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Challenges Overcome, 1881–89

Challenges Overcome, 1881–89

From: Lawyers, Families, and Businesses

Discusses the challenges overcome between the years 1881-89, beginning with the death of William Gooderham and including the departure of several partners of the firm, other professional … 25 $2.50 Add
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Challenging a Hostile Community

Challenging a Hostile Community

1900-1939

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Chinese Head Tax

This chapter discusses the impact of legislated racism including the Head Tax on the Chinese Canadian community as well as the impact of events like the First World War and the Great Depression. … 16 $1.60 Add
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Challenging Canadian and Queer Nationalisms

Challenging Canadian and Queer Nationalisms

From: In a Queer Country

In "Challenging Canadian and Queer Nationalisms," Gary Kinsman takes issue with the very idea of the conference, that there could be a specific relationship between gays and lesbians … 31 $0.93 Add
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Challenging Strathcona

Challenging Strathcona

The Cadet Training Controversy in English Canada, 1920–1950

From: Worth Fighting For

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Chance of a Lifetime

Chance of a Lifetime

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … 7 $0.70 Add
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We Stole it Fair and Square

We Stole it Fair and Square

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel analyzes how Europeans settlers and their governments asserted ownership of the land in Canada — characterizing it as straighforward theft. He uses the … 6 $0.60 Add
Changing Tides

Changing Tides

An Ecologist's Journey to Make Peace with the Anthropocene

Change the story and change the future – merging science and Indigenous knowledge to steer us towards a more benign Anthropocene. As humanity marches on, causing mass extinctions and … 220 View
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Changing Times: Kanadai Magyar Munkás (The Canadian-Hungarian Worker) and the 1956 Revolution

Changing Times: Kanadai Magyar Munkás (The Canadian-Hungarian Worker) and the 1956 Revolution

From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

The refugee crisis following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution initiated a time of change, growth, and transformation for Canada’s Hungarian communities. The arrival of almost 38,000 refugees … 17 $2.21 Add
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From: Northern Wildflower

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History of the United Nations

From: United Nations Law, Politics, and Practice

Topics in this chapter include the conferences during and after the Second World War that led to the creation of the United Nations, as well as summaries of events that occured during each … 70 $7.00 Add
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How Things Work and Why Stories Matter

From: Legacy

In this chapter, the author discusses the history of trauma experienced by indigenous communities as a result of colonialism. This chapter also includes a general overview of indigenous … 30 $3.00 Add
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That's $600 a litre in space paint

From: Canadarm and Collaboration

This chapter explores the history of Canada’s role in space exploration. Topics include Alouette I and II – the first Canadian Satellites, the Canadarm, and the role played by former … 26 $2.60 Add
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Silphium

Silphium

From: Lost Feast

This chapter follows Newman’s time in Iceland tasting Icelandic butter and her reflections on culinary extinction and how the Iceland’s unique dairy products could soon become lost. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Craftworkers' Challenge

From: The Canadian Labour Movement

This chapter traces the rise of working-class organizing in mid nineteenth-century Canada in the context of Canada’s First Industrial Revolution, moving from informal protests to narrowly … ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Deep Roots

From: Mining Country

This chapter discusses the earliest examples of mining in Canada. These include examples of metalwork and extraction practiced by pre-columbian indigenous communities as well as the first … ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Early Days

From: New Brunswick and the Navy

This chapter explores New Brunswick’s early history, and the importance of the sea and ships in this history. It discusses early European settlements, tensions and battles on both land and … ; 17 $1.70 Add