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Ervin Chartrand, Selkirk, Métis/Salteaux

Ervin Chartrand, Selkirk, Métis/Salteaux

“They said I fit the description because I looked like six other kids with leather vests and long hair who looked Indian.”

From: How We Go Home

Ervin Chartrand, of Selkirk, Manitoba is of Métis/Salteaux descent. He describes his childhood characterized by a lack of belonging, and joining a street gang at the age of fourteen. He … 19 $1.90 Add
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Escaping Europe

Escaping Europe

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses the hardships facing Jewish Ukrainian refugees following World War II and their journey to Canada. 6 $0.60 Add
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Esquimalt Crisis, August 1914

Esquimalt Crisis, August 1914

From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

the crisis of defending Victoria when war broke out in 1914 51 $5.10 Add
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Eugenics and the Alien in Our Midst

Eugenics and the Alien in Our Midst

SECTION THREE - The reception of franco-americans

From: A Distinct Alien Race

While tensions cooled in the early 20th century, there was renewed backlash against Franco-Americans in the era following the First World War was part of a nationwide trend targeting … 24 $2.40 Add
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European Greed and the Mi’kmaw Resolve to Fight

European Greed and the Mi’kmaw Resolve to Fight

From: We Were Not The Savages

Chapter 3 explores the topics of European greed and the Mi’kmaw resolve to resist and fight invasion, the decline of the Mi’kmaq, early European settlement,  and European’s disrespect for mother earth. 23 $2.30 Add
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Excellence?

Excellence?

From: In Defiance

When neoliberals and orthodox conservatives talk about the need for excellence in universities, what kind of elitism are they thinking about? Their vision for universities, being similar to their … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Excerpts from W.A. Pritchard's Address to the Jury, March 23-24, 1920

Excerpts from W.A. Pritchard’s Address to the Jury, March 23-24, 1920

From: Winnipeg 1919

Excerpts from W.A Pritchard’s address to the Jury March 23-24, 1920. Pritchard was one of eight indifiduals prosecuted for seditious conspiracy in the aftermath of the Winnipeg General Strike 42 $4.20 Add
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Excess
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Excess

How a Culture of Alcohol Gave Birth to the Binge

From: Bottoms Up

Chapter 3 explores the birth and evolution of alcohol culture with particular focus placed on the idea of drinking to excess, and how that behaviour has been regarded in Newfoundland throughout … 21 $2.10 Add
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Excesses of Exploitation: Indigenous Resentment and Resistance on the Changing Fur Trade Frontier, 1820-70

Excesses of Exploitation: Indigenous Resentment and Resistance on the Changing Fur Trade Frontier, 1820-70

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

This chapter discusses the expansion of the fur trade in Canada in the nineteenth century to British Columbia and the Pacific coast under the Hudson Bay’s Company James Douglas, and … 12 $1.20 Add
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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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Executed in a Field: The Story of Henri Édouard Dubé

Chapter Five

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Five focuses on the story of Henri Édouard Dubé from Edmonston, New Brunswick who was executed by the Nazi alongside Richard Noble, an American soldier for aiding the Resistance … 14 $1.40 Add
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Expanding the Garden

Expanding the Garden

The Mulroney Years

From: The Tangled Garden

A first‑hand account of the development of Canadian culture policy by the Brian Mulroney’s Conservative government (1984 to 1993). Focuses specifically on initiatives by former … 38 $3.80 Add
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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
Eyes Have Seen
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Eyes Have Seen

From Mississippi to Montreal

Eyes Have Seen, From Mississippi to Montreal is a vivid and searing memoir about growing up black in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In the difficult and often dangerous years of ubiquitous racism, … 258 View
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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