Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  Dissident in Search of ConsensusFrom: Beverley McLachlin |
Addresses McLachlin’s role in transforming the way the Supreme Court approach to making decisions. Explains how, under McLachlin’s leadership, the Court became more consensual and … | Ian Greene; Peter McCormick | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
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From  SiberpooFrom: The Whole Animal |
129 | Corinna Chong | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Signing up to ServeFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
This chapter describes the distinctive Canadian Nursing Sister uniform and the procedures undergone to recruit and select nurses for the Canadian Army Medical Corp once war was declared. … | Dianne Kelly | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Silaup Putunga in ContextDecolonial Practices: Section 2 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter is an edited interview between Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and Georgiana Uhlyarik. Topics discussed include the art project Silaup Putunga (2018), COVID-19, the Black Lives Matter … | Georgiana Uhlyarik; Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Silence, MemoryFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 13 examines the individual trips Wanda and Casey took to Poland during the 1970’s. The chapter reflects on Wanda and Casey’s life and experiences of exile and trauma after the … | Marsha Faubert | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Silence. One Second. Five Seconds.From: Razing Palestine |
In this chapter, Rana reflects on her time at CBC from 2023 to her June 2024 resignation, centering on the network’s coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict after the October 7, 2023 attack. | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add | |
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From  NEW! SilencesFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Talks about the story told within an author’s silence. What is revealed by the stories omitted. Singh illustrates this through the story of his mother’s older sister—a story she … | Jaspreet Singh | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Sing for PalestineFrom: Razing Palestine |
In this chapter, Blanding recounts the 2024 wrongful dismissal of musician and activist Amy Blanding from Northern Health in British Columbia, triggered by her pro-Palestinian songwriting and … | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add | |
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From  NEW! Sink or Swim in ParisFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene recounts his first posting in Paris in 1969, at Canada’s UNESCO delegation. | Roger Turene | 13 | 2025 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Sir John A. MacDonaldFrom: The Prime Ministers |
In this chapter, Stewart traces the life of Sir John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), Canada’s first prime minister, from Confederation between 1864 and 1867 through his vision of a … | J.D.M. Stewart | 24 | 2025 | $2.40 Add |
 Sir John A. MacDonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885 |
Sir John A. Macdonald had been in politics for four decades and prime minister of Canada for three terms, but he’d never seen anything like the apocalyptic year of 1885. The issues cascaded … | Patrice Dutil | 339 | 2024 | View |
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From NEW! Sir John J.C. Abbott, Sir John S. D. Thompson, Sir Mackenzie Bowell, and Sir Charles TupperFrom: The Prime Ministers |
In this chapter, Stewart examines the four Conservative prime ministers that governed Canada between 1891 and 1896: Abbott, Thompson, Bowell, and Tupper. | J.D.M. Stewart | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Sir Robert BordenFrom: The Prime Ministers |
In this chapter, Stewart examines Sir Robert Borden’s tenure as Canada’s eighth prime minister from 1911 to 1920, a period dominated by the First World War. | J.D.M. Stewart | 16 | 2025 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Sir Wilfrid LaurierFrom: The Prime Ministers |
In this chapter, Stewart examines the tenure of Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), who served as Canada’s seventh prime minister from 1896 to 1911, leading the Liberal Party through a … | J.D.M. Stewart | 24 | 2025 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Sisters in StruggleFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes as context the recent history of the Sudan, and recounts one family’s experience living through the 1983-84 violence in the country, their journey to refugee camps in Ethiopia and … | David Starr | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! SixFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
