Canadian History

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Digging Out

Digging Out

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … 9 $0.90 Add
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Dirty Books and Dirty Looks
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Dirty Books and Dirty Looks

From: Vancouver Vice

In this chapter, Chapman describes the Vice squad’s efforts to bring down the Wayne Harris crime ring, and how these were disrupted by the new mayor of Vancouver’s focus on … 17 $1.70 Add
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Discipline and Desertion

Discipline and Desertion

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

Describes the discipline that was expected of British Navy sailors in the mid-1860s and details what happened to deserters. 23 $2.30 Add
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Discriminatory — But Defensible?

Discriminatory — But Defensible?

From: Gay Marriage

Judge Ian H. Pitfield of the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling in 2001 that excluding gays and lesbians from the institution of marriage was discriminniatory under the charter of rights and … ; ; ; 25 $2.50 Add
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Black Friday…With and Without the Question Mark

Black Friday…With and Without the Question Mark

From: Any Other Way

Alec Butler discusses the significance of her play Black Friday and the role queer representation plays in theatre. 4 $0.40 Add
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Dispossession and the Imposition of Poverty

Dispossession and the Imposition of Poverty

From: We Were Not The Savages

Chapter 10 focuses on the hardships and poverty of the Indigenous populations faced due to the disposition and landlessness they faced after English colonization. 19 $1.90 Add
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Disseminating Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Era

Disseminating Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Era

From: Take Back the Fight

Disseminating Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Era, chapter six, argues for the importance of and need for locations for sharing feminist knowledge and debate, and for developing activist … 22 $2.20 Add
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Dissent in Canada against the Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902

Dissent in Canada against the Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902

From: Worth Fighting For

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Distant Places

Distant Places

From: At Home

Chapter 10 features interviews with Lorraine Field, Catherine Bodmer, and Josée Pedneault. This chapter focuses on artists who travel for the subjects of their art, but whose “home … 20 $2.00 Add
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Distribution, Population Size, and Social Organization

Distribution, Population Size, and Social Organization

From: The Beothuk

This chapter uses archaeological evidence to describe the distribution of Beothuk communities in Newfoundland pre-Contact. 3 $0.30 Add
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Diversity and the Dish
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Diversity and the Dish

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

This chapter outlines the many variations within Indigenous societies affected by factors such as geographic location, war and access to resources and, trade and the differences in land use, … 12 $1.20 Add
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Diversity Trumps Specialization
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Diversity Trumps Specialization

Section 4: Cities as a Dynamic Economy

From: Cities Matter

Chapter 14 explores Jacobs’ theory of diversity as the most important feature for thriving cities and urban economies. The chapter discusses topics including macroeconomics, economic … 8 $0.80 Add
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Divided Loyalties

Divided Loyalties

From: The Ward

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Dénouement

Dénouement

From: Merchant Princes

Traces the last years of the family companies to the eventual sale in 1973 after Arthur Stair’s death with no one ready to take over the family businesses 24 $2.40 Add
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Do-It-Yourself Power

Do-It-Yourself Power

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter examines self-generation of energy, looking at individuals and programs in Quebec that are taking different approaches to energy production and consumption, and how these approaches … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Doing Canadian Studies

Doing Canadian Studies

The Conundrum of Interdisciplinary; Reflections on Scholarship and Institutional Development

From: Canadian Studies

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