A collection of true stories from 54 racialized immigrant and refugee women create an eclectic mix of three generations of voices. Women in their 20s to those in their 70s provide snapshots that begin in the 1960s and go to the present...
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Author:Luther, Rashmi, Book Project CollectiveSummary: -
Author:Loyie, Oskiniko Larry, Spear, Wayne K., Brissenden, ConstanceSummary:For over a century, Canada removed more than 150,000 Aboriginal children from their families to attend church-run residential schools, often in remote locations far from home. This hidden history is told by award-winning author and...
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It took 3,500 people almost three years to come up with A People's Food Policy for Canada (4.1 MB pdf, 2nd Edition, 2015). This grassroots response to the crises in our food systems – millions hungry, millions obese, declining numbers...
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Author:Summary:This book brings together the theory and practice of anti-oppressive approaches to social science research. It is a work that will have a place in the classroom, as well as on the desks of researchers in agencies, governments, and...
- Author:Public Legal Education Association of SaskatchewanSummary:
This booklet reviews the legal rights and duties of tenants and landlords in Saskatchewan and provides information about resolving disputes.
Please note: the rights and duties of tenants and landlords are significantly difference...
- Author:Newman, Peter CharlesSummary:
A biography of Diefenbaker.
- Author:Renaud, Jean-BaptisteSummary:
Après avoir survécu, en compagnie de son ami, Luc-John, à diverses péripéties dans le premier tome des «Orphelins», Rémi s’enrôle dans l’armée canadienne, malgré son jeune âge, dans le but de retrouver Conrad, le trappeur. Commence...
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On June 23, 1985, the bombing of Air India Flight 182 killed 329 people, most of them Canadians. Today this pivotal event in Canada’s history is hazily remembered, yet certain interests have shaped how the tragedy is woven into public...
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Author:Livingstone MacLeod, AlanSummary:Remembered in Broze and Stone evokes the years immediately following the First World War, when grief was still freshly felt in communities from one end of Canada to the other. This book tells the story of the nation’s war memorials—...
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Author:Dennis, Patrick M.Summary:During the “Hundred Days” campaign of the First World War, over 30 percent of conscripts who served in the Canadian Corps became casualties. Yet, they were often considered slackers for not having volunteered. Reluctant Warriors is the...
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Draws on new research to offer insight into the inventor's private life, as well as his passionate drive for new innovations, discussing the influence of his speech therapist father and deaf mother on his work, his tempestuous...
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Author:Rayside, David, Sabin, Jerald, Thomas, Paul E.J.Summary:Religion is usually thought of as inconsequential to contemporary Canadian politics. This book takes a hard look at just how much influence faith continues to have in federal, provincial, and territorial arenas. Drawing on case studies...
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Author:Ingraham, Mary I.Summary:Malcolm Forsyth (1936-2011) was a musical legend: a much-loved composer, performer, teacher, and mentor. Reflections on Malcolm Forsyth presents a captivating and approachable portrait of one of Canada's finest modern composers. Readers...
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Author:Henderson, NormanSummary:In the early days, Plains Indians travelled on foot across the vast Canadian prairies, with only fierce, wolf-like dogs as companions. Later, with the arrival of Europeans, horses and canoes appeared on the scene. In Rediscovering the...
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Author:Launier, VéroniqueSummary:Aude Vanier is a sixteen-year-old rock star with a problem—stone monsters keep attacking her. And when they do, she finds herself chanting in a language she doesn’t understand. Guillaume de Rouen has been stuck as a gargoyle on a church...
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Author:Hovanec, Dr. Margret, Shilton, ElizabethSummary:Boomer women are passing yet another milestone — RETIREMENT! The first wave of women to enter the workforce in significant numbers benefited from the feminist revolution and fought for a place in the world of work. Now these women are...
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Author:Dance, JenniferSummary:Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabe Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory. In the late 1800s, both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is...
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July 1st 1867 is celebrated as Canada's Confederation, but 1867 was only the beginning. As the country grew from a small dominion to a vast federation encompassing ten provinces, three territories, and hundreds of First Nations,...
- Author:Hoehn, FelixSummary:
Reconciling pre-existing Aboriginal sovereignty with de facto Crown sovereignty will not threaten the territory of Canada, nor will it result in a legal vacuum. Rather, it will facilitate the self-determination of Aboriginal peoples...
- Author:Milward, David LeoSummary:
"The horrors of the Indian Residential Schools (IRS) are by now well-known historical facts. And they have certainly found purchase in the Canadian consciousness in recent years. The history of violence and the struggles of survivors...
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