Canadian History

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From One Showdown to Another

From One Showdown to Another

From: A People's History of Quebec

This chapter looks at the election of the Parti Quebecois in 1976 and the aftermath of this historic election. It covers language laws introduced, tensions between English and French Canada, the … ; 13 $1.30 Add
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From Peace Festival to Strawberry Fields
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From Peace Festival to Strawberry Fields

From: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool

This chapter discusses the Strawberry Fields music festival that was held in the summer of 1967 43 $4.30 Add
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From Rebel to Revolutionary

From Rebel to Revolutionary

From: Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography)

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From Reserve to Microenvironment

From Reserve to Microenvironment

Nature Parks and Zoos

From: The Culture of Nature

This chapter focuses on the convergence of park creation, development, and tourism through an examination of zoos, and national and nature parks. The chapter includes 10 photos and images. 37 $3.70 Add
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From St. Helens Avenue to Dewson Street

From St. Helens Avenue to Dewson Street

From: Any Other Way

Makeda Silvera recalls how she found community and acceptance on Dewson Street. 3 $0.30 Add
From Suffragette to Homesteader

From Suffragette to Homesteader

Exploring British and Canadian Colonial Histories and Women's Politics Through Memoir

From Suffragette to Homesteader opens a unique window into the past. Central to this book is a powerful memoir written in 1952 by Ethel Marie Sentance as an anniversary present for her husband, … 203 View
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From the Ashes of Nortel

From the Ashes of Nortel

From: Unicorn in the Woods

This chapter recounts the bankrupcy of Nortel, and describes how one former Nortel employee took up a leadership role at UNB’s Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship. 13 $1.30 Add
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From the German Surrender to the Plaszek Murder Trials May 8, 1945 to March 6, 1946

From the German Surrender to the Plaszek Murder Trials May 8, 1945 to March 6, 1946

From: Hanged in Medicine Hat

In this chapter, Greenfield discusses the aftermath of Germany’s surrender in May 1945 for the roughly 12,000 prisoners of war held at Camp 132 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. 36 $3.60 Add
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From the Oil Shock to the  National Energy Policy:  Petro Panic in the 1970s  and 1980s
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From the Oil Shock to the National Energy Policy: Petro Panic in the 1970s and 1980s

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

This chapter examines postwar Canadian energy policy, including the controverial National Energy Policy of the Pierre Trudeau government and the Alberta resistance. Palmer outlines how … 13 $1.30 Add
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From the Potlatch to Residential Schools

From the Potlatch to Residential Schools

From: Canada in the World

The War of 1885 – Métis Resistance – Assimilation, Extermination, Cultural Genocide – The Residential School System – Policing the Colonized – Colonialism and … 36 $3.60 Add
From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge
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From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge

Canada and the Civil War

Filled with engaging stories and astonishing facts, From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge examines the role of Canadians in the American Civil War Despite all we know about the Civil War, its … 353 View
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Future Leaders of the North

Future Leaders of the North

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Four of this title, entitled "Turf Wars" discuss the challenges and conflicts faced by communities in the Northwest Territories during Stuart Hodgson’s career. … 5 $0.50 Add
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Gallagher’s Guerrillas
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Gallagher’s Guerrillas

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This chapter offers a vivid portrait of John Gallagher’s construction safety campaign in Toronto, centred on Norm Pike, who led unannounced inspection blitzes that shut down over 350 unsafe … 12 $1.20 Add
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Gandeacteua and Tekakwitha
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Gandeacteua and Tekakwitha

From: Making of Canada

In this chapter, Koabel traces the transformation of the St. Lawrence valley and Great Lakes region after 1613, when European contact reshaped Indigenous nations through warfare, disease, and … 15 $1.50 Add
Gay Marriage

Gay Marriage

The Story of a Canadian Social Revolution

A history of the fight for same-sex marriage in Canada. Few issues have dominated recent Canadian politics like the legalization of same-sex marriage. As a political correspondent for The … 312 View