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A Cambrian Explosion

A Cambrian Explosion

From: Unicorn in the Woods

This chapter explores the chain reactions that were started in the Maritimes by the sale of Radian6 and Q1 Labs. 15 $1.50 Add
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A Chance Encounter

A Chance Encounter

From: Fighting For Space

This chapter retraces the early years of activists Liz Evans and Mark Townsend. Also the inception of The Portland Hotel at Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, which later evolved into PHS Community … 22 $0.44 Add
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A Changing Chinatown: On Gentrification and Resilience
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A Changing Chinatown: On Gentrification and Resilience

From: White Riot

In this chapter, Ma explores Vancouver’s Chinatown: its history, the impact of gentrification and new urban developments, and the resilience of its community members. 8 $0.80 Add
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A Chief's Concerns
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A Chief’s Concerns

Finances, the People, and the Land

From: Unsettling Canada

A Chief’s Concerns focuses on Manuel’s perspective when he became Chief in 1995. The chapter focuses on the challenges Manuel faced as chief as well as the challenges faced by those … 13 $1.30 Add
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A civilian casualty

A civilian casualty

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Discusses one of the camp members who he had known well dying due to appendicistis ; 4 $0.40 Add
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A Clash of Agendas: The Teacher Job Action (2016-2017)
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A Clash of Agendas: The Teacher Job Action (2016-2017)

From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools

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A Coming Capitalism: The Nineteenth-Century Transportation Revolution

A Coming Capitalism: The Nineteenth-Century Transportation Revolution

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

This chapter examines the transportation revolution in Canada in the nineteenth century. 17 $1.70 Add
A Communist for the RCMP

A Communist for the RCMP

The Uncovered Story of a Social Movement Informant

In 1941, the RCMP recruited Frank Hadesbeck, a Spanish Civil War veteran, as a paid informant to infiltrate the Communist Party. For decades, he informed not only upon communists, but also upon … 258 View
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A Comparative Turn in Canadian Studies

A Comparative Turn in Canadian Studies

From: Canadian Studies

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A Conflict of Interest: Second Congo War
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A Conflict of Interest: Second Congo War

1997–2003

From: Postcards from Congo

The chapter follows the Second Congo War from 1997 to 2003. 10 $1.00 Add
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A Conquest Foretold

A Conquest Foretold

From: A People's History of Quebec

This chapter explores the aftermath of the Treaty of Utrecht, exploring military and economic developments in Canada/Quebec during the 18th century. This chapter covers the 7 Years’ War, … ; 25 $2.50 Add
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A Coup by Any Other Name…

A Coup by Any Other Name…

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 5, Philpot discusses the article and later book The Genocide Fax by staff writer for The New Yorker Philip Gourevitch, who exposed a private fax that General Roméo Dallaire sent … 19 $1.90 Add
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A Crew of One

A Crew of One

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Analyzes the safety practices of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the railway which ran through Lac-Mégantic: How the company pushed for single member crews and regularly ignored … 13 $1.30 Add
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A Dangerous Pilot

A Dangerous Pilot

From: The Third Man

In this chapter, Thompson discusses Mackenzie King and Churchill’s anxieties over Russian U-Boats, and the United States’ refusal to join the war. 29 $2.90 Add
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“A dangerous time for a government”
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“A dangerous time for a government”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines late November to early December 1980, capturing the Trudeau government’s deepening political anxiety in Ottawa (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime … 3 $0.30 Add
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A Death and an Inquest

A Death and an Inquest

From: Victims of Benevolence

This chapter highlights the death of Duncan Sticks, one of the boys who`d run away from the residential school. An inquisition lead to witness tesimonies throwing more light on the mistreatment … 31 $0.93 Add