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The Great Wall of Montreal

The Great Wall of Montreal

The L'Acadie Fence

From: Walls

This chapter is about the l’Acadie Fence, a little-known barrier that separates the communities of Parc-Extension and the Town of Mount Royal (TMR) in downtown Montreal, Quebec. Parc-X is a … 25 $2.50 Add
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The Greatest Country on Earth

The Greatest Country on Earth

From: Imagined Truths

The author reflects on his life, American and Canadian culture and patriotism, and belonging. 20 $2.00 Add
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The Green Dimension

The Green Dimension

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

in the first three decades of its existence, with some noteworthy exceptions, the magazine approached the subject in a largely piecemeal fashion, focusing on polluting industries but not yet … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Grudge
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The Grudge

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

This chapter talks about Rénald Joseph Ernest Serge Desjardins and Scoppa’s accounts of him. ; 18 $1.80 Add
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The Gulag
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The Gulag

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 2 focuses on Casey (Kazimierz) Surdykowski, Wanda’s husband. The chapter tries to piece together Casey’s early life in interwar Poland, his family’s life as military … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Gunboats Arrive

The Gunboats Arrive

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

Details the arrival of the British gunboats — Britomart, Heron, Cherub — to Ontario in the summer of 1866. 20 $2.00 Add
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The haiku club

The haiku club

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Discusses the Haiku Club at Angler ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Harbord Class of ’33

The Harbord Class of ’33

From: Sweethearts

Looks at the Harbord Class of 1933, comprised of Jews, and the discrimmination they faced from Hitler supporters 9 $0.90 Add
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The hard limits of neoliberal feminism
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The hard limits of neoliberal feminism

The Trudeau record on gender politics

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter looks at the record of the Trudeau Liberal government on gender politics, including its policies on reproductive rights, affordable child care, parental leave and general issues of … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about getting into a fight because he was defending his younger brother and outlines his father’s opinions on fighting with honour 7 $0.70 Add
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The Harper Touch

The Harper Touch

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about school yard bullying during his youth especially related to a family called Harper and how the teachers dealt with it…not in the correct way by todays standards 4 $0.40 Add
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The Hart Clan: Introductions

The Hart Clan: Introductions

From: The First Jews in North America

An introduction to the family at the heart of this book and their choice to settle and remain in Trois-Rivières. 28 $2.80 Add
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The Hatred of Democracy

The Hatred of Democracy

From: In Defiance

How well does democracy work when the issues become polarized? The student debate raises the issues of decision making: out in the open or only at the ballot box? What happens when the media … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Health Advocates

The Health Advocates

McKeown on Hastings

From: The Ward

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The Heart of an Empire

The Heart of an Empire

From: The History of Montréal

For close to a century, Montreal was the beating heart of a commercial and political empire that covered a large portion of North America. This chapter explores this aspect of Montreal’s … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Heart of Dark Imaginations

The Heart of Dark Imaginations

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 8, Philpot offers a post-colonial critique of how Africa has been portrayed in the Western imagination. Using Dorothy Hammond’s and Alta Jablow’s in-depth study “The … 9 $0.90 Add