Recreation & Leisure Studies
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 NEW! Cutting EdgeHockey as Queer Culture |
Conversations around the phenomenal success of the TV series Heated Rivalry have put a spotlight on LGBTQ+ hockey players at a cultural moment when queer and trans folk in sports are being … | Daniel Gawthrop | 353 | 2026 | View |
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From  Cycling to EmancipationFrom: Immodest and Sensational |
1880-1899. Examines the history of cycling in Canada and how a woman riding a bicycle in the 1890s became the epitome of the New Woman | M. Ann Hall | 9 | 2008 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! De-Whitening the GameFrom: Cutting Edge |
In this chapter, Gawthrop traces racial diversity in hockey, centring on Willie O’Ree, Larry Kwong, and Fred Sasakamoose. | Daniel Gawthrop | 21 | 2026 | $2.10 Add |
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From NEW! Elbows Up—and Gloves OffFrom: Cutting Edge |
In this chapter, Gawthrop examines how violence became woven into Canadian hockey culture from the 1960s through the 2020s. | Daniel Gawthrop | 25 | 2026 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Envisioning Educational SuccessFrom: The Skin I'm In |
Christopher M. Spence | 13 | 1999 | $1.30 Add | |
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From EpilogueFrom: Immodest and Sensational |
Notes the problems with comparison of women’s sports to men’s sports and profiling the few to ignore the thousands of other athletes | M. Ann Hall | 4 | 2008 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Epilogue: Forever a Cutting EdgeFrom: Cutting Edge |
In this chapter, Gawthrop discusses his thirty-two-year hockey journey with Vancouver’s queer Cutting Edges, founded in 1994. | Daniel Gawthrop | 9 | 2026 | $0.90 Add |
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From Experiences of Black People in Canadian SocietyFrom: The Skin I'm In |
In this chapter, the author provides a brief history of black people in Canada, and goes on to describe the continued prevalence of institutional racism in academic institutions and the workplace. | Christopher M. Spence | 4 | 1999 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Fall: The Cooling Season |
Of all the seasons, we might consider fall as the true start of the new year. It is a time of new beginnings and sad endings as we say goodbye to the warmth and freedom of summer. Cup your ears … | Drew Monkman; Jacob Rodenburg | 67 | 2016 | $6.70 Add |
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From Favourite Daughters and Competing MothersFrom: Immodest and Sensational |
Examines some of the most accomplished female athletes of the 1950s | M. Ann Hall | 12 | 2008 | $1.20 Add |
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From Fighting for Gender EqualityFrom: Immodest and Sensational |
Examines feminist activism in women’s sports in canada from 1970 to 2008 | M. Ann Hall | 10 | 2008 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Flight PatternsA Century of Air Travel From: Wanderlust |
Chapter Eight examines the history of air travel. The chapter follows air travel from the invention of flight to the development of aviation, early airlines, rise of Pan Am, types of air crafts, … | Laura Byrne Paquet | 34 | 2007 | $3.40 Add |
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From  Forward!From: On This Patch of Grass |
Daisy Couture; Matt Hern; Sadie Courture; Selena Courture | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add | |
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From  From Poverty to ProsperityFrom: Casa Loma |
1859 – 1889. Looks at Henry Mill Pellatt and recounts his early toronto days, young man in a hurry, Rifleman Pellatt, Pellatt the Plunger | Bill Freeman; Vincenzo Pietropaolo | 7 | 2016 | $0.70 Add |
 Game MisconductInjury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport |
“You’re not a human being, you’re a number, a product, an asset as long as you can perform. If you can’t perform, then you’re a liability and they’ll drop you.” Professional athletes suffer … | Nathan Kalman-Lamb | 192 | 2018 | View |
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From Girls’ Sport Run by GirlsFrom: Immodest and Sensational |
The 1920s had brought significant change to Canadian women’s sport with the growth of teams and leagues, especially those sponsored by industrial concerns, the beginning of international … | M. Ann Hall | 14 | 2008 | $1.40 Add |
