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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Chapter 7: On Love and Being Loved From: Searching for Serafim View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter explores what life, love and relationships might have looked like throughout Serafim’s life at a time in history where, much like today, racialized communities were forced to …	Ruby Smith Diaz	20	2025	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 7: The Cross-Examination of A Canadian Icon Part Three: High Theatre In the Lower Courts From: The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter the Group of Seven member, A.Y. Jackson, testifies during the trial.	John S. Dellandrea	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Chapter 7: The Fish of the Sea and the Birds of the Heavens PART III: RED MEAT From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	Chapter 7 examines where birds and seafood fit into the diet of the future Martian city. Discussing seafood, meat as part of human history , fisheries, salmon, climate change, Wildtype’s …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Chapter 7: "White Canada Forever" Racism and Building the Nation State, 1896-1929 From: Capitalism and Colonialism View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines how racism seen in the 1907 Vancouver anti-Asian riot was both exploited to divide workers and a matter of public policy, evident in the Chinese head tax (1885–1903), …	Bryan D. Palmer	11	2025	$1.10 Add
From Chapter 8 From: Northern Wildflower View Fernwood Publishing		Catherine Lafferty	19	2018	$1.90 Add
From Chapter 8 Sacred Being From: Legacy View ECW Press	In this chapter, the author discusses the importance of connections, both with other people and the natural world, as methods for indigenous people to cope with trauma.	Suzanne Methot	25	2019	$2.50 Add
From NEW! Chapter 8 Don't let go, Canada From: Canadarm and Collaboration View ECW Press	This chapter explores the future of Canadian space exploration, the challenges that will be faced and the potential for future discoveries and missions	Elizabeth Howell	21	2020	$2.10 Add
From The Pear King From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman reflects on the history of her favorite fruit, the pear. She explores the act of domestication, the shift from small scale local production and the evolution to the …	Lenore Newman	25	2019	$2.50 Add
From NEW! Chapter 8 Work of the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee Dealing with Election Matters During P-42 From: Anatomy of an Election View Irwin Law Inc.	An overview of work towards electoral reform that was conducted during the 42nd parliament by the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee.	Gregory Tardi	5	2020	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Chapter 8: Deindustrialization and the Maritimes in the 1920s From: Capitalism and Colonialism View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter traces the rise and fall of foreign-controlled companies such as British Empire Steel Corporation in Nova Scotia headed by Roy Wolvin.	Bryan D. Palmer	9	2025	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Chapter 8: Legacy From: Searching for Serafim View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter recounts the final years of Serafim’s life, sharing Serafim’s final reflections on the life he lived and how he was chosen to be remembered by those in Vancouver.	Ruby Smith Diaz	12	2025	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Chapter 8: Old MacDonald Had an iFarm PART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars View ECW Press	Chapter 8 considered what farming and farmers will look like in a Martian city. Discussing the family farm, labour on Mars, agricultural technology, labour shortages, the smart tractor, AI and …	Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 8: The Chambers Collection Part Three: High Theatre In the Lower Courts From: The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter details the second day of the inquiry and the collection of Gordon Chambers, a key collection of evidence.	John S. Dellandrea	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From Chapter 9 From: Northern Wildflower View Fernwood Publishing		Catherine Lafferty	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Chapter 9 Recreating the Structures of Belonging From: Legacy View ECW Press	In this chapter, the author explores how Indigenous communities act as owners of their own communities in order to build the social capital necessary for community growth and transformation, and …	Suzanne Methot	26	2019	$2.60 Add
From Life is Short, We Must Hurry From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman explores the history of place preservation and seed storing, fruit hunting and the creation of the “ark of taste.”	Lenore Newman	23	2019	$2.30 Add