Amélie Grenier et Robert Savoie présentent six livres de croissance personnelle à l'intention de tous ceux qui souhaitent acquérir une plus grande légèreté d'être dans leur quotidien et faire l'expérience d'...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Geneviève GauthierSummary: - Author:Anahareo, McCall, SophieSummary:
Anahareo (1906-1985) was a Mohawk writer, environmentalist, and activist. She was also the wife of Grey Owl, aka Archie Belaney, the internationally celebrated writer and speaker who claimed to be of Scottish and Apache descent, but...
- Author:Forget, MichelSummary:
Vendeur, conducteur de camion, livreur d'huile à chauffage, plongeur, cuisinier, serveur – Michel Forget a fait tous les métiers avant de trouver sa voie?: la scène. Enfant hyperactif et turbulent, il a été élevé...
- Author:Cudia, MarcSummary:
Découvrez le récit étonnant d'un homme qui ne s'est jamais laissé abattre ! « Malgré tout ce qui s'est passé, ce qu'on peut retenir de cette histoire, c'est que la vie est belle. Peu importe notre...
- Author:McCaskill, Don N., Fontaine, JerrySummary:
An Indigenized, de-colonized world view for Indigenous leaders and academics seeking a path to reconciliation. Indigenization within the academy and the idea of truth and reconciliation within Canada have been seen as the remedy to...
- Author:Krotz, LarrySummary:
Indigenous youngsters from two communities in northern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario were showing up not with with what looked like type 2 diabetes. Over the next few decades more children would confront what was turning into not...
- Diagnosing the legacy: the discovery, research, and treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous youthAuthor:Krotz, Larry, Desjarlais, Frances, Dean, Heather, McGavock, Jonathan, Moffatt, Michael, Sellers, ElizabethSummary:
In the late 1980s, pediatric endocrinologists at the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg began to notice a new cohort appearing in their clinics for young people with diabetes. Indigenous youngsters from two First Nations in northern...
- Author:Yu, Sherry S.Summary:
Media for diasporic communities have emerged in major cities and reflect a multicultural, multiethnic, and multilingual reality. But do these media serve their respective communities exclusively, or are they available and accessible to...
- Author:Bumsted, J. M.Summary:
Manitoba has been at the crossroads of many of the important debates and events in Canadian history. From the early fur trade to the Riel Rebellion to the Winnipeg General Strike, Manitobans have frequently played crucial roles in...
- Author:Nadeau, MauriceSummary:
Après une première expérience, Maurice Nadeau récidive en vous offrant un deuxième tome à son Dictionnaire humoristique d’un libre penseur. À chaque jour, lorsqu’il lit ou parle avec les gens, il note des expressions qui lui donnent des...
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The Assiniboia school is unique within Canada's Indian Residential School system. It was the first residential high school in Manitoba and one of the only residential schools in Canada to be located in a large urban setting....
- Author:Mellor, JohnSummary:
Gripping in its intensity, excruciating in its detail, John Mellor's account of the 1942 Canadian raid on the well-fortified beach town of Dieppe, France, is written with the fairness of a good historian, the eloquence of a well-...
- Author:Vaillancourt, ClaudeSummary:
Alors que nous sommes partagés entre l’envie de nous distinguer et le désir de nous conformer, il devient souvent plus convenable de nous mouler aux autres. Les individus trop dissemblables sont vus tantôt comme des menaces, tantôt...
- Author:Drew, Lorna, Ferrari, LeoSummary:
Lorna Drew thought her partner was carrying his absent-minded professor status too far, until, two years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease. A thoughtful memoir and a wide-ranging handbook, Different Minds is an illuminating...
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Written entirely by members of the Canadian Society of Soil Science, "Digging into Canadian Soils: An Introduction to Soil Science" provides an introduction to the core disciplines of soil science, and introduces the concepts and...
- Author:McAdam, RhonaSummary:
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies. At the last census in 2006, just over 80 percent of Canada’s population lived in urban centres....
- Author:Urbaniak, TomSummary:
With these 61 readable essays, Cape Breton's Tom Urbaniak brings a courageous, critical and constructive eye to problems of our time. Whether it's revitalizing struggling communities, harnessing the power of small investors,...
- Author:Conseil pontifical pour la promotion de la nouvelle évangélisationSummary:
« Je souhaite que la Parole de Dieu soit toujours davantage célébrée, connue et diffusée » (Misericordia et misera, 7). À la conclusion du Jubilé de la Miséricorde, le pape François invitait l'Église à placer au centre de...
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Collection of Canadian essays.
- Author:Hansen, AnnSummary:
Ann Hansen stood trial as one of the so-called "Squamish Five." Sentenced to life in prison, she served seven years. Now she tells her story for the first time. Direct Action captures the excitement and indignation of the...
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