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Legal Heroin: The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s

Legal Heroin: The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s

From: Heroin

This chapter examines the division between legal and illegal heroin during 1950s-1970s. The role of law enforcement and the pharmaceutical industry are explored, as well as the Narcotic Control … 23 $2.30 Add
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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

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

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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Lessons from Direct Action at the White House to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Lessons from Direct Action at the White House to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 16, the authors examine Keystone XL (or KXL) and the Tar Sands Action. ; ; 15 $1.50 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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Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

From: To Wawa with Love

Outlines traditions in place in Sinterville for Rememberance Day 5 $0.50 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
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Let Me Entertain You

Let Me Entertain You

From: The Truth About Stories

In this reading, Indigenous author and scholar Thomas King explores the idea that stories, both those we tell ourselves and those that are told to us by others, are foundational in establishing … 31 $3.72 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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Chapter Two

Chapter Two

From: Reconciliation in Practice

Letter to John A. MacDonald (First Prime Minister of Canada) 1 $0.10 Add
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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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Liberation

Liberation

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses the summer of 1944, and how Soviet operations dismantled German defenses across Ukraine, dismantling the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police. 6 $0.60 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