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It Was Never Our Game
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It Was Never Our Game

From: On Account of Darkness

This chapter tells the story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and further explores Black history and Black peoples’ experiences in sports. Various stories are recounted. 9 $0.90 Add
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Italian Canadians 1900-1939

Italian Canadians 1900-1939

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War

This chapter discusses the factors that led many Italian immigrants to make Canada their new home. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts. ; 22 $2.20 Add
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It's All in Your Mind

It’s All in Your Mind

From: Imagined Truths

This chapter discusses mental health and illness, abuse, and the author’s relationship with his mother. 29 $2.90 Add
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“It's Like a Business, Man”

“It’s Like a Business, Man”

Aboriginal Street Gangs and the Illegal Drug Trade

From: “Indians Wear Red”

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It's Still Taking Us Too Long to Catch Up

It’s Still Taking Us Too Long to Catch Up

From: Let's Move On

Okalik discusses language in terms of education, services, and legal documents. He also speaks about the importance of consulting elders, taking feedback, and his vision of Nunavut’s future … 9 $0.90 Add
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It’s the Law — Finally

It’s the Law — Finally

From: Gay Marriage

Fully examines the parliamentary process of enacting Bill C-38 ; ; ; 29 $2.90 Add
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Jacobs’ Theory of Import Replacement
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Jacobs’ Theory of Import Replacement

Section 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics

From: Cities Matter

Chapter 4 focuses on Jane Jacobs’ theory of import replacement, discussing local markets, variety, the example of Quebec and Québécois language and cultural preferences as an … 16 $1.60 Add
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Jail for Heroin Users Ramps Up: The 1950s

Jail for Heroin Users Ramps Up: The 1950s

From: Heroin

This chapter explores the increase in convictions under the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act in the 1950s and discusses the Oakalla Prison Farm and the Mimico Reformatory in Ontario, where some … 14 $1.40 Add
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Jamaican Peasants in Slavery, Semi-slavery and Freedom
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Jamaican Peasants in Slavery, Semi-slavery and Freedom

From: Tiny Engines of Abundance

Chapter 3 examines Jamaica in the decades following slave emancipation in the 1830s, when Jamaica was often put forward as exemplifying the calamitous results of a prosperous peasantry. Topics … 23 $2.30 Add
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James Balwdin and The "Black-Italian Nexus"
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James Balwdin and The "Black-Italian Nexus"

From: Blind Persistence

In this chapter, Carnevale examines how James Baldwin’s novel Another Country portrays the complicated bond between African Americans and Italian Americans in 1950s New York. 7 $0.70 Add
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James Douglas
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James Douglas

From: Making of Canada

In this chapter, Koabel traces James Douglas’s navigation of the Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858, when a wave of American prospectors threatened the Pacific Northwest colonies. 17 $1.70 Add
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James Favel, Winnipeg, Peguis First Nation

James Favel, Winnipeg, Peguis First Nation

“You’re a stakeholder because you’ve got to walk these streets every day.”

From: How We Go Home

James Favel, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is of the Peguis First Nation. He describes his childhood in Winnipeg and his reaching out to his father as teenager, and reconnecting with his culture. He … 19 $1.90 Add
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James Landrigan and Patrick Morris
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James Landrigan and Patrick Morris

From: Making of Canada

In this chapter, Koabel traces Newfoundland’s transformation from a seasonal cod fishery governed by English captains into a permanent colony demanding self-rule in the early nineteenth century. 15 $1.50 Add
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James Murray
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James Murray

From: Making of Canada

In this chapter, Koabel traces General James Murray’s governance of New France from the 1759 British conquest through the mid-1760s constitutional debates. 16 $1.60 Add
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James Sinclair
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James Sinclair

From: Making of Canada

In this chapter, Koabel traces the political and economic struggle between the Red River Métis and the Hudson’s Bay Company during the 1840s. 16 $1.60 Add
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Japanese Canadians in BC, 1900-1939

Japanese Canadians in BC, 1900-1939

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War

This chapter discusses the experience of Japanese Canadians in the early 20th century including the discrimination they faced upon their arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, … ; 40 $4.00 Add