Winner of British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction in 2017.
We can't avoid death, but the prospect is a lot less terrifying since the Supreme Court of Canada legalized physician-assisted death. Competent adults...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Martin, SandraSummary: - Author:Klein, SethSummary:
"This is the roadmap out of climate crisis that Canadians have been waiting for." - Naomi Klein, activist and New York Times bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine One of Canada's top policy...
- Author:Masters, Meg, Zafar, SamraSummary:
"At 15, Samra Zafar had big dreams for herself. She was going to go to university, and forge her own path. Then with almost no warning, those dreams were pulled away from her when she was suddenly married to a stranger at 17 and had to...
- Author:Ingstad, BenedicteSummary:
In 1960, Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad made a discovery that rewrote the history of European exploration and colonization of North America – a thousand-year-old Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. In A Grand...
- Author:Mason, Roger BurfordSummary:
Winner of the 1999 International Gallery of Superb Printing Gold Award for Superb Craftsmanship in Production Franz Johnston is the missing man of Canadian painting. The most prolific and financially successful of the original Group of...
- Author:Ryan, SidSummary:
Sid Ryan, one of Canada's most courageous and progressive union leaders, draws on the experience of his varied and colourful life to show what is right with the labour movement, what is wrong, and what has to change if it is to...
- Author:Johnston, FaithSummary:
Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canada's House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But despite her remarkable career, until now little has been known about...
- Author:Davidson, Robert, Williams-Davidson, Terri-LynnSummary:
A visual and cultural celebration of a traditional Haida wedding ceremony, exploring its roots, rituals, symbolism, joyfulness, and contemporary significance for a thriving Indigenous Nation. In 1996, Terri-Lynn Williams and Robert...
- Author:Meili, RyanSummary:
This gripping account of the COVID-19 experience in Saskatchewan goes beyond pandemic memoir to draw lessons we can use to create a healthier future. Filled with moving stories of how COVID changed people's lives, Ryan Meili's deeply...
- Author:Meili, Ryan, Romanow, RoySummary:
Income, education, employment, housing, the wider environment, and social supports; far more than the actions of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, it is these conditions that make the greatest difference in our health...
- Author:Meili, Ryan, Picard, AndréSummary:
A Healthy Society offers a new approach to politics – and a new approach to building a healthier world. Dr. Meili argues that health delivery too often focuses on treatment of immediate causes and ignores fundamental conditions that...
- Author:Hankins, Gerald W.Summary:
Dr. Helen I. Huston is an inspiring Canadian who has received international recognition as a medical missionary. Her story is one of fortitude and faith. Dr. Huston devoted 39 years of her life to the people of India and Nepal. For 32...
- Author:Smith, Gordon W., Smith, Gordon W.Summary:
Gordon W. Smith, PhD, dedicated much of his life to researching Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic. A historian by training, his 1952 dissertation from Columbia University on “The Historical and Legal Background of Canada’s Arctic...
- Author:Smith, Gordon W., Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, Smith, Tom and NellSummary:
Gordon W. Smith, PhD, dedicated much of his life to researching Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic. A historian by training, his 1952 dissertation from Columbia University on “The Historical and Legal Background of Canada’s Arctic...
- Author:Loveridge, D. M.Summary:
A directory of Manitoba newspapers from 1859—1978.
- Author:Robinson, IraSummary:
A History of Antisemitism in Canada presents a state-of-the-art account of the phenomenon. It builds on the foundation of numerous previous studies on antisemitism in general and on antisemitism in Canada in particular, and builds on...
- Author:Noll, Mark A.Summary:
A best-selling text thoroughly updated, including new chapters on the last 30 years.
"An excellent study that will help historians appreciate the importance of Christianity in the history of the United States and Canada." – The... - Author:Belcourt, Billy-RaySummary:
The youngest ever winner of the Griffin Prize mines his own personal history to reconcile the world he was born into with the world that could be . Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut memoir opens with a tender letter to his kokum and memories...
- Author:Ryan, ShannonSummary:
The waters off Newfoundland, in the North Atlantic, held the world’s most abundant supply of codfish, which, when discovered, was in great demand. Unlike the fur trade, the other major early commercial activity in what is now mainland...
- Author:McElrea, David V., Donovan, Ronald J.Summary:
An eye-opening look at one of Canada's most vital military resources. Spanning over forty years, the book provides the reader with the rare opportunity to have a behind-the-scenes look at this arm of Canada's Military during both...
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