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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Introduction From: When Poverty Mattered View Fernwood Publishing	-	Paul Weinberg	4	2019	$0.40 Add
From Introduction From: The Culture of Nature View Between The Lines	The author notes that the book is inspired by two events – a trip to Disney World and the Oka protests outside Montreal – and that he has written a cultural history of nature in North …	Alexander Wilson	11	2019	$1.10 Add
From Introduction From: The Hope that Remains View Véhicule Press	The author explains the commonalities within the stories of the survivors and how these themes can teach all of us how to live a better, more hopeful life.	Christine Magill	2	2019	$0.20 Add
From Introduction The Urgent Need for Wartime Labour From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men View James Lorimer and Company	A short history about why the British and French began to recruit Chinese labourers and formed the Chinese Labour Corps, and the role Canada and Harry Livingstone played in this history. (Chapter …	Dan Black	27	2019	$2.70 Add
From NEW! Introduction Canadian Mining in a Time of Violence, Corruption, and Impunity in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala From: Testimonio View Between The Lines	-	Catherine Nolin; Grahame Russell	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From Introduction to the Second Edition From: Winnipeg 1919 View James Lorimer and Company	Norman Penner discusses the impact that the first edition of Winnipeg 1919 had upon its publication in 1973 and the role that the Winnipeg strike has had in shaping the Canadian labour movement …	Norman Penner	5	2019	$0.50 Add
From Inuit Negotiate the James Bay Agreement Part 2 From: Wrestling with Colonialism on Steroids View Véhicule Press	This reading examines the Quebec government’s agreement to provide essential services to Nunavik in exchange for what Zebedee calls "the essence of Inuit identity." It also …	Zebedee Nungak	40	2017	$4.00 Add
From NEW! Inventing the Myth that Our Schools Are Failing (1980-2000) From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools View Formac Publishing	-	Grant Frost	17	2020	$1.70 Add
From NEW! It Was Never Our Game From: On Account of Darkness View twp	This chapter tells the story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and further explores Black history and Black peoples’ experiences in sports. Various stories are recounted.	Ian Kennedy	9	2022	$0.90 Add
From Italian Canadians 1900-1939 From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the factors that led many Italian immigrants to make Canada their new home. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts.	Jean Smith Cavaluzzo; Pamela Hickman	22	2012	$2.20 Add
From NEW! Jamaican Peasants in Slavery, Semi-slavery and Freedom From: Tiny Engines of Abundance View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 3 examines Jamaica in the decades following slave emancipation in the 1830s, when Jamaica was often put forward as exemplifying the calamitous results of a prosperous peasantry. Topics …	Jim Handy	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From Japanese Canadians in BC, 1900-1939 From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the experience of Japanese Canadians in the early 20th century including the discrimination they faced upon their arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, …	Musako Fukawa; Pamela Hickman	40	2012	$4.00 Add
From Jasilyn Charger, Cheyenne River Sioux “My son’s buried by the river. . . . I vowed to him that he’s going to be safe, that no oil was going to touch him.” From: How We Go Home View Fernwood Publishing	Jasilyn Charger of the Cheyenne River Sioux, shares her story of her childhood with her family and moving in and out of foster homes and mental health facilities. She then became involved in the …	Sara Sinclair	22	2020	$2.20 Add
From Journalists and Record Keepers Who Experienced the Explosion Firsthand From: Bearing Witness View Fernwood Publishing	-	Michael Dupuis	54	2017	$7.56 Add
From Laboratory at War From: Montreal and the Bomb View bar	This chapter continues to trace the history of this project, looking at key figures such as Bertrand Goldschmidt and the Quebec Conference, among other topics.	Gilles Sabourin	32	2021	$3.20 Add
From NEW! Language Medicine Land and Language: Section 1 From: Qummut Qukiria! View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter explores the author’s relationship to his native Sámi language. Topics discussed include colonial language, family language (language spoken at home), self identification, …	Sigbjørn Skåden	4	2022	$0.40 Add