Canadian History

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Expansion of Free Trade and Investment Agreements

Expansion of Free Trade and Investment Agreements

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

How recent expansion of Canada’s free trade agreements and the implementation of investment agreements have affected Canadian cultural policy. Deals with the Multilateral Agreement on … 15 $1.50 Add
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Extending and Consolidating the Colonial Frontier

Extending and Consolidating the Colonial Frontier

From: Canada’s State Police

In this chapter, Marquis explores the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as tools of colonial expansion rather than neutral guardians. He examines how the courts enforced state control after settler … 30 $3.00 Add
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Ezekiel Hart, House of Assembly Member from Trois-Rivières

Ezekiel Hart, House of Assembly Member from Trois-Rivières

From: The First Jews in North America

On the life and political ambitions of Ezekiel Hart. He was the First Jewish Elected Representative of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada for Trois-Rivières. 24 $2.40 Add
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Fairy Tales of Two Cities:

Fairy Tales of Two Cities:

or Queer Nation(s)-National Cinema(s)

From: In a Queer Country

Thomas Waugh’s "Fairy Tales of Two Cities: Queer Nation(s)-National Cinema(s)" considers examples from a past when Canadian cinema in general was defining itself, in response to … 26 $0.52 Add
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“Faithful, Brave-Hearted Pioneer Woman”

“Faithful, Brave-Hearted Pioneer Woman”

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

Examining Women’s Daily Lives on Saskatchewan Homesteads 16 $1.60 Add
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Family

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

This chapter explores Scoppa’s brother and more mafia history. ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Family as a Site of Contestation:

Family as a Site of Contestation:

Queering the Normal or Normalizing the Queer?

From: In a Queer Country

Michelle K. Owen’s essay looks at what recently has become the most prominent aspect of this struggle for recognition. Owen ‘s response is informed and polemical; a scholarship that … 22 $0.44 Add
Family Ties

Family Ties

How a Ukrainian Nazi and a living witness link Canada to Ukraine today

The standing ovation accorded in 2023 to a Second World War Ukrainian Nazi unit veteran in Canada’s House of Commons shocked Canadians – and the world. Author Peter McFarlane was not … 274 View
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Far from Inflammable Materials

Far from Inflammable Materials

From: Dangerous Enemy Sympathizers

This chapter concerns the first phase of the camp, during which it held German and Austrian Jewish refugees, including medical doctors, concert pianists, and young students. 17 $1.70 Add
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'Fashionable Jamaican Wedding'

‘Fashionable Jamaican Wedding’

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Fastest in the World

Fastest in the World

The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils

Like the builders of the Avro Arrow, the pioneers of hydrofoils are celebrated in this book for their world-class accomplishments. When Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting with flying … 98 View
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Favourite Daughters and Competing Mothers

Favourite Daughters and Competing Mothers

From: Immodest and Sensational

Examines some of the most accomplished female athletes of the 1950s 12 $1.20 Add
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Favouritism

Favouritism

From: Cheated

Chapter Nine reveals the corrupt practices of Indian Affairs officials and speculators who exploited the sale of reserve lands in Western Canada, at the expense of the First Nations. ; 28 $2.80 Add
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Fears of Franco-American Conspiracy

Fears of Franco-American Conspiracy

SECTION THREE - The reception of franco-americans

From: A Distinct Alien Race

In the twenty years before 1900, a segment of the U.S. press presented the view that the Québec Roman Catholic hierarchy conspired to conquer New England. The Franco-American workers, this … 35 $3.50 Add