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From Backbencher to Minister

From Backbencher to Minister

From: The Golden Age of Liberalism

1971-1974. His return to New Brunswick to teach which quickly morphed into the decision to run in the constiuency of Westmorland-Kent for the Liberal Party and his life as an MP 28 $2.80 Add
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From Bad to Worse?

From Bad to Worse?

From: Equal as Citizens

Looks at the Defeat of the Liberal Party in 2006 and the policies that were then enacted by the Harper Government. Outlines the arguments about equalization that occurred after the Harper … 13 $1.30 Add
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'Why Do You go There?' Struggle, Faith, and Love at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto

‘Why Do You go There?’ Struggle, Faith, and Love at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto

From: Any Other Way

David K. Seitz describes his connection to the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, a protestant church with a primarily LGBT cogregation 4 $0.40 Add
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From Beaver to Pond

From Beaver to Pond

A History

From: Unicorn in the Woods

This chapter links the entrepreneurial activities of Flood and Newton with another businessman from New Brunswick: Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook. It also touches on the historic and current … 14 $1.40 Add
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From China to Canada

From China to Canada

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

This chapter looks at the factors that led to Chinese people immigrating to Canada in the 19th century and the state of the country upon their arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, … 12 $1.20 Add
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White Supremacy — The Law of the Land

White Supremacy — The Law of the Land

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines specific sections of the British North American (BNA) act and the founding of the reserve system in Canada with particular focus on Indigenous European … 5 $0.50 Add
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Beginning at the Beginning

Beginning at the Beginning

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel provides a brief history of colonialism from Pope Nicholas V’s papal bull of 1452 to first contact with Indigenous people in North America and concludes … 5 $0.50 Add
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From Elected to Appointed Office

From Elected to Appointed Office

From: The Golden Age of Liberalism

1982-1999. Examines the creation of the new Constitution act of 1982 and LeBlanc’s hand in it, his cabinet position shifts to public works, his work in the senate, his appointment to the … 51 $5.10 Add
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From Feudalism to Capitalism:
NEW!

From Feudalism to Capitalism:

The Role of the Common People in the “Middle Ages”

From: Humans

This chapter looks at the arrival of feudalism and then capitalism across the world. It reviews instances of resistance to hierarchical rule and serfdom by peasants in Europe, Indigenous … 37 $3.70 Add
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From Forestry to Film: The Changing Political Economy of British Columbia

From Forestry to Film: The Changing Political Economy of British Columbia

From: British Columbia Politics and Government

Historical review tracing the changing nature of the political economy. ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Chapter 2

Chapter 2

From Frenchmen to Habitants

From: Quebec in Question

A brief account of Quebec’s history from its founding to the defeat of France in 1755 and the end of the French regime in Canada. 17 $1.70 Add
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From his Rwandan Home, Banished a Wand'rer Came

From his Rwandan Home, Banished a Wand’rer Came

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 14, Philpot discusses his meeting with Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former burgomaster of Taba Commune and the first man in history to be convicted of genocide, rape, and other crimes … 16 $1.60 Add
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From Home to School

From Home to School

At Home; The Transition

From: Resistance and Renewal

This chapter narrates the disruption that the residential schools posed in the lives of the Natives. The author juxtapositions the life at school versus that life before school for the Native … 29 $0.58 Add
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From Home to School

From Home to School

From: TSQELMUCWÍLC

In Chapter Two a history is given of the forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families into Kamloops Indian Residential School. ; ; 31 $3.10 Add
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From Humans to Cockroaches: Blood in the Veins of Power and Spectacle

From Humans to Cockroaches: Blood in the Veins of Power and Spectacle

From: Blood

From Blood: The Stuff of Life 59 $5.90 Add
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From Memramcook to Rideau Hall

From Memramcook to Rideau Hall

From: The Golden Age of Liberalism

Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s selection to the position of Governor General, the mixed opinions of the media to the nomination, a background history of the Acadians and how this history relates … 20 $2.00 Add