Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
Showing 2017–2032 of 2195 results
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From  NEW! Told Ya!From: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene discusses his return to Manitoba in 1981 to develop French-language government services, a position created after the Supreme Court struck down the province’s 1890 … | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Tommy Got His GunFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about getting a BB gun for Christmas one year, his father not approving but his mother always interested in seeing her children happy, then his father training him on how to shoot accurately | Tom Douglas | 7 | 2012 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Tomson Highway and the Language of LaughterTRAILBLAZERS AND CHANGEMAKERS From: Indigenous Toronto |
This chapter explores the story of performance artist Tomson Highway. | Denise Bolduc | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Toni Anderson, YellowknifeFrom: Book of Hope |
In this chapter, Toni Anderson, a Métis nursing student in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, recounts how she was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2020. | Agnes R. Pascal | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! “Too many uncertainties”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the turbulent period of 1976 to 1977 in Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal government, centred on the Quebec sovereignty crisis triggered by René … | Ron Graham | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Toronto City Council in Motion: Three Tentative Steps Toward RecognitionFrom: Any Other Way |
Three key motions made by the Toronto City council to pave the way towards and end to discrimination against LGBTQ people. | Jane Farrow; John Lorinc; Stephanie Chambers; Tatum Taylor | 1 | 2017 | $0.10 Add |
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From Toronto’s Unrecognized First Dyke MarchFrom: Any Other Way |
Amy Gottlieb provides a history of Toronto’s first Dyke March. | Amy Gottlieb | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  Touring Prime Minister TrudeauStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part Three of this title, entitled "Emperor of the North" discuss Hodgson’s growing power and influence in the communities of the Northwest Territories. Topics … | Jake Ootes | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From  Touring Success and Touring FailureFrom: Gender Failure |
In this chapter, Spoon discusses the vulnerability of public visibility as a trans performer in small towns and the small moments of connection that make them worth it. | Rae Spoon | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From Towel ServiceFrom: Any Other Way |
Monica Noy recalls how she met her future wife. | Monica Noy | 1 | 2017 | $0.10 Add |
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From I Was in Charge of Kitty LitterFrom: Any Other Way |
Jane Farrow decribes the queer houses of Toronto, residences that were passed from friend to friend. More than residences, these houses served as gathering places, refuges, and communities. | Jane Farrow | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
 NEW! Tracking the Caribou QueenMemoir of a Settler Girlhood |
In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined … | Margaret Macpherson | 296 | 2022 | View |
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From  TracksFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Railway | Jim Bennet | 8 | 2015 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Traditional and Other MediaPart 4. Getting Your Story Out From: Women Winning Office |
In Traditional and Other Media Nash discusses ways to manage all sorts of media. The chapter discusses topics such as handling media requests, managing reconnaissance, preparation and remaining … | Peggy Nash | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Tragedy and ClarityFrom: Walking Away from Hate |
Jeanette Manning; Lauren Manning | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add | |
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From  TrailblazerFrom: Alexa! |
Explores Alexa’s impact on feminism and politics in Canada—her passion and compassion. | Stephen Kimber | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
