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Remembering

Part Eight

From: Earthkeeping

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Part Eight contains the sections: Neil Van Nostrand, Ecologist, Hezekiah and the Pine, A Rose for Mary Matilda, Remembering Lucy and Helen, Lloyd S. Hawboldt, and Bug Man. These stories are about … 31 $3.10 Add
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Responding to Chinese Investments in the Tar Sands

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 8 Harjap Grewal focuses on the Canadian responses to Chinese investments in the tar sands, exploring topics including international trade agreements, xenophobia and the history of … 8 $0.80 Add
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Resurfacing landscapes of trauma: Multiculturalism, cemeteries, and the migrant body, 1875 onwards

From: Home and Native Land

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Icelandic immigrants arriving in Canada in 1876 contracted smallpox in the Quebec City immigration sheds en route to Manitoba and transmitted the disease to their Aboriginal neighbours, the Sandy … 22 $2.20 Add
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Royals

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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The chapter reflects on the author’s memories of the queen’s visit to Yellowknife, thinking of oneself as the other, Margie’s relationship to Maryanne. 6 $0.60 Add
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Saddam

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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Chapter Nine focuses on Saddam Hussian. During the 1970s, Saddam used Iraq’s oil wealth to pursue ambitious programs of social reform and economic uplift, earning him the plaudits of the … 12 $1.20 Add
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Settling Down in Newfoundland

From: No Place For A Woman

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The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. 3 $0.30 Add
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Sleeping Car Porters and Uncle Ben

From: Uncle

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This chapter examines railway sleeping cars, the Black men who served as porters to tourists on the rails, and how these men were forced to conform to the Uncle Tom stereotype. 8 $0.80 Add
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Smart Cities, Big Data, and a Question of Trust

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

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The Dream of the Smart City: Part 4 discusses questions of personal data. Topics discussed include open access, data and privacy, data bias, open data, and municipal dashboards. 17 $1.70 Add
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Solidarity

From: Bent out of Shape

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Southern Canada Did Not Get Developed Without National Support

From: Let's Move On

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Okalik discusses his experiences with colleagues from other territories and provinces as well as with Greenland. He speaks more about his policy decisions and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. 12 $1.20 Add
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Stalin’s Soviet Union:

An Unloved but Useful Partner

From: The Myth of the Good War

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Focuses particular on 1942-43 to analyzes the Soviet Union’s contribution to the war and although opinions about the Societ Union were negative they proved to be extremely useful 10 $1.00 Add
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Survivors Stories

Beatrice

From: The Hope that Remains

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Beatrice describes her childhood in Rwanda before the genocide, during which she was a young adult. She had left Rwanda for Burundi before and during the main part of the genocide, which had … 14 $1.40 Add
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The 1956-1957 Refugee Movement in the Context of Hungarian Immigration to Canada since the Late 19th Century

From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

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The main purpose of this paper is to examine the 1956 refugee experience, place it in the context of a century and a half of Hungarian immigration to Canada, and establish to what extent and in … 29 $3.77 Add
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The Battery of the North East

From: Charging Ahead

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This chapter is about Hydro-Quebec and energy-trading. ; 19 $1.90 Add
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The Breweries

From: Bottoms Up

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Chapter 9 provides a brief history of the various brewing companies that have operated in Newfoundland. 12 $1.20 Add
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The British Players and Their Stories

From: Montreal, City of Secrets

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This chapter explores various British figures involved in the story of the Confederacy in Montreal. ; 14 $1.40 Add