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Taking the Leap: 2016
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Taking the Leap: 2016

From: From Layton to Singh

Chapter 5 focuses on the NDP’s recovery plan after the upset of the 2015 election. The chapter covers topics including Mulcair’s defence in the leadership review, Alberta NDP’s … 18 $1.80 Add
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Tangling with the Police

Tangling with the Police

From: How We Changed Toronto

1978-1981. I realized quite quickly that this was an opportunity, however difficult, to begin questioning deep-seated biases — particularly racism and homophobia — on the part of a … 26 $2.60 Add
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Teacher to Journalist:

Teacher to Journalist:

Fredericton to Ottawa and Beyond

From: The Golden Age of Liberalism

1955-1960. His time teaching at New Brunswick’s Teachers’ College, In 1959 he left Fredericton for Ottawa and an opportunity at Radio Canada to become a political journalist, 40 $4.00 Add
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That’s an Order, Young Man!
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That’s an Order, Young Man!

From: Bit Player on Big Stages

In this chapter, Turene discusses his experiences with political and diplomatic friction in Zaire. 5 $0.50 Add
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“The 8-week program”
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“The 8-week program”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the Liberal government’s internal struggle in spring 1978 (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudea’s prinicpal secretary). 11 $1.10 Add
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The Banality of Evil

The Banality of Evil

From: On Love and Tyranny

In this chapter, Heberlein covers the arrest of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina, Arendt’s decision to attend his trial in Israel, and the reception of her seminal work Eichmann in Jerusalem. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Battle for Toronto Centre

The Battle for Toronto Centre

From: Chrystia

In this chapter, Tsalikis covers Chrystia Freeland’s move from journalism into federal politics. 13 $1.30 Add
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The Beginning

The Beginning

From: Pierre Poilievre

In this chapter, Lawton traces the early life of Pierre Poilievre, from his 1979 birth and adoption in Calgary through his politically formative teenage years in the 1980s and 1990s. 9 $0.90 Add
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The Charter: A New Pathway

The Charter: A New Pathway

From: Lloyd Axworthy

In this chapter, Axworthy recounts his role in crafting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms,enacted in 1982. 5 $0.50 Add
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“The constitutional question
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“The constitutional question

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines May 21 to June 11, 1980, documenting the weeks after Quebec’s sovereignty referendum (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot … 14 $1.40 Add
The Coutts Diaries
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The Coutts Diaries

Power, Politics, and Pierre Trudeau 1973-1981

Jim Coutts, principal secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau from 1975 to 1981, was one of the most powerful men in Canada during those tumultuous years. Equally admired and attacked, … 480 View
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The Craft of Governance

The Craft of Governance

From: Lloyd Axworthy

In this chapter, Axworthy examines the craft of governance through the lens of refugee settlement, employment equality, and regional reform in Canada. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Disappeared

The Disappeared

From: The Two Michaels

In this chapter, Blanchfield and Osler Hampson recount the daily lives of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor during their detention in China from 2018 to 2021. ; 9 $0.90 Add
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The education of a female leader

The education of a female leader

PART 1: DEVELOPING THE NERVE TO LEAD

From: Nerve

The authors discuss educational opportunities for women and their own early memories of learning and education. ; 17 $1.70 Add
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The End of the War

The End of the War

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter describes Hannah and Heinrich’s attempts to find work in war-time New York, their activities in Zionist circles, and the end of the war in Europe. 5 $0.50 Add
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The Fight for Water Justice
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The Fight for Water Justice

From: Still Hopeful

In Chapter Four Barlow focuses on the fight for water justice and her own activism. The chapter focuses on topics such as the commercialization of Canadian water, the North American Free Trade … 41 $4.10 Add