Overview of the diverse and complex lives of First Nations people with subjects including veterans, youth, urbanization, child welfare, appropriate questions to ask a First Nations person, feminism, the medicine wheel, Two-spirit (LGBTQ...
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- Author: Gray, LyndaSummary:
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While the northern experience of residential schools was unique in some ways, the broader themes remain constant. Children were taken from their parents, often with little in the way of consultation or consent. They were educated in an...
- Author: Wilson, Judi TyabjiSummary:
A political insider takes a revealing look at the public and private life of BC's controversial premier. In the blood-sport arena of provincial politics, BC's enigmatic premier, Christy Clark, has defied the pundits to win both party...
- Author: Smith, Lisa Anne ; Rogers, BarbaraSummary:
When a young black man named Seraphim “Joe” Fortes arrived in Vancouver in 1885, with little to his name, no one could have possibly suspected that one hundred years later he would be voted “Citizen of the Century.” Our Friend Joe is...
- Author: Oickle, VernonSummary:
"Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night? Do you think someone is watching you even though no one is there? Do doors and windows open and close on their own? If you've answered yes to even one of these questions, then join...
- Author: Whitmont, Edward C.Summary:
Originally published by G.P. Putnam's Sons for the C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology in 1969. In this acclaimed work Whitmont explores C.G. Jung's revolutionary discoveries about the archetypal world & the self,...
- Author: Lynds, RussellSummary:
Hunter and fisherman Russell Lynds' memoir.
- Author: Harrison, David LSummary:
It all began with the egg. If the egg hadn't been so hard, Ethel wouldn't have needed to stretch her legs. And if Ethel hadn't left the nest to stretch her legs, Cawly, that old crow, wouldn't have snatched the egg. And if Cawly hadn't...
- Author: Claybourne, AnnaSummary:
Describes the one hundred most dangerous animals, plants, diseases, and weather on the planet, including scorpions, sharks, wolfsbane, killer bees, smallpox, tsunamis, and earthquakes.
- Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
In these lectures, given a few months before his death, Dr. King analyzed the significance of the outbreak of riots in major cities of the United States, and, in the light of such outbreaks, restated his concept of the uses of non-...
- Author: Narcotics Anonymous World ServicesSummary:
The Basic Text is just that, the basic text of Narcotics Anonymous. It includes and expands upon the readings in "The Little White Booklet," and is the cornerstone of the Narcotics Anonymous program.
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Entre 1867 et 2000, le gouvernement canadien a placé plus de 150 000 enfants autochtones dans des pensionnats d’un bout à l’autre du pays. Les autorités gouvernementales et les missionnaires étaient d’avis qu’afin de « civiliser et de...
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Entre 1867 et 2000, le gouvernement canadien a placé plus de 150 000 enfants autochtones dans des pensionnats d’un bout à l’autre du pays. Les autorités gouvernementales et les missionnaires étaient d’avis qu’afin de « civiliser et de...
- Author: Sullivan, RosemarySummary:
The award-winning author of Villa Air-Bel returns with a painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of Svetlana Stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of history's most monstrous dictators--her father, Josef...
- Author: Bouvier, Rita E.Summary:
Rita Bouvier's third collection of poetry is a response to the highs and lows of life and represents an attempt at restoring order through embracing others, reconciling the traumas caused by the deep scars of history, and soaring beyond...
- Author: Stanké, AlainSummary:
Ami de Désiré Haertz, directeur du Jardin des merveilles, autrefois dans le parc Lafontaine, Alain Stanké se voit offrir un renardeau. Il raconte ici les rapports qu'il a eus avec cet animal sauvage qu'il apprivoise et tente en vain de...
- Author: Nasr, Seyyed HosseinSummary:
This is a spiritual tour de force which explores the relationship between Man and Nature as found in Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam, particularly its Sufi dimension.
- Author: Hobson, Richmond P.Summary:
Adventures of a pioneer cattle rancher and his city-bred bride in the back country of Northern British Columbia.
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Canada's residential schools: the legacy describes what Canada must do to overcome the schools' tragic legacy and move towards reconciliation with the country's first peoples. For over 125 years Aboriginal children suffered abuse and...
- Author: Neuhaus, MareikeSummary:
In The Decolonizing Poetics of Indigenous Literatures, Mareike Neuhaus uncovers residues of ancestral languages found in Indigenous uses of English. She shows how these remainders ground a reading strategy that enables us to...