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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() “Indians Wear Red”Colonialism, Resistance, and Aboriginal Street Gangs |
With the advent of Aboriginal street gangs such as Indian Posse, Manitoba Warriors, and Native Syndicate, Winnipeg garnered a reputation as the “gang capital of Canada.” Yet beyond the … | Elizabeth Comack; Jim Silver; Larry Morrissette; Lawrence Deane | 176 | 2013 | View |
![]() NEW! 1968 in CanadaA Year and Its Legacies |
The year 1968 in Canada was an extraordinary one, unlike any other in its frenetic pace of activities and their consequences for the development of a new national consciousness among Canadians. … | Andrew C. Holman; Christopher Kirkey; Michael K. Hawes | 400 | 2021 | View |
![]() A Distinct Alien RaceThe Untold Story of Franco-Americans - Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife |
“The French number more than a million in the United States…. They are kept a distinct alien race, subject to the Pope in matters of religion and of politics. Soon…they will govern you, … | David Vermette | 394 | 2018 | View |
![]() A Good WarMobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency |
Canada needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to prevent a catastrophic 1.5 degree increase in the earth’s average temperature — assumed by many scientists to be a … | Seth Klein | 465 | 2020 | View |
![]() A Halifax BoyhoodGrowing up on the city's outskirts in the 1940s and 50s |
Anyone who grew up in the late 1940s and 50s will recognize themselves and their experiences in this story of a Halifax boyhood. Whether its the thrill of skating while holding someones hand for … | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 96 | 2014 | View |
![]() A Line in the Tar SandsStruggles for Environmental Justice |
Tar sands “development” comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents—fighting a powerful international industry—are likened to terrorists; … | Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis | 390 | 2014 | View |
![]() A Matter of TasteA Farmers' Market Devotee's Semi-Reluctant Argument for Inviting Scientific Innovation to the Dinner Table |
How did farmer’s markets, nose-to-tail, locavorism, organic eating, CSAs, whole foods, and Whole Foods become synonymous with "good food"? And are these practices … | Rebecca Tucker | 137 | 2018 | View |
![]() A People’s History of Quebec |
This lively guide to Quebec history tells the fascinating story of the settlement of the St. Lawrence River Valley over nearly 500 years. But it also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based … | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 209 | 2002 | View |
![]() Almost Feral |
On July 2, 2015, influential social activist Gemma Hickey began a 908-kilometer walk across the island of Newfoundland to raise awareness and funds for survivors of religious institutional abuse. … | Gemma Hickey | 264 | 2019 | View |
![]() NEW! Anatomy of an ElectionCanada’s 2019 Federal General Election Through the Lens of Political Law |
Elections are the high point of democracy. They provide scheduled opportunities for the people at large to have a participatory voice in their own government. They enable adult citizens to judge … | Gregory Tardi | 838 | 2020 | View |
![]() Any Other WayHow Toronto Got Queer |
Toronto is home to multiple and thriving queer communities that reflect the dynamism of a global city. Any Other Way is an eclectic and richly illustrated local history that reveals how … | Jane Farrow; John Lorinc; Stephanie Chambers; Tatum Taylor | 369 | 2017 | View |
![]() Asleep in the DeepNursing Sister Anna Stamers and the First World War |
On 27 June 1918, the Llandovery Castle, a Canadian hospital ship returning to England, was sunk by a German U-boat in contravention of international law. Two hundred and thirty-four crew members … | Dianne Kelly | 223 | 2021 | View |
![]() At HomeTalks with Canadian Artists about Place and Practice |
In this intimate investigation of the artistic process, Lezli Rubin-Kunda explores the nuanced path of creative work and the way artists make sense of home and place within their art practice and … | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 232 | 2018 | View |
![]() Bamboo CageThe P.O.W. Diary of Lieutenant Robert Wyse, 1942-1943 |
In 1942, RAF flight controller Robert Wyse became a Japanese prisoner of war on the island of Java in Indonesia. Starved, sick, beaten, and worked to near-death, he wasted away until he weighed … | Jonathan F. Vance | 147 | 2009 | View |
![]() Bearing WitnessJournalists, Record Keepers and the 1917 Halifax Explosion |
Bearing Witness tells the story of the Explosion, and the catastrophic damage it caused, through the eyes and words of more than two dozen journalists and record keepers who experienced it first … | Michael Dupuis | 221 | 2017 | View |
![]() Bent out of ShapeShame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work |
Award-winning ergonomist Karen Messing is talking with women—women who wire circuit boards, sew clothes, clean toilets, drive forklifts, care for children, serve food, run labs. What she … | Karen Messing | 276 | 2021 | View |