Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() Wolf-Boy SaturdayFrom: The Whole Animal |
129 | Corinna Chong | 16 | 2023 | $1.60 Add |
![]() NEW! Woman, WatchingLouise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay |
Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her … | Merilyn Simonds | 416 | 2022 | View |
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From ![]() NEW! Women at the Table-Space InvadersPart 1. Who Gets to Lead? From: Women Winning Office |
In Women at the Table-Space Invaders Nash explores the many ways women can lead. She examines what leading can look like, how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed leadership, and how new … | Peggy Nash | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
![]() NEW! Women Winning OfficeAn Activist's Guide to Getting Elected |
When Peggy Nash first decided to run for elected office, she had no idea where to start, who to contact, or what the rules were. For those who are underrepresented in political life, politics can … | Peggy Nash | 282 | 2022 | View |
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From ![]() NEW! Women’s Rights |
In Chapter Six Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel reflects on the broader spectrum of her activism, particulary in the fight for women’s rights. | Audra Simpson; Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel; Pamela Palmater; Sean Carleton | 22 | 2024 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Women’s WorkFrom: At Home |
Chapter 7 features interviews with Susan Shantz, Mary Kavanagh, and Aganetha Dyck. This chapter focuses on artists who work is inspired by the home-based work of their female ancestors. | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Women’s WorkFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter Nine focuses on women’s work, food orders, defending the camp and children from bears when the men are away, the authors stash of nanaimo bars attracting bears, laundry and the … | Kathryn Willcock | 37 | 2022 | $3.70 Add |
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From ![]() Wood-Wellesley and the ‘Mystery Block’From: Any Other Way |
Mark Obaldeston describes how the pressure of new building developments is reshaping and erasing historically queer spaces in Toronto. | Mark Osbaldeston | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() Woody PointFrom: No Place For A Woman |
Getting My Bearings Again – Building My House on the Hill – The Electricity Kerfuffle – Jinny-Down-by-the-Bow – Spring: Back Home Again – A Summer of Wonders – … | Antony Berger | 60 | 2020 | $6.00 Add |
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From ![]() Work AloneA New App That Helps Sex Workers |
This short chapter describes an app that helps protect workers and clients at Blue Door. | Kerri Cull | 2 | 2021 | $0.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Work & Play & FoodPart Five From: Earthkeeping |
Part Five contains the sections: Down to Earth, A Salmon for Supper, Of Seals and Cod and Us, Oatmeal Shenanigans, Part Surgeon, Part Seamstress: A Fly-Tying Memoir, Dike-Land Rambles, Chaga … | Gary Saunders | 51 | 2022 | $5.10 Add |
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From ![]() Work, Travel, StudyFrom: Pilgrim Souls |
deals with our careers, travel and the lifelong learning in which we engaged, eachin our own way. | Jim Lotz | 38 | 2013 | $3.80 Add |
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From ![]() Working GirlsFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses the RCMPs response to prostitution, and how it reflected deeper systemic sexism in the organization. The chapter also covers … | Janet Merlo | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Working LongFrom: No One to Tell |
In Working Long, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo describes her work schedule and a typical work day, as well as more instances of sexism as they occur throughout her example work day. | Janet Merlo | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Working ShortFrom: No One to Tell |
In Working Short, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses staffing shortage patterns, as well as evidence of any sexual harassment she was experiencing at work. The chapter also discusses how … | Janet Merlo | 16 | 2013 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Works CitedFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Works Cited | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 2 | 2016 | $0.20 Add |
















