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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 25Formation of the Next Government of Canada From: Anatomy of an Election |
An overview of the formation of a new government in the aftermath of an election. | Gregory Tardi | 34 | 2020 | $3.40 Add |
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From ![]() Cedarvale Ravine |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Cedarvale Ravine, located in Toronto’s Don River watershed. Through Cedarvale, he illustrates how urban development has threatened and transformed … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 25: Capital at Home and Abroad, 1945-60 |
This chapter explains how the unemployment and social collapse of the Depression prompted grassroots solidarities and militant Communist organizing. | Bryan D. Palmer | 19 | 2025 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 26The 43rd Parliament: Establishment, Opening, and Legislative Program From: Anatomy of an Election |
An overview of the early days of the 43rd parliament. | Gregory Tardi | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 26: Managing Labour’s MomentumThe Post-War Settlement, 1945-59 |
This chapter looks at the labour militancy that achieved union recognition in the 1945–48 strike wave and the historic Rand Formula. | Bryan D. Palmer | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 27: Quebec in the 1940s and 1950s"The Great Darkness" |
This chapter explains how In the 1940s and 1950s Québec underwent rapid industrial growth and a more secularized labour movement led to landmark struggles like the 1949 Asbestos and 1952 … | Bryan D. Palmer | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 28: "The Mountain Brings Forth a Mouse"The Indian Act and Colonialism's Continuities, 1944-60 |
This chapter details how at the end of WWII, Canada celebrated Indigenous war heroes like Tommy Prince and passed limited reforms through the 1951 Indian Act, yet at the same time denied the … | Bryan D. Palmer | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 29: Prisons and Residential SchoolsColonial Coercions, 1940-70 |
This chapter recounts how in the postwar years, particularly after 1960, the rate of Indigenous imprisonment climbed rapidly as policing, courts and prisons replaced schools and reserves as the … | Bryan D. Palmer | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 3From: Northern Wildflower |
Catherine Lafferty | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add | |
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From ![]() Chapter 3Becoming Human From: Legacy |
In this chapter, the author recalls her youth and relationship with her parents and how that shaped her identity as an indigenous person. The chapter concludes with a list of developmental trauma … | Suzanne Methot | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 3Space cards |
This chapter discusses the impact of the Challenger Disaster on Canadian astronauts. The author goes on to discuss the role played by Canadians in the construction of the International Space … | Elizabeth Howell | 25 | 2020 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() Across the Seas of GrassFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman reflects on her travels to the Yukon to explore northern cuisine during which she reflects on the local bison, their preservation, and the history of the decline of … | Lenore Newman | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 3The Giant Tamed |
This chapter considers the difficulties of organizing against employer hostility, relative state indifference, economic depression in the 1930s and then the emergence of vibrant new … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 27 | 2020 | $2.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 3Mining and the Industrial Boom From: Mining Country |
This chapter discusses the peak of mining in Canada during the early 20th century. Topics discussed in this chapter include mining disasters that occurred during the early 20th century, the … | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 52 | 2021 | $5.20 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 3Navies and the New Dominion |
This chapter examines the history of New Brunswick’s naval fleet after the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867; topics include significant ships (ie. Charybdis), the importance … | Glenn Leonard; Marc Milner | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 3World War II: Promises made, fulfilled, and then diluted From: Law at Work |
This chapter looks at how labour policies changed during and after World War II, where many of the advances made by the working class were challenged in the 1930s. It also covers the many worker … | Harry Glasbeek | 28 | 2024 | $2.80 Add |














