Canadian History

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Hunting, Fishing and Gathering

Hunting, Fishing and Gathering

From: The Beothuk

This chapter describes life in pre-contact Beothuk communities with a focus on food gathering throughout the year. This chapter also serves as a brief general overview of the seasonal cycles … 6 $0.60 Add
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Hydro World

Hydro World

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec and international energy circles, and the work of Hydro-Quebec International (HQI). ; 10 $1.00 Add
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“I am running”
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“I am running”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the dramatic final weeks of 1979, when the Liberal Party toppled Joe Clark’s government and faced a leadership crisis (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, … 12 $1.20 Add
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“I Built an Empire”
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“I Built an Empire”

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This chapter examines how John Stefanini reshaped Local 183, a construction labourers’ union, during the mid-1970s. 14 $1.40 Add
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I Don't Just Sit There and Smile and Clap My Hands

I Don’t Just Sit There and Smile and Clap My Hands

From: Let's Move On

Okalik discusses the 2008 election, challenges and controversies faced by his administration, becoming a regular member of the Legislative Assembly and his view of the Aariak government, his … 8 $0.80 Add
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“I think it’s terminal”
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“I think it’s terminal”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the autumn of 1978, when Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal government faced an electoral crisis ahead of fifteen by-elections (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, … 5 $0.50 Add
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I want Her So Much I Feel Sick: An Interview with Rough Trade's Carole Pope

I want Her So Much I Feel Sick: An Interview with Rough Trade’s Carole Pope

From: Any Other Way

Jane Farrow interview’s musician Carol Pope. They discuss the impact that Pope’s music had on Toronto’s queer community. ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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“I was always apprehensive”: The Story of Ulysse Gallant

Chapter Three

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Three focuses on the story of Ulysse Gallant, from Moncton, New Brunswick, describing his career in the army with the New Brunswick Rangers before the war, joining the airforce and … 13 $1.30 Add
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Wood-Wellesley and the 'Mystery Block'

Wood-Wellesley and the ‘Mystery Block’

From: Any Other Way

Mark Obaldeston describes how the pressure of new building developments is reshaping and erasing historically queer spaces in Toronto. 4 $0.40 Add
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Uptown/Downtown: Diary of a Hong Kong Dyke in Nineties Toronto

Uptown/Downtown: Diary of a Hong Kong Dyke in Nineties Toronto

From: Any Other Way

Karen Chan recounts the eventful week leading up to her twenty third birthday in August, 1998. 3 $0.30 Add
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I Was Thinking About Tomorrow

I Was Thinking About Tomorrow

From: Let's Move On

The author continues to recount his early life and path towards university, detailing jobs and passions along the way. 10 $1.00 Add
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I Was Young, Stupid, and Full of Energy!

I Was Young, Stupid, and Full of Energy!

From: Let's Move On

Paul Okalik recounts his early life. 14 $1.40 Add
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Idle No More: Indigenous  Resistance, 2012–25
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Idle No More: Indigenous Resistance, 2012–25

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer offers a brief account of the 2012 grass roots Indigenous activist initiative, the Idle No More movement. The movement focuses on protection of Indigenous lands and … 8 $0.80 Add
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I'm Out!

I’m Out!

From: Let's Move On

Okalik critiques the state of Canadian politics/the liberal party, Inuit exclusion from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and lack of support for Northern Canada, … 11 $1.10 Add
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Imagining an Intercultural Nation:

Imagining an Intercultural Nation:

A Moment in Canadian Queer Cinema

From: In a Queer Country

James Allan’s "Imagining an Intercultural Nation: A Moment in Canadian Queer Cinema" explores three films of recent years which feature gay topics, Kanada by Mike Holboom, Love … 27 $0.54 Add
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Immigration and "Medical Manpower"
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Immigration and "Medical Manpower"

1968 and the Awkward Introduction of Medicare in Canada

From: 1968 in Canada

The year 1968 witnessed the launch of medicare, a public program so important that 50 years later many Canadians identify universal health insurance as a defining feature of our national … 17 $1.70 Add