Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  Rocky Mountain |
Rocky Mountain RoughRiders Hockey Club, red flags about a fellow coach involved with pedophilia | John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Saying GoodbyeFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo describes the increasingly toxic work environment at the Nanaimo RCMP, and the author uncovers more aspects of a system that breeds it. It … | Janet Merlo | 13 | 2013 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Soul |
This chapter remembers Margie’s relationship with Sylvan Johnson, her sickly neighbour, his attempt to save Margie’s soul, his death and funeral, his sister Carmel’s regret, and … | Margaret Macpherson | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Steps to GentrificationFrom: Any Other Way |
Allison Bergess recounts the story of The Steps, which were constructed in 1984 and became a victim of gentrification twenty years later. | Allison Burgess | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  The Devil Gets into Me |
This interview profiles a woman who engaged in street-based sex work for about 7 years. She felt that drug use was the main reason women engaged in that kind of sex work. | Kerri Cull | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Tour des Canadiens |
This chapter recounts Scoppa’s arrest and the circumstances surrounding it. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From  The Wider WorldFrom: The Wheel of Things |
- | Mollie Gillen | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 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  Two HeartsPart 5: Surfacing From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 14 explores Brunet’s return to the Maritimes to see her family. Topics discussed include her marriage to Luke, healing from trauma, and leaving sex work behind. | Cid V Brunet | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Uncle Harry Flips His WigFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about his Great Uncle Henry who was wealthy and like his mother | Tom Douglas | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Vượt Biên |
This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He executes an escape plan. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  1.3 Inside OutFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Mike shares about being asked to report his sexual history to the government after his diagnosis, and Chase considers this through their filmmaking work. Chase reconsiders the stories he tells … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 4 | 2016 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! A Classic CaseFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the prevalence of "journalism trauma" among crime reporters. She interviews former colleagues and discusses her experience with PTSD (post-traumatic … | Tamara Cherry | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Adaptation accomplished? |
Discusses the change in his mind to come to terms with his imprisonment | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 5 | 2012 | $0.50 Add |
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From Affairs of the heartFrom: The Wheel of Things |
- | Mollie Gillen | 8 | 2015 | $0.80 Add |
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From  AppendixFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Professor Borovoy’s letter to the President of the University of Toronto explaining that accepting an honourary doctorate could not involve his crossing of picket lines. | Alan Borovoy | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
