Manitoba
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From  NEW! A National Park Struggles to Be BornFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces the decades-long effort to establish a national park in Manitoba’s Lowlands, spanning the early 1990s through the early 2020s. | Roger Turene | 13 | 2025 | $1.30 Add |
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NEW! Bit Player on Big StagesA Journey Through Diplomacy, Advocacy, and Cultural Survival |
From the heart of small-town Saint-Pierre-Jolys to the global corridors of diplomacy, Bit Player on Big Stages chronicles Roger Turenne’s extraordinary journey of public service, cultural … | Roger Turene | 492 | 2025 | View |
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From NEW! Crisis, Part IFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces the political crisis that erupted in Manitoba in May 1985 when Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau inadvertently disclosed a government agreement on official … | Roger Turene | 15 | 2025 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! Dealing with a New Reality: The Tories Return to PowerFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene examines the 1988 Manitoba election aftermath, when the Progressive Conservatives, led by Gary Filmon, returned to power as a minority government following a Liberal surge. | Roger Turene | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! First Steps on the Big StageFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene examines his early political and academic involvement in Manitoba’s Francophone rights movement during the mid-1960s. | Roger Turene | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! ForewordFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this foreword, Paul G. Thomas introduces Roger Turene’s memoir. | Paul G. Thomas | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! How Far to Go Too FarFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene examines how in August 1981, Manitoba’s French Language Services Secretariat began operating with virtually no infrastructure, under Premier Sterling Lyon. | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Little Limestone LakeFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces the two-decade campaign, culminating in 2011, to secure protection for Little Limestone Lake, a remarkable marl lake in northwestern Manitoba. | Roger Turene | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Politics: A Family AffairFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces the Préfontaine family’s multi-generational involvement in Manitoba politics from the early 1900s through the 1960s. | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Final ActFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces the political turbulence surrounding Manitoba’s bilingual legislation from 1985 to 1988. | Roger Turene | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! The Hidden BooksFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene recounts his experiences hiding French books from a school inspector, discussing the underground resistance to language suppression in Manitoba. | Roger Turene | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Told Ya!From: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene discusses his return to Manitoba in 1981 to develop French-language government services, a position created after the Supreme Court struck down the province’s 1890 … | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
