Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! Serendipity VoicesHOW WE CARRY THIS PLACE From: Indigenous Toronto |
Andre Morrisseau talks about his life, career, and connection with Toronto. | Andre Morrisseau | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Service in France at No. 1 Canadian General HospitalFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
Anna Stamers was transfered to France in 1916. Hospitals in France were set up to receive all incoming wounded from the Allied forces, as well as civilians and prisoners of war. Horrible … | Dianne Kelly | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Setting the StageAn Introduction From: A Sense of Themselves |
Carol E. Harris | 9 | 1998 | $0.90 Add | |
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From  Settling Down in NewfoundlandFrom: No Place For A Woman |
The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. | Antony Berger | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! SevenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add | |
 Seven Fallen FeathersRacism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City |
The groundbreaking and multiple award-winning national bestseller work about systemic racism, education, the failure of the policing and justice systems, and Indigenous rights by Tanya Talaga. … | Tanya Talaga | 387 | 2017 | View |
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From NEW! SeventeenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add | |
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From  Sex, Scandal, and Punishment in Early TorontoFrom: Any Other Way |
Looking back to pre-confederation Ontario, this section provides accounts of the scandals and political machinations that ensued when prominent gentlemen were found to be consorting with other men. | Ed Jackson; Jarett Henderson | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
 NEW! Shadows and LightA Physician's Lens on Covid |
When the pandemic began in March 2020, Calgary emergency physician Heather Patterson was already feeling burnt out. Photography had always been a way of unwinding for her, and as the pandemic … | Heather Patterson | 176 | 2022 | View |
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From  She Was So Beautiful My Heart MovedFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of an Afghan man forced into army service to graduate from school who marries a half-Russian, half-Uzbek woman and their escape the violence of the area to come to … | David Starr | 18 | 2016 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Shock TreatmentFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Discusses his father’s drinking problem, and the built up frustration of his mother which eventually led to an ultimatium which meant he got help | Tom Douglas | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Shooting StarsFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses her rationale for not wanting promotions within the RCMP, as well as her struggle to maintain balance in her life with children, aging … | Janet Merlo | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Dissident in Search of ConsensusFrom: Beverley McLachlin |
Addresses McLachlin’s role in transforming the way the Supreme Court approach to making decisions. Explains how, under McLachlin’s leadership, the Court became more consensual and … | Ian Greene; Peter McCormick | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
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From  SiberpooFrom: The Whole Animal |
129 | Corinna Chong | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add |
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From Signing up to ServeFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
This chapter describes the distinctive Canadian Nursing Sister uniform and the procedures undergone to recruit and select nurses for the Canadian Army Medical Corp once war was declared. … | Dianne Kelly | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Silaup Putunga in ContextDecolonial Practices: Section 2 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter is an edited interview between Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and Georgiana Uhlyarik. Topics discussed include the art project Silaup Putunga (2018), COVID-19, the Black Lives Matter … | Georgiana Uhlyarik; Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
