Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Up the Coast
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Up the Coast

One Family's Wild Life in the Forests of British Columbia

Kathryn Willcock and her sisters grew up in logging camps on the coast of B.C. in the 1960s when children were set loose to play in the wilderness, women kept rifles next to the wood stove, and … 224 View
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Upping the Ante
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Upping the Ante

RCAP and a Landmark Court Decision

From: Unsettling Canada

Upping the Ante explores the nationwide reaction to the 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) report and all 440 of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommendations amongst … 17 $1.70 Add
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Uptown/Downtown: Diary of a Hong Kong Dyke in Nineties Toronto

Uptown/Downtown: Diary of a Hong Kong Dyke in Nineties Toronto

From: Any Other Way

Karen Chan recounts the eventful week leading up to her twenty third birthday in August, 1998. 3 $0.30 Add
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KillJoy's Kastle                     Allyson Mitchell's Vision

KillJoy’s Kastle Allyson Mitchell’s Vision

From: Any Other Way

Jane Farrow discusses the KillJoy Kastle, a performance driven art installation in Toronto in the fall of 2013. 2 $0.20 Add
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Verna Johnston, Nokomis
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Verna Johnston, Nokomis

HOW WE CARRY THIS PLACE

From: Indigenous Toronto

The story of Verna Johnston (Nokomis), who founded an Indigenous-run boarding house in Toronto and helped to create the Indigenous community that we know today in Toronto. 4 $0.40 Add
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verzen/verses
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verzen/verses

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

In this chapter, the author writes about coming to appreciate the subtle qualities of English. 6 $0.60 Add
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Victims People
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Victims People

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry examines how the public and accidental nature of traffic fatalities impact the tone and intensity of the media coverage that surrounds it. Cherry includes the comments of … 13 $1.30 Add
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Views from the Fifth
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Views from the Fifth

Community and Sovereighty: Section 3

From: Qummut Qukiria!

This chapter explores what reconciliation between the north and the south of Canada means. 5 $0.50 Add
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Vision
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Vision

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter reflects on Margie’s recounting of the 1964 Caribou Carnival and the Caribou Queen, learning what stretching formula meant, her relationships with her mother, a baby in a parka, … 7 $0.70 Add
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Visions of Woodpeckers
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Visions of Woodpeckers

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Thirteen focuses on Louise’s work with woodpeckers. 24 $2.40 Add
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Volunteers
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Volunteers

Part 3. Beginning Your Campaign

From: Women Winning Office

In Volunteers Nash explores why people volunteer and the role they play in elections. The chapter explores the motives for volunteering, where to find volunteers, who can be a volunteer, … 9 $0.90 Add
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Vượt Biên

Vượt Biên

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He executes an escape plan. 6 $0.60 Add
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waarschuwing/warning
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waarschuwing/warning

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

"Mother tongue, is this when you’ll surface, under cover of night, in the mind’s somnolent dark?" 3 $0.30 Add
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Wake Up Call

Wake Up Call

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … 6 $0.60 Add
Walking Away from Hate

Walking Away from Hate

Our Journey through Extremism

As a troubled teen, Lauren Manning sought refuge online in the angry world of black metal music. When she met a recruiter who offered her the acceptance she craved, the doctrine of white … ; 240 View
Wanda’s War
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Wanda’s War

An Untold Story of Nazi Europe, Forced Labour, and a Canadian Immigration Scandal

In 1943, Wanda Gizmunt was ripped from her family home in Poland and deported to a forced labour camp in Nazi Germany. At the end of the war, she became one of millions of displaced Europeans … 256 View