Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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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  Scar Tissue |
In this chapter, the author discusses how he "grew up on a steady diet of AIDS fear," and the impact that has had on adult life. | Adrian Ryan | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Scene 1Introduction |
Scene 1 introduces the authors of the book and the play it is based on. It discusses theatre, having children, personal relationships, the relationship between science and art, and nature. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Scene 2Tara |
Scene 2 focuses on Tara and her decades-spanning relationship and work with her husband, David Suzuki. It discusses immigration, World War II, discrimination, marriage and married life, activism, … | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Scene 3Science + Art / Left + Right |
Scene 3 explores the topics of nature, curiosity, science, technology, and advocacy. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Scene 4The Amazon |
Scene 4 focuses on David and Tara’s work in the Amazon. It discusses climate, the developing world, Indigenous advocacy, Canada’s role in climate change, government, and advocacy. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Scene 5Feminism + The Economy |
Scene 5 explores the role of feminism. Discussing unpaid labour, GDP, economic growth, and more. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Scene 6The Kiss |
Scene 6 revisits David and Tara’s early years together. It discusses the ‘Outies’ and ‘Innies’, university, lectures, marriage, and a kiss. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Scene 7Passing the Baton |
Scene 7 discusses staying positive, children, climate anxiety, inaction, and hope. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! School |
The chapter describes their father’s career in the northern school system, the paternalism of the school system, her fathers role in running the residential school, and the original … | Margaret Macpherson | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  SchoolteacherFrom: The Wheel of Things |
Mollie Gillen | 8 | 2015 | $0.80 Add | |
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From NEW! Scoop |
This chapter focuses on the families first government house in the north, their neighbours, the forced friendship with Carmel Johnson and Margie’s cruel gift of soap, the residential … | Margaret Macpherson | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Scotty |
describes his passion for hockey and experiencing with hockey growing up including racism he faced. Outlines how he was scouted by Scotty Bowman for the Montreal Jr. Canadians tryouts in 1963 | John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe | 12 | 2014 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Second World War, 1942–45 29From: A Halifax Boyhood |
What he remembers about being a boy in Halifax during WWII and how it shaped him 1942-45 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Secret arrangements for departure |
The quiet arrangements that had to be made in order to leave the camp | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 4 | 2012 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Section A: ChangemakingFrom: Changemakers |
The first section explores the idea of transformative change — what it is, what difference it makes, and how it is connected to learning. It tells the story of Anna, which gives us plenty … | Fay Weller; Mary Wilson | 37 | 2018 | $3.70 Add |
