For more than four decades, Hugh Segal has been one of the leading voices of progressive conservatism in Canada. A self-described Red Tory warrior who disdained "boot strap" approaches to poverty, he has always promoted policies,...
Canadian nonfiction
- Author:Segal, HughSummary:
- Author:Walia, HarshaSummary:
In Border and Rule, one of North America's foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial class formation. Harsha Walia disrupts...
- Author:Brode, PatricSummary:
Border Cities Powerhouse chronicles one of the most dramatic urban transformations in Canadian history, documenting the shift from modest industry to manufacturing dynamo. The coming of the automobile in 1904 put the Border Cities on...
- Author:Heasley, LynneSummary:
Declining access to fresh water is one of the twenty-first century’s most pressing environmental and human rights challenges, yet the struggle for water is not a new cause. The 8,800-kilometer border dividing Canada and the United...
- Author:Vitaris, MarkSummary:
The book is a photographic discourse on the country that straddles the forty-ninth parallel from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains to the grasslands of Saskatchewan and to the western Dakotas. It depicts the land metaphorically...
- Author:New, W.H.Summary:
Borderlands traces some of the ways in which border metaphors pervade Canadian consciousness. Addressing a variety of social issues - among them, separatism, marginalization, multiculturalism, colonial attitudes, national policies,...
- Author:Johanne LavoieSummary:
Borderline mais pas folle, c'est mon histoire. C'est celle d'une fille qui en a eu assez de broyer du noir et d'avoir toujours mal à l'âme, d'être sans cesse à la limite entre vivre et mourir, de se...
- Author:Harpur, TomSummary:
The search for meaning in our time of change and upheaval continues unabated. Tom Harpur, the bestselling author of The Pagan Christ and Water Into Wine, has been at the forefront of this modern challenge to humankind’s spiritual...
- Author:Harpur, TomSummary:
The search for meaning in our time of change and upheaval continues unabated. Tom Harpur, the bestselling author of The Pagan Christ and Water Into Wine, has been at the forefront of this modern challenge to humankind's spiritual...
- Author:Rubinstein, DanSummary:
The case for getting back on our feet
The humble act of putting one foot in front of the other transcends age, geography, culture, and class, and is one of the most economical and environmentally responsible modes of...
- Author:Brookes, ChrisSummary:
This two-hour series is a revealing personal and professional portrait of Canadian singer and composer Joni Mitchell.
- Author:Brookes, ChrisSummary:
This two-hour series is a revealing personal and professional portrait of Canadian singer and composer Joni Mitchell.
- Author:Roberts, SheilahSummary:
In 1617, Lord Falkland's colonists in Newfoundland were instructed to bring, among other things, 20 barrels of caske (ale), 90 bushels of malt, a malt mill, 4500 pounds of hops, 1 firkin of Aqua vitae, 1 firkin of canarie wine, and...
- Author:Winter, KathleenSummary:
A chronicle of author Kathleen Winter's journey through the Northwest Passage, including vivid descriptions of the land and its people.
- Author:Humber, WilliamSummary:
William Humber’s Bowmanville: A Small Town at the Edge is an extraordinarily detailed, often affectionate and occasionally critical account of a modern small town on the edge of a rapidly expanding metropolitan region. The book recounts...
- Author:Fotheringham, AllanSummary:
Born in Hearne, Saskatchewan, in 1932, Allan Fotheringham has had a distinguished career. Dubbed "Dr. Foth," Fotheringham graduated from the University of British Columbia and has worked for numerous news organizations,...
- Author:Kelly, CathalSummary:
"The most fascinating things about life are the banalities we so rarely discuss amongst ourselves but that we devote most of our energies to navigating. How did that day you've forgotten look? What did it feel like? Were you lonely? Did...
- Author:Pigott, PeterSummary:
Why do planes disappear or fall out of the sky? Brace for Impact traces the evolution of accident investigation and explains why flying is the safest form of travel. The history of air accidents is a harrowing one. Yet today flying is...
- Author:Dion, Susan D.Summary:
This book proposes a new pedagogy for addressing Aboriginal subject material, shifting the focus from an essentializing or “othering” exploration of the attributes of Aboriginal peoples to a focus on historical experiences that inform...
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Implementation in Canada of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is a pivotal opportunity to explore the relationship between international law, Indigenous peoples' own laws, and Canada's...
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