Canadian History
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From  Inuit Negotiate the James Bay AgreementPart 1 |
In this chapter, Zebedee examines the James Bay hydro-electric project, the lack of consultation with the Cree of James Bay during planning of this project, the foundation of Indigenous … | Zebedee Nungak | 44 | 2017 | $4.40 Add |
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From  Leaving India |
This chapter looks at the factors that led to Indian people immigrating to Canada in the 19th century and the state of the country upon their arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, … | Pamela Hickman | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |
Leaving India |
This chapter looks at the factors that led to Indian people immigrating to Canada in the 19th century and the state of the country upon their arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, … | Pamela Hickman | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Locating and Re-locatingFrom: At Home |
Chapter 1 focuses on author and artist Lezli Rubin-Kunda, who speaks on her own experiences with belonging, her art, and her sense of home as both a Canadian and Israeli. | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Making TracksThe Myth of CPR From: National Dreams |
The myth of the CPR as creator of the country is, in fact, as old as the railway itself, which is not surprising given that it was the railway itself which created the myth. The mundane act of … | Daniel Frances | 39 | 1997 | $1.17 Add |
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From  Malang Prison CampFrom: Bamboo Cage |
This section of the diary covers Wyse’s time in Malang Prison Camp, where the prisoners were mistreated and abused by their captors, and suffered from malnutrition and disease. | Jonathan F. Vance | 24 | 2009 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Montreal and the Confederacy |
This chapter looks at links between Montreal and the Confederacy, exploring how Montreal became a hub of Confederate Secret Service activity during the American Civil War and touching on … | Barry Sheehy; Cindy Wallace | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Movie Night |
This chapter discusses the impact that the release of the film Birth of a Nation had on the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the early 20th century. In particular, the chapter looks at the … | Allan Bartley | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! NecessityBenevolent Booze From: Bottoms Up |
Chapter 1 explores the history of alcohol in maritime societies and how it played an variety of essential roles, as a medicine, a ration for sailors, a social lubricant, and a trading commodity … | Sheilah Roberts Lukins | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Newton’s LawFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter explores Chris Newton’s younger years; he was an early adopter of home computers, and later enrolled in the computer science program at the University of New Brunswick. | Gordon Pitts | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From  On the Marsh |
- | Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 24 | 2016 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Original Peoples to 1671From: North of Superior |
Looks at the Aboriginal cultures that flourished in this region before the arrival of Europeans. Breaks down the extended history into The Paleo-Americans, The Shield Archaic Peoples, The … | Chris Southcott; Michel S. Beaulieu | 12 | 2010 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Origins of the LaboratoryFrom: Montreal and the Bomb |
This chapter explores the early days for the British-led project to develop an atomic bomb in a Montreal laboratory, looking at key figures in the project’s foundation and management such … | Gilles Sabourin | 38 | 2021 | $3.80 Add |
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From  PART 1 – Developing the Quebec Cotton IndustryGirls and Women Wanted From: Through the Mill |
This chapter explores the early days of the Quebec cotton textile industry, starting around 1844-78. It covers key figures, companies, and regions of Quebec in this industry’s establishment … | Gail Cuthbert Brandt | 39 | 2018 | $3.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Part TwoFrom: The Mantle of Struggle |
Part two explores Douglas’ move to Canada to attend Sir George Williams University in Montreal during the 1960s. These chapters detail his life during this time; his civil rights activism … | Irving Andre | 102 | 2023 | $10.20 Add |
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From  PrefaceFrom: The Hope that Remains |
Regine Uwibereyeho King explains the themes that emerge in the stories of the survivors, as a genocide survivor herself. | Regine Uwibereyeho King | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
