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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! The Ku Klux Klan in Canada A Century of Promoting Racism and Hate in the Peaceable Kingdom	The Klu Klux Klan came to Canada thanks to some energetic American promoters who saw it as a vehicle for getting rich by selling memberships to white, mostly Protestant Canadians. In Ontario, …		322		View
From The Đề Lô From: Three Funerals for my Father View twp	This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She tells the story of her escape from Vietnam as a child.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From The Labour Lens From: Women and Work View Between The Lines	The chapter considers the question – "What is work?" – then explores the historical intersections between capitalism, work, women, and feminist theory.	Susan Ferguson	15	2020	$1.50 Add
The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster Public Betrayal, Justice Denied	This book explores the circumstances leading up to the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, describes the events themselves, and recounts the aftermath including the outcome of criminal trials …		216		View
From The Lady from America France, 1948-50 From: Holocaust to Resistance View Fernwood Publishing	Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis …	Suzanne Berliner Weiss	7	2019	$0.70 Add
From NEW! The Land Is Our Teacher From: When the Pine Needles Fall View Between The Lines	In Chapter One Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel describes her personal experiences with racism growing up, and the historical context surrounding the fight to protect the Pines.	Audra Simpson; Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel; Pamela Palmater; Sean Carleton	17	2024	$1.70 Add
From The Land of Mimosas From: Three Funerals for my Father View twp	The family takes trips to Saignon, setting up to escape Vietnam. Both the author’s and her father’s perspectives are included.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From The Land of Opportunity From: Imagined Truths View twp	The author continues to detail his life in America and discusses racism and imperialism in the U.S..	Richard Lemm	25	2021	$2.50 Add
From The Land of the West From: Three Funerals for my Father View twp	This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She describes her arrival in Canada.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From “The Last Best West”: The West in Confederation, 1869–1913 From: The Rise of the New West View James Lorimer and Company	Details the history of confederation giving a firm background, the winning of the west, the initial failure, and the success with the wheat boom	John F. Conway	24	2014	$2.40 Add
From The Last Eighteenth-Century “Indian War,” the Opportunistic Origins of Capitalist Accumulation, and the Beginnings of Banking: The Other Meanings of 1812 From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the effect of the War of 1812 on relations between the colonial rulers and Indigenous populations as well as economic opportunities presented and the creation of a colonial …	Bryan D. Palmer	9	2024	$0.90 Add
From The Last Hurrah Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak View twp	Readings in Part Five of this title, entitled "Farewell" discuss the end of Stuart Hodgson’s career in the North and the long lasting impact he had on the region. Topics discussed …	Jake Ootes	6	2020	$0.60 Add
From NEW! The Lay of the Land From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	The Lay of the Land serves as an introduction to the book’s author, Arthur Manuel. In this chapter Manuel introduces himself and his home of Neskonlith in the Secwepemc territory of British …	Arthur Manuel	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From The Layered City: The Promise of Urban Archaeology From: The Ward Uncovered View Coach House Books		John Lorinc	11	2018	$1.10 Add
From NEW! The Ládjogahpir Rematriated: Sámi Women and the Influence of Colonialism Circumpolar Resurgence: Section 4 From: Qummut Qukiria! View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter reflects on the the role of women in Sami culture and how they are being "rematriated." Discussing the influence of colonialism on Sámi women, the ladjogahpir, …	Čiske-Jovsset Biret Hánsa Outi; Eeva-Kristiina Harlin	10	2022	$1.00 Add
The Legacy of Tiananmen Square	More than 20 years after the Tiananmen Square uprising, Michel Cormier, CBC Television’s former China correspondent, examines the still-born legacy of the Tiananmen Square student protests …		240		View