Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From ![]() Casting a Wide NetFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Catherine Boucher, Fort ResolutionFrom: Book of Hope |
In this chapter, Catherine Boucher of Fort Resolution recounts her rare cancer diagnosis in October 2003 and her subsequent recovery through traditional Dene spruce gum medicine, a practice … | Agnes R. Pascal | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Cecilia Rabesca, BehchokoFrom: Book of Hope |
This chapter recounts how Cecilia Rabesca of Behchokǫ̀, in the Northwest Territories, discovered a breast lump during a routine self-exam and embarked on a medical journey through … | Agnes R. Pascal | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Centennial CelebrationsStuart 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 | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Chalking It Up to ExperienceFrom: Any Other Way |
Andrew Zeally relates his experiences in Toronto’s gay bathhouses over the years. | Andrew Zealley | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Challenging Corporate RuleFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Three Barlow discusses the importance of challenging authority– all authority. The chapter discusses topics including institutional power, networks and political structures, … | Maude Barlow | 50 | 2022 | $5.00 Add |
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From ![]() Chance of a LifetimeStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … | Jake Ootes | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Change, Loss, and GriefFrom: The Accidental Caregiver |
In this chapter, Fraser examines anticipatory grief and the cyclical nature of loss experienced by family caregivers over decades of care. | Kimberly Fraser | 28 | 2022 | $2.80 Add |
![]() ChangemakersEmbracing Hope, Taking Action, and Transforming the World |
With every news report, the world seems to be careening off the rails. It’s all too easy to slip into despair waiting for co-opted, self-serving governments to act. The antidote to fear and … | Fay Weller; Mary Wilson | 208 | 2018 | View |
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From ![]() Changing CourseFrom: Lloyd Axelworthy |
In this chapter, Axworthy discusses his final years as Canada’s foreign minister from 1999 through the mid-2000s, focusing on the development of the Responsibility to Protect norm endorsed … | Lloyd Axelworthy | 31 | 2024 | $3.10 Add |
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From ![]() Changing Times: Kanadai Magyar Munkás (The Canadian-Hungarian Worker) and the 1956 Revolution |
The refugee crisis following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution initiated a time of change, growth, and transformation for Canada’s Hungarian communities. The arrival of almost 38,000 refugees … | Christopher Adam | 17 | 2010 | $2.21 Add |
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From ![]() Changing Toronto’s Mind about DiversityFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
1978-1980. As mayor, I was able to use my larger podium to speak up, bring attention to and encourage public discussion of important issues. This chapter recounts a number of such instances. … | John Sewell | 23 | 2015 | $2.30 Add |
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From ![]() Changing WorldsFrom: No One to Tell |
The final chapter, Changing Worlds, the author describes finalizing her divorce and her engagement with two class-action lawsuits against the RCMP for sexual harassment. | Janet Merlo | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 1From: Northern Wildflower |
Catherine Lafferty | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add | |
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From ![]() Chapter 1Private Grief From: Going Public |
Julie Macfarlane | 25 | 2020 | $2.50 Add | |
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From ![]() Chapter 1How Things Work and Why Stories Matter From: Legacy |
In this chapter, the author discusses the history of trauma experienced by indigenous communities as a result of colonialism. This chapter also includes a general overview of indigenous … | Suzanne Methot | 30 | 2019 | $3.00 Add |

















