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From  NEW! “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, … | Ron Graham | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From  I want Her So Much I Feel Sick: An Interview with Rough Trade’s Carole PopeFrom: Any Other Way |
Jane Farrow interview’s musician Carol Pope. They discuss the impact that Pope’s music had on Toronto’s queer community. | Jane Farrow; John Lorinc | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! “I was always apprehensive”: The Story of Ulysse GallantChapter 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 … | Ronald Cormier | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From 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. | Mark Osbaldeston | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From Uptown/Downtown: Diary of a Hong Kong Dyke in Nineties TorontoFrom: Any Other Way |
Karen Chan recounts the eventful week leading up to her twenty third birthday in August, 1998. | Karen B.K. Chan | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  I Was Thinking About TomorrowFrom: Let's Move On |
The author continues to recount his early life and path towards university, detailing jobs and passions along the way. | Paul Okalik | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |
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From I Was Young, Stupid, and Full of Energy!From: Let's Move On |
Paul Okalik recounts his early life. | Paul Okalik | 14 | 2018 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! I Will Go to the Wild WoodsFrom: In Praise of Retreat |
This chapter discusses the value of solitude as a way to connect with nature. The author discusses the life and writing of Henry David Thoreau. | Kirsteen MacLeod | 46 | 2021 | $4.60 Add |
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From  Ice Cakes, 1941From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at the Northwest Arm in Melville Cove, its landmarks and features in 1941 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Ice, Snow, and a Temporary Thaw, 1893–99From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of legal actions commenced by two individuals over operational issues in the early years of the Toronto Railway Company. | C. Ian Kyer | 16 | 2015 | $1.60 Add |
 Identifying as Arab in CanadaA Century of Immigration History |
While “Arabs” now attract considerable attention – from media, the state, and sociological studies – their history in Canada remains little known. Identifying as Arab in … | Houda Asal | 240 | 2020 | View |
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From  NEW! Identity and ControlFrom: Killing the Wittigo |
In this chapter, Methot discusses the process of forming one’s own identity, particularly how colonialism and racist rhetoric impacts this process for young indigenous people. She offers a … | Suzanne Methot | 20 | 2023 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Idle No More: Indigenous Resistance, 2012–25 |
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 … | Bryan D. Palmer | 8 | 2026 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, Why am I Eating Matzo Ball Soup?The Sauce |
Amy Rosen reflects on matzo ball soup, Jewishness and Judaism, industrial matzo ball making, the authority on matzo, recipes that evoke specific memories, and context. | Amy Rosen | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From  If You Build It, They Will Come: Resorts and Theme ParksFrom: Wanderlust |
Chapter Ten explores the history of Resorts and Theme Parks. The chapter discusses topics including the birth of seaside resorts, holiday camps, ski resorts, Disneyland, shopping centres and malls. | Laura Byrne Paquet | 15 | 2007 | $1.50 Add |
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From  If You Can Hear the Rockets, Then You are Alive |
In this chapter, the author travels to the Gaza Strip, and explores how artists there are able to find beauty in even the most unstable places. | Marcello Di Cintio | 44 | 2018 | $4.40 Add |
