In 1933, the Banff School opened in the stunning surroundings of Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. From its beginnings offering a single drama course, it has since grown into the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, a...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Wall, Karen, Reichwein, PearlAnnSummary: - Author:Feltoe, RichardSummary:
Presenting all six installments of Richard Feltoe’s series on the War of 1812, gathered together in an ebook bundle. Each book in this battlefield-based chronicle combines the best of modern historical research with extensive quotations...
- Author:Bresnahan, Andrew, Brindamour, Mahli, Charles, Christopher, Meili, RyanSummary:
When patients visit a clinic or hospital, they bring stories of the everyday life conditions that made them sick in the first place – stories about where they work, live, and play; stories about income, food security, and housing....
- Author:Schneider, JasonSummary:
Canadian songwriters have always struggled to create work that reflects the environment in which they were raised, while simultaneously connecting with a mass audience. While nearly every songwriter who successfully crossed this divide...
- Author:Wilcox, Alana, McBride, JasonSummary:
Since the election of Mayor David Miller in November 2003, Toronto has experienced a wave of civic pride and enthusiasm not felt in decades. At long last, Torontonians see their city as a place of possibility and potential. Visions of a...
- Author:Flaherty, Louise, Williamson, Karla JessenSummary:
This richly illustrated Inuktitut book makes the story of Uumasuusivissuaq accessible to Inuit everywhere. This important story from Inuit cosmology tells how a powerful woman has filled the world with marine life, and continues to...
- Author:Pelly, David F., Crockatt, Kim, Klengenberg, Elsie AnaginakSummary:
The story of Uvajuq (oo-va-yook) is rooted in a time when people and animals lived in such harmony and unity that they could speak to each other. For Inuit, as for people whose traditions include the story of the Garden of Eden, this...
- Author:Lapum, Jennifer, Dubey, Vinita, Beckermann, Karen, Huang, Che-Sheu, Weeks, Carly, Leslie, Kate, English, Kim, St-Amant, OonaSummary:
This open access textbook is intended to guide best practices in vaccine delivery in Canada. This resource is designed for students in post-secondary health profession programs, including nursing. It may also be useful for graduate...
- Author:Allain-Dupré, BrigitteSummary:
Un livre complet et pratique qui aborde TOUTES les facettes de la dépendance affective et offre une méthode efficace pour s'en débarrasser à tout jamais. L'être humain a autant besoin d'autonomie que d'...
- Author:Sanderson, Douglas, Sniderman, Andrew Michael StoboSummary:
A heartrending true story about racial injustice, residential schools and a path forward. Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the Waywayseecappo reserve and the town of Rossburn have been neighbours nearly as long as...
- Author:Smedman, LisaSummary:
A compilation of 12 cover stories first presented in the pages of the "Vancouver Courier" in 2006-2007. Packed with historic photos, maps and illustrations, Vancouver: Stories of a City tells the tales of the Royal Engineers sent from...
- Author:Chapman, AaronSummary:
In his latest book, bestselling author, musician, and cultural historian Aaron Chapman looks back at the most famous music entertainment venues in Vancouver, a city that's transforming so fast it has somehow lost some of its...
- Author:Lazarus, EveSummary:
Eve Lazarus peels back the layers of Vancouver's history to reveal its surprising hidden depths. As the author of such BC bestsellers as Cold Case Vancouver, Murder by Milkshake, and Sensational Vancouver, Australian-born Eve...
- Author:Smith, Lisa AnneSummary:
On the morning of June 13, 1886, a rogue wind fanned the flames of a small clearing fire—and within five hours, the newly incorporated city of Vancouver, British Columbia, had been reduced to smoldering ash. Vancouver is Ashes: The...
- Author:Dombrowski, TheoSummary:
Featuring a fresh design and the most current route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established staging areas. This unique and colourful...
- Author:Paterson, T. W.Summary:
Articles on history of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, primarily predating 1900.
- Author:Ruttan, StephenSummary:
Found on the history shelves of the Greater Victoria Public Library, these twenty true stories are brought to life by Stephen Ruttan. They draw a picture of the life of a city with a recent past that's both unconventional and colourful...
- Author:Nicholson, George S. W.Summary:
Index of shipwrecks. History from the time of the landing of the Spaniards and Captain Cook.
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A point-of-care guide for internal medicine trainees. When students and residents begin a new rotation in internal medicine, they often start from scratch, relying on their own research to prepare for consultations. What questions are...
- Author:Atkin, John, Lau, Evelyn, Lazarus, Eve, Partridge, Stephen, Partridge, Elise, Mackie, John, Simmers, Bren, Gold, KerrySummary:
Since 2004, an average of three houses a day are torn down, many of them original homes built for the middle working class in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Very few are deemed significant enough to merit heritage protection, but they are...
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