaine, sans doute le plus grand...
- Author:Phaneuf, YvanSummary:
Malgré le pourcentage élevé de couples qui se séparent et de familles qui se divisent, un couple fort au sein d’une famille unie est plus que jamais possible. Pour y arriver, toutefois, il y a des « règles » relationnelles à respecter....
- Author:Dorais, François-OlivierSummary:
À la fois témoin et acteur des grandes transformations socio-identitaires qui ont marqué l'Ontario français depuis la fin des années 1960, Gaétan Gervais est aussi connu à titre de créateur du drapeau franco-ontarien en 1975. Les...
- Author:Capé, R.S.Summary:
Ce livre est un acte de rébellion. L’auteur est un enseignant qui a dédié vingt ans de sa vie à travailler dans nos écoles primaires. Il nous livre ici un cri d’indignation devant les soupçons aberrants auxquels sont soumis les rares...
- Author:Arenstein, Georges-Henri, Benoit, André, Pétrin, Lucie, Bruder-Sergent, Laurence, Perrin, MarieSummary:
Sous la direction de Georges-Henri Arenstein, André Benoit et Lucie Pétrin évoquent la relation entre l’humain et le cheval. Ils démontrent qu’il est possible de développer un lien unique entre ces deux êtres. Les auteurs veulent...
- Author:Valiquette, FranceSummary:
Près d’un feu, France, vous invite à venir vous asseoir avec elle, et de fermer les yeux. À travers le crépitement des flammes, avec sa voix douce et chaude, laissez-là vous bercer par les mystères de la brousse de cet endroit unique au...
- Author:Vosters, HeleneSummary:
Canada's recent sesquicentennial celebrations were the latest in a long, steady progression of Canadian cultural memory projects. Unbecoming Nationalism investigates the power of commemorative performances in the production of...
- Author:Sterritt, AngelaSummary:
As a Gitxsan teenager navigating life on the streets, Angela Sterritt wrote in her journal to help her survive and find her place in the world. Now an acclaimed journalist, she writes for major news outlets to push for justice and to...
- Author:White, StephanieSummary:
The essence of a vibrant, growing, and changing Calgary is captured over the life of its development. Calgary is a typical boom-and-bust town that was first based on ranching and farming, then oil and gas, and now energy. And energy is...
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