In 1908, after decades of struggling with a public administration undermined by systemic patronage, the Canadian parliament decided that public servants would be selected on the basis of merit, through a system administered by an...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Juillet, Luc, Rasmussen, KenSummary: - Author:Foran, Timothy P.Summary:
"Defining Métis" examines categories used in the latter half of the nineteenth century by Catholic missionaries to describe Indigenous people in what is now northwestern Saskatchewan. It argues that the construction and evolution of...
- Author:Foster, JasonSummary:
In October 2005, Jason Foster, then a staff member of the Alberta Federation of Labour, was holding a picket line outside Lakeside Packers in Brooks, Alberta with the members of local 401. It was a first contract strike. And although...
- Author:Nelsen, Randle W.Summary:
In Degrees of Failure, Randle Nelsen brings together such diverse topics as campus parking, college sports, helicopter parents, edu-business as edu-tainment, and technology in teaching to show how continuing inequities, grounded in...
- Author:Scala, FrancescaSummary:
Are assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) a medical issue or a matter of public policy, subject to restrictions? Francesca Scala employs the concept of boundary work to explain the protracted debates that ensued when Canada...
- Author:Savoie, Donald J.Summary:
Canada's representative democracy is confronting important challenges. At the top of the list is the growing inability of the national government to perform its most important roles: namely mapping out collective actions that...
- Author:Freeman, Bill, Vaughan, AdamSummary:
The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017 What are the limits of Canadian democracy and how are they being expanded by a revolution in participatory democracy? The Brexit vote in Britain and the election of Donald Trump as president of the...
- Author:Rains, ElizabethSummary:
Until recently, hepatitis C—which infects 170 million people throughout the world—was always fatal. But today there is finally a remarkable cure.
Elizabeth Rains describes how she was likely infected with hepatitis C during her... - Author:Maruk, Dennis, Reid, KenSummary:
From feared NHL sniper to ship captain and bellhop — with hockey’s greatest ’stache
Only 20 men in NHL history have scored 60 or more goals in a single season: Gretzky, Lemieux, and Hull all hit the magical mark...
- Author:Denny, Cecil E.Summary:
Like many other pioneering North West Mounted Police officers, Cecil Denny was a colourful, independent man with a career full of conquest and controversy. He and his comrades played key roles in the taming of Canada's wild and woolly...
- Author:Phare, Merrell-Ann S.Summary:
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. First Nations are facing some of the worst water crises in Canada and throughout North America....
- Author:Rigelhof, T. F., Steenhout, Ivan, Noël, CaroleSummary:
Un livre remarquable et saisissant qui met en cause l’avenir des religions au XXIe siècle. Devant les dangers de l’intégrisme religieux, Dérives du sacré invite à la compréhension de la diversité humaine. « Aucun de nous, qu’il soit...
- Author:Benay, AlexSummary:
Avec des chapitres rédigés par : Robert Thirsk, astronaute Erica Wiebe, championne de lutte olympique Tom Jenkins, président de la société OpenText et du Conseil national de recherches du Canada Andy Nulman, cofondateur du Festival...
- Author:Bélanger, Nathalie, Duchesne, HermannSummary:
Faire de la diversité une force constructive qui contribue à la compréhension mutuelle entre individus et entre groupes constitue actuellement un discours central des sociétés occidentales. En éducation, ce discours est repérable dans...
- Author:Talbot, Nadine, Raîche, GillesSummary:
Ce livre est le dernier d'une série de quatre ouvrages portant sur les mécanismes pour assurer la validité de l'interprétation de la mesure en éducation. Il est constitué de textes inédits de la part des auteurs ou de textes issus de...
- Author:Veltmeyer, Henry, Tanimoune, Nasser ArySummary:
Le monde se dirige-t-il vers une crise sans précédent où se juxtaposent difficultés économiques, sociales, écologiques et politiques ? C'est cette question à facettes multiples qu'examine un collectif de chercheurs de divers...
- Author:Houde, RéalSummary:
Des patriotes de 1830 à 1837 d’origine acadienne ? Est-ce vraiment une surprise après le traumatisme vécu en Acadie et l’arrivée douloureuse à Québec entre 1755 et 1759 ? Des anciens gradés de la guerre de 1812 qui changent d’allégeance...
- Author:Wilson, JohnSummary:
Short-listed for the 2009 Red Maple Award for Non-Fiction, OLA Forest of Reading and commended for the 2009 OLA Best Bets This book presents the story and issues of the First World War in a clear, concise and objective manner,...
- Author:Collins, GarySummary:
Shipwreck. Starvation. Cannibalism.
For the first time, celebrated author Gary Collins brings to life the tale of the brigantine Queen of Swansea. Bound for Newfoundland in December 1867, the vessel made her first port...
- Author:Poolton, Jack A., Poolton, Jayne TurveySummary:
Private Jack Poolton was among the Canadians landing at the disastrous raid on Dieppe. Fortunate to have survived, Jack was taken to a prisoner of war camp in Germany. In Destined to Survive: A Dieppe Veteran’s Story, Jack Poolton...
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