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From Part 1 From: The Winter Market Gardener View New Society Publishers	Part 1 includes the following chapters: Foreword – Introduction: Yes, We Can Grow Vegetables Year Round…and Why We Should – The Knowledge and Skills of Northen Growers – …	Catherine Sylvestre; Jean-Martin Fortier	60	2023	$6.00 Add
From PART 1 – Developing the Quebec Cotton Industry Girls and Women Wanted From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	This chapter explores the early days of the Quebec cotton textile industry, starting around 1844-78. It covers key figures, companies, and regions of Quebec in this industry’s establishment …	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	39	2018	$3.90 Add
From PART 1 – Fighting Back Workplace Activism From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	This chapter looks at workplace activism and labour groups, and how women were treated by and excluded from these groups. It looks at the demographics of female workers and intersecting …	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	32	2018	$3.20 Add
From PART 1 – Mill Life From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	This chapter explores the reality of those who worked in the mills. It covers child labour, the hours for workers, wages, workplace safety, and the issue of abusive foremen for female workers.	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	32	2018	$3.20 Add
From PART 2 – Dominating the Canadian Cotton Industry From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	This chapter explores the cotton textile industry’s evolution after the first world war, and specifically women’s experiences during this period. It covers the experiences of families …	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	47	2018	$4.70 Add
From PART 2 – New Technologies, Old Problems Working Conditions and Wages From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	This chapter explores the working conditions and wages throughout the 20th century for workers in the Quebec cotton textile industry. It looks at child labour, hours, working conditions, wages, …	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	51	2018	$5.10 Add
From Part 2: Organizing Thinking through History: Our Roles in the Labour Movement— Free Speech Fights From: Roles of Resistance View Between The Lines	This section presents a lesson plan centered on the Vancouver Free Speech Fight of 1912, designed to help students analyze strategies for building more effective social movements. It includes …	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	10	2024	$1.00 Add
From Part 2: Organizing On the Line: Pickets and Protests at Gainers From: Roles of Resistance View Between The Lines	This section presents a lesson plan using the historic context of the Gainers Strike in Alberta. Participants learn about organizing, strikes, picket lines, and the power of solidarity. It …	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	15	2024	$1.50 Add
From Part 2: Organizing Greenpeace, Class, and Sealing From: Roles of Resistance View Between The Lines	This section presents a lesson plan using Greanpeace Canada’s anti-stealing campaign to explore the historic divide between the labour and environmental movements. It includes required …	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	11	2024	$1.10 Add
From PART 2 – Struggling for Change in a Man’s World From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	This chapter explores evolutions in the labour movement and the involvement and experiences of women in this movement throughout the 20th century. It looks at the experiences of working class …	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	62	2018	$6.20 Add
From NEW! Part Four From: The Mantle of Struggle View Between The Lines	Part four describes the political and personal events that took place after Rosie Douglas became the prime minister of Dominica. It details the days leading up to and following his death, and …	Irving Andre	89	2023	$8.90 Add
From Part I The Earl From: Unsettled View ECW Press	Part I recounts the Earl of Selkirk’s conception of the Red River Settlement in modern-day Manitoba, consisting of two hundred displaced Scottish colonists. Part I includes the following …	Robert Lower	24	2023	$2.40 Add
From Part I From: The Matryoshka Memoirs View ECW Press	Part One details the story of Irina in wartime Germany in the 1940s and her life working in a prison camp hospital and in a prestigious family’s home, eventually starting a family. …	Sasha Colby	156	2023	$15.60 Add
From NEW! Part I: Discovery From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part I contains Chapter 1: Origin Stories, Chapter 2: The El Dorado of the North, Chapter 3: Cobalt as Imagined by Wall Street, and Chapter 4: Follow the Money.	Charlie Angus	39	2022	$3.90 Add
From Part II Miles McDonnell From: Unsettled View ECW Press	Part II describes the ongoing establishment of the Red River Settlement, and the role played Miles McDonnell, who was appointed to head the colony by the Earl of Selkirk in 1813. Part II includes …	Robert Lower	142	2023	$14.20 Add
From Part II From: The Matryoshka Memoirs View ECW Press	Part Two picks up from the first as Irina and Sergei escape from Germany with their child, and immigrate to Canada. The author continues to include scenes from the modern day between herself and …	Sasha Colby	80	2023	$8.00 Add