Politics
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 "At the Barricades"A Memoir |
Best known as General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, a position he held for over 40 years, A. Alan Borovoy was at the centre of many of the most profound and difficult … | Alan Borovoy | 395 | 2014 | View |
 How We Changed TorontoThe inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980 |
By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada’s largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, … | John Sewell | 349 | 2015 | View |
 The Golden Age of LiberalismA Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc |
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 |
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From Cast of CharactersFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Short biographies about the people consistently mentioned throughout the book. | John Sewell | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From Foreword by the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien and Introduction by Author |
Outlines the authors experience with Romeo Leblanc and why she chose to write his biography | Jean Chrétien; Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 16 | 2011 | $1.60 Add |
PrefaceFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Professor Borovoy describes how the memoir came to be written. | Alan Borovoy | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From Discovering a Political LifeFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Sewell recounts what brought him to getting involved in city politics and brings us right to his election as junior alderman in 1967 | John Sewell | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
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From From Memramcook to Rideau Hall |
Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s selection to the position of Governor General, the mixed opinions of the media to the nomination, a background history of the Acadians and how this history relates … | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 20 | 2011 | $2.00 Add |
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From Hamilton, Grace Street, and Harbord CollegiateFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Early childhood to high school. | Alan Borovoy | 19 | 2014 | $1.90 Add |
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From At University in the 1950sFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Intellectual and philosophical development spanning undergraduate and law school years. | Alan Borovoy | 22 | 2014 | $2.20 Add |
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From Cormier’s Cove |
1927-1948. Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s family history, his early life growing up in Corimer’s Cove (including statistics on education, resources, etc at the time), goes over the cost of … | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 34 | 2011 | $3.40 Add |
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From Getting Down to WorkFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Deals with his first years in office – 1969 – 1972 | John Sewell | 30 | 2015 | $3.00 Add |
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From Neighbourhoods in RevoltFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
community reactions to development proposals in 1972 | John Sewell | 27 | 2015 | $2.70 Add |
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From Transitions and Interruptions, 1948–1955 |
1948-1955. These seven years would be a time of unexpected movement, of plans begun and changed because of family needs, as well as unanticipated successes. These were years in which his … | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 47 | 2011 | $4.70 Add |
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From Transitions and ObjectivesFrom: "At the Barricades" |
The year between graduation and taking a job with the Labour Committee for Human Rights. | Alan Borovoy | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From A Reform City CouncilFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
the 1972 election brought new blood to the city council and Sewell discusses how Larger decision-making bodies often hamper debate, but our council was of a manageable size. The openness and the … | John Sewell | 26 | 2015 | $2.60 Add |
