Canadian History

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Winnipeg 1919

Winnipeg 1919

The Strikers' Own History of the Winnipeg General Strike

On May 15, 1919 workers from across Winnipeg, ranging from metal workers to telephone operators, united to spark the largest worker revolt in Canadian history. Even the Winnipeg police voted to … 340 View
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With High Heart
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With High Heart

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Fourteen focuses on Louise’s book Lovely, a new approach to her writing. 24 $2.40 Add
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"With Its Branches You Now Lash Us"
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“With Its Branches You Now Lash Us”

The Accelerating Dispossession of Indigenous Peoples, 1780-1820

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter examines the increasing dispossession of the Indigenous populations between 1780 and the 1820s as settlement continued westward. 7 $0.70 Add
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With Thought and Faith

With Thought and Faith

Henri Bourassa and the First World War

From: Worth Fighting For

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Wizipan Little Elk, Rosebud Lakota

Wizipan Little Elk, Rosebud Lakota

“On the reservation, you have the beauty of the culture and our traditional knowledge contrasted with the reality of poverty.”

From: How We Go Home

Wizipan Little Elk, who is Rosebud Lakota, tells his story. He is the Executive Director of the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation, where he manages development projects to create jobs for … 22 $2.20 Add
Woman, Watching
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Woman, Watching

Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay

Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her … 416 View
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Women and the Vote in Canada

Women and the Vote in Canada

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

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Women and Work

Women and Work

Feminism, Labour, and Social Reproduction

With #MeToo dominating headlines and an unprecedented number of women running for office, the fight for women’s equality has perhaps never been higher on the political agenda. Around … 192 View
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Women in Between
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Women in Between

From Fur Trade Frontier to Métis Nation

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter examines the impact of the fur trade and colonial expansion in Canada in the nineteenth century on First Nation and Metis women populations. 14 $1.40 Add
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Women’s Work

Women’s Work

From: At Home

Chapter 7 features interviews with Susan Shantz, Mary Kavanagh, and Aganetha Dyck. This chapter focuses on artists who work is inspired by the home-based work of their female ancestors. 15 $1.50 Add
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Wood-Wellesley and the 'Mystery Block'

Wood-Wellesley and the ‘Mystery Block’

From: Any Other Way

Mark Obaldeston describes how the pressure of new building developments is reshaping and erasing historically queer spaces in Toronto. 3 $0.30 Add
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Woody Point

Woody Point

From: No Place For A Woman

Getting My Bearings Again – Building My House on the Hill – The Electricity Kerfuffle – Jinny-Down-by-the-Bow – Spring: Back Home Again – A Summer of Wonders – … 60 $6.00 Add
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Work and Change in Atlantic Canada

Work and Change in Atlantic Canada

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

Examines Atlantic Canada. A key theme in all of the articles is working-class life in a resource based economy 6 $0.60 Add
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Work & Play & Food
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Work & Play & Food

Part Five

From: Earthkeeping

Part Five contains the sections: Down to Earth, A Salmon for Supper, Of Seals and Cod and Us, Oatmeal Shenanigans, Part Surgeon, Part Seamstress: A Fly-Tying Memoir, Dike-Land Rambles, Chaga … 51 $5.10 Add
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I want Her So Much I Feel Sick: An Interview with Rough Trade's Carole Pope

I want Her So Much I Feel Sick: An Interview with Rough Trade’s Carole Pope

From: Any Other Way

Jane Farrow interview’s musician Carol Pope. They discuss the impact that Pope’s music had on Toronto’s queer community. ; 4 $0.40 Add
Worth Fighting For

Worth Fighting For

Canada’s Tradition of War Resistance from 1812 to the War on Terror

Historians, veterans, museums, and public education campaigns have all documented and commemorated the experience of Canadians in times of war. But Canada also has a long, rich, and important … ; ; 336 View