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Unsettling Canada
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Unsettling Canada

A National Wake-up Call

A Canadian bestseller and winner of the 2016 Canadian Historical Association Aboriginal History Book Prize, Unsettling Canada is a landmark text built on a unique collaboration between two First … ; ; 320 View
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Unsettling Imperial Ties

Unsettling Imperial Ties

Rethinking Suffrage in the Context of Settler Colonialism in Canada

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

Rethinking Suffrage in the Context of Settler Colonialism in Canada ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Untrammelled Landscapes
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Untrammelled Landscapes

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Four focuses on Louise’s move to Canada. The chapter explores Louise’s joining of the Canadian Red Cross Outpost Service, her settling in Bonfield, Northern Ontario, her … 27 $2.70 Add
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Unwelcome in Canada

Unwelcome in Canada

1900-1939

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Komagata Maru

This chapter discusses the efforts made to impede Indian immigrants from coming to Canada and the advocacy that the Indian Canadian community undertook. It illustrates this with drawings, … 12 $1.20 Add
Up the Coast
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Up the Coast

One Family's Wild Life in the Forests of British Columbia

Kathryn Willcock and her sisters grew up in logging camps on the coast of B.C. in the 1960s when children were set loose to play in the wilderness, women kept rifles next to the wood stove, and … 224 View
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Upping the Ante
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Upping the Ante

RCAP and a Landmark Court Decision

From: Unsettling Canada

Upping the Ante explores the nationwide reaction to the 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) report and all 440 of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommendations amongst … 17 $1.70 Add
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Uprooting the Racism in Our Ranks
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Uprooting the Racism in Our Ranks

Reflections from a Labour Perspective

From: White Riot

This chapter explores how anti-Asian racism is systemic within Canadian labour. It discusses Canada’s labour movement, the freedom convoy, and the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes following … ; ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Uptown/Downtown: Diary of a Hong Kong Dyke in Nineties Toronto

Uptown/Downtown: Diary of a Hong Kong Dyke in Nineties Toronto

From: Any Other Way

Karen Chan recounts the eventful week leading up to her twenty third birthday in August, 1998. 3 $0.30 Add
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Urban Land Values
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Urban Land Values

Section 1: The Economist’s City

From: Cities Matter

Chapter 3 examines urban land value, discussing topics including land value, the choice between urban, suburban or rural, types of buildings such as office towers, apartment buildings, rental … 10 $1.00 Add
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US Supremacy's All-Conquering March

US Supremacy’s All-Conquering March

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Chapter twelve, US Supremacy’s All Conquering March focuses on the United States commitment to ending the DPRK or North Korea state. The DPRK has a people- and Korean-centred economy, … 14 $1.40 Add
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Using Law and Democracy to Resist Predatory Mining
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Using Law and Democracy to Resist Predatory Mining

From: Testimonio

Essays in this section: Reclaiming Democracy, Realizing Self-Determination: Consultas as a Tool to Defend Human Rights and the Environment in Guatemala’s Genocidal Shadow – … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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V-J Day

V-J Day

From: The Ward

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Vagaries of Arctic Geography, 1886: Landscapes and Human Occupancy / Getting settled in the United States, 1886-1888: Ethnological and Geographical Writings

Vagaries of Arctic Geography, 1886: Landscapes and Human Occupancy / Getting settled in the United States, 1886-1888: Ethnological and Geographical Writings

Chapters 9 and 10

From: The Franz Boas Enigma

Chapter 9 begins after the publication of Baffin-Land, discussing its author’s enthusiasm, reception of the book, its structure/contents (chapter by chapter). It also comments on his … 21 $2.10 Add
Vancouver Vice
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Vancouver Vice

Crime and Spectacle in the City's West End

The late 1970s and early 1980s were a volatile period in the history of Vancouver, where broad social and cultural changes were afoot. This was perhaps most clearly evident in the West End, the … 256 View
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Vaping (E-cigarettes)

Vaping (E-cigarettes)

From: Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter Five includes the following topics: History – JUUL and Other Vaping Devices – E-liquids – Health Risks – Second-, Third-, and Fourth-Hand Vape – Youth … 135 $13.50 Add
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Vaudeville Tom

Vaudeville Tom

From: Uncle

This chapter describes the evolution of minstrelsy into vaudeville, and how this new form of entertainment brought new meaning to the character of Uncle Tom. 7 $0.70 Add