Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Still Hopeful Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism ECW Press	“Canada’s best-known voice of dissent.” — CBC In this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that …	Maude Barlow	240	2022	View
Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel Two Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America Baraka Books	“Women” and “architecture” were once mutually exclusive terms. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, “it is hardly safe to assert” that a …	Carla Blank; Tania Martin	234	2014	View
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution Hungarian and Canadian Perspectives University of Ottawa Press	In October 1956, a spontaneous uprising took Hungarian Communist authorities by surprise, prompting Soviet authorities to invade the country. After a few days of violent fighting, the revolt was …	Christopher Adam; Tibor Egervari	306	2010	View
The Care We Dream Of Liberatory & Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health Arsenal Pulp Press	What if you could trust in getting the health care you need in ways that felt good and helped you thrive? What if the health system honoured and valued queer and trans people’s lives, …	Zena Sharman	352	2021	View
NEW! The Elective Mind Philosophy and the Undergraduate Degree University of Ottawa Press	This book discusses the relevance of philosophy courses within the undergraduate curriculum as integral to the self-formation that is at the heart of a liberal education. The objective is to …	Réal Fillion	164	2021	View
The Golden Age of Liberalism A Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc James Lorimer and Company	This book explores the life and times of Roméo LeBlanc, one of Canada’s most popular and successful politicians and statesmen. Probably best known as the long-standing fisheries …	Naomi E. S. Griffiths	376	2011	View
The Imperilled Ocean Human Stories From a Changing Sea Goose Lane Editions	An exploration of the earth’s last wild frontier, filled with high-stakes stories of people and places facing an uncertain future. On a life raft in the Mediterranean, a teenager from Ghana …	Laura Trethewey	238	2020	View
The M Word Conversations about Motherhood Goose Lane Editions	A Dropped Threads-style anthology, assembling original and inspiring works by some of Canada’s best younger female writers — such as Heather Birrell, Saleema Nawaz, Susan Olding, …	Kerry Clare	320	2014	View
NEW! The Mantle of Struggle A Biography of Black Revolutionary Rosie Douglas Between The Lines	Rosie Douglas, former prime minister of Dominica, had a life unlike any other modern politician. After leaving home to study agriculture in Canada, he became a member of the young Conservatives, …	Irving Andre	360	2023	View
The Point is To Change the World Selected Writings of Andaiye Between The Lines	Radical activist, thinker, and comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean’s most important political voices. For the first time, her writings are published in one collection. …	Alissa Trotz; Andaiye	320	2020	View
The Reconciliation Manifesto Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy James Lorimer and Company	In this book, leading Indigenous rights activist Arthur Manuel offers a radical challenge to Canada and Canadians. He questions virtually everything non- Indigenous Canadians believe about their …	Arthur Manuel	312	2017	View
The Seed Infertility Is a Feminist Issue Coach House Books	Notes on desire, reproduction, and grief, and how feminism doesn’t support women struggling to have children. In pop culture as much as in policy advocacy, the feminist movement has …	Alexandra Kimball	145	2019	View
The Teen Sex Trade My Story Formac Publishing	Jade Brooks grew up like any other kid — she played with friends, lovingly teased and was teased by her siblings, and excelled at school. It wasn’t until she was removed from her …	Jade M. Brooks	200	2017	View
NEW! The Things I Came Here With A Memoir ECW Press	“Does it hurt?” When you’re a tattoo artist, that’s the most universal question. For Chris MacDonald, the answer is simple: hurts less than a broken heart. Those words are …	Chris MacDonald	264	2022	View
NEW! The Trauma Beat A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News ECW Press	A groundbreaking and thorough examination of the trauma caused by the media covering crimes, both to victims and journalists, from a respected journalist and victim advocate In The Trauma Beat, …	Tamara Cherry	332	2023	View
The Wheel of Things A Biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery Formac Publishing	Lucy Maud Montgomery is Canada’s best-known writer of children’s fiction. Anne of Green Gables — in print, film, television or on stage — captures people’s imaginations as easily now as it did …	Mollie Gillen		2015	View