Morton, one of Canada's most respected historians, has given us a short celebration of Canada with a depth of insight that truly helps us to know one another and all the regions of the country.
Canadian nonfiction
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In October 2015, the federal Liberals came to power with sweeping plans to revamp Canada's democratic and federal institutions - a modernizing agenda intended to revitalize Canada's democratic architecture. The centrepiece of...
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Collection of essays by 16 contributors, including David Suzuki, Ralph Nader, Kevin Page, Maude Barlow, and Linda McQuaig. These and other experts in their fields document key changes put in place by the Harper government in the areas...
- Author:Nossal, Kim RichardSummary:
Canada must prepare for an isolationist and unpredictable neighbor to the South should a MAGA leader gain the White House in 2025. The American-led global order has been increasingly challenged by Chinese assertiveness and Russian...
- Author:Martin, PaulSummary:
Français: Dans la conférence prononcée comme récipiendaire de la médaille Symons en 2013, le très honorable Paul Martin, vingt-et-unième premier ministre du Canada, s’appuie sur tout le savoir et le vécu de sa remarquable carrière...
- Author:Masaeli, Mahmoud, Munro, Lauchlan T.Summary:
Comment se déploient les interventions du Canada en matière de développement international et de mondialisation ? Bien au-delà de l’aide à l’étranger, celles-ci touchent la diplomatie, le commerce, les finances, l’aide, l’immigration,...
- Author:Goddard, LanceSummary:
Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 marked the beginning of five years of terror for the Dutch people. They faced oppression and death with remarkable stoicism, but nothing could save them from the Hunger Winter of...
- Author:Dowie, Mitchell C.G., Kordan, Bohdan S.Summary:
Since 1991, Canada has provided Ukraine with ongoing political and economic assistance. Never was this policy pursued with more urgency than in 2014, when Russian aggression prompted the Canadian government to elevate its support for...
- Author:Rapoport, Anatol, Rapoport, AnthonySummary:
This book is the product of a collective effort by some members of the Group of 78. The name of the group derives from the number of its founding members. Its activities comprise studies of and analysis of public issues which seem at...
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Canada as a Settler Colony on the Question of Palestine explores Canada-Palestine relations through a settler colonial lens. The authors argue that there are direct parallels between Canada's settler colonial project and its...
- Author:Twiston-Davies, David, Black, ConradSummary:
Canada From Afar is the fruit of the remarkable flowering of obituary writing in the London Daily Telegraph during the past ten years. These lively portraits of Canadians are informed, witty, sometimes quirky, occasionally iconoclastic....
- Author:Pigott, PeterSummary:
It has been said that Canada is a country with too much geography and too little history. Afghanistan has too much of both. As the war escalates in Afghanistan, more Canadians are asking what we are doing there. For a country that has...
- Author:Pigott, PeterSummary:
An ancient Arab proverb states, "When Allah made the Sudan, he laughed." Had he known the country’s future, he would have done better to cry. To most of the world, Sudan means Darfur and the tragedy of atrocities and ethnic...
- Author:Levine, NormanSummary:
This travelogue-turned-expose of the 'polite nation' at midcentury proved so shocking it took twenty-one years - despite initial acclaim when released in 1958 - to see a Canadian edition. A record of his three-month journey across the...
- Author:Rayner, WilliamSummary:
Things were very different in 1939 — a pivotal year when Canada wavered on the doorstep of a clouded future. Some years are more spectacular than others, and 1939 was no exception. Canada was a different place: steak was twenty-nine...
- Author:Chapnick, AdamSummary:
As the twentieth century ended, Canada was completing its sixth term on the UN Security Council. A decade later, Ottawa's attempt to return to the council was dramatically rejected by its global peers, leaving Canadians - and...
- Author:Gonick, CySummary:
When Winnipeg's Cy Gonick started the magazine Canadian Dimension in 1963 to provide a home for the thinking and analysis of mostly young leftists engaged in Canadian economic, social, cultural, artistic and political issues, he had no...
- Author:Martel, MarcelSummary:
To invest in vice can be a sound financial decision, but despite the lure of healthy profits, individuals and mutual funds have been reluctant to invest in this type of stock. After all, who would take pride in supporting the tobacco...
- Author:Crump, JenniferSummary:
Canadians have been celebrated participants in numerous conflicts on foreign soil, but most Canadians aren’t aware that they’ve also had to defend themselves many times at home. From U.S. General Benedict Arnold’s covetous attempts to...
- Author:MacDonald, CherylSummary:
In the 1860s Canada came under attack by Fenians, Irish military forces based in the US. It took the combined effort of British troops and the Canadian militia to repel the invaders. This book describes the conflict and how the events...
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