Canadian History

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Leaving India

Leaving India

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Komagata Maru

This chapter looks at the factors that led to Indian people immigrating to Canada in the 19th century and the state of the country upon their arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, … 18 $1.80 Add
Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Komagata Maru

Leaving India

This chapter looks at the factors that led to Indian people immigrating to Canada in the 19th century and the state of the country upon their arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, … 16 $1.60 Add
Legacy

Legacy

Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing

Five hundred years of colonization have taken an incalculable toll on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas: substance use disorders and shockingly high rates of depression, diabetes, and other … 370 View
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Lehmann Appeals and Pleas for Clemency September 6 to December 17, 1946

Lehmann Appeals and Pleas for Clemency September 6 to December 17, 1946

From: Hanged in Medicine Hat

In this chapter, Greenfield examines the appeals and clemency petitions filed in 1946 on behalf of four German prisoners of war convicted of murdering Karl Lehmann near Medicine Hat, Alberta. 15 $1.50 Add
Len & Cub
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Len & Cub

A Queer History

Leonard "Len" Keith and Joseph "Cub" Coates grew up in the rural New Brunswick village of Havelock in the early 20th century. The two were neighbours, and they clearly … 192 View
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Lengua Latina: Queer Palabras en Toronto

Lengua Latina: Queer Palabras en Toronto

From: Any Other Way

A poem by Karleen Pendleton Jiménez and Janet Romero-leiva on the queer Latina experience in Toronto. ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Beginnings in Butternut Ridge
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Beginnings in Butternut Ridge

From: Len & Cub

This chapter sets the scene for Len & Cub’s story. ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Lessons and Legacy

Lessons and Legacy

From: The Truth About the '37 Oshawa GM Strike

In this chapter, Leah examines how the 1937 Oshawa General Motors strike illustrates how rank-and-file workers, including a prominent group of women, won through dense steward representation and … 7 $0.70 Add
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Lest Living Lose Its Zest
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Lest Living Lose Its Zest

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Sixteen focuses on Louise’s attempts to write about her first husband Gleb and their time in Russian. The chapter discusses the professional writing process during Louise’s … 19 $1.90 Add
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Lester B. Pearson
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Lester B. Pearson

From: The Prime Ministers

In this chapter, Stewart examines the tenure of Lester B. Pearson, Canada’s prime minister from 1963 to 1968. 19 $1.90 Add
Let's Move On

Let’s Move On

Paul Okalik Speaks Out

Pangnirtung, where Paul Okalik was born, has survived starvation, epidemics, relocation, foreign language schooling, and confrontation with the Canadian justice system. That is what prompted Paul … ; 200 View
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LGBTQ2S Parenting: Some Milestones

LGBTQ2S Parenting: Some Milestones

From: Any Other Way

A brief timeline of landmark legal decisions and milestones that allowed queer and trans people to claim their sexual identities while maintaining their right to parent. 3 $0.30 Add
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Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Liberty vs. The Dollar

From: Quebec in Question

A brief description of the colonial state of Quebec society — cultural, social, economic — and the status of Quebeckers as second class citizens within Canada in the postwar period, … 15 $1.50 Add
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Libya: Year Zero
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Libya: Year Zero

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter looks at the close ties that developed between Canada and SNC Lavalin and the Qadaffi regime in the early 2000s and the dramatic shift in this relationship only a few years later, … 6 $0.60 Add
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Lieutenant John Cartwright’s Expedition into Beothuk Country

Lieutenant John Cartwright’s Expedition into Beothuk Country

From: The Beothuk

This chapter recounts the firsthand experiences of Lieutenant John Cartwright in Notre Dame Bay in the late 1700s 7 $0.70 Add
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The Outing
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The Outing

From: Len & Cub

This chapter details the circumstances of Len’s outing in 1931, after which he was forced to leave Havelock. ; 11 $1.10 Add