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The Collective Effervescence of Messy Parks
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The Collective Effervescence of Messy Parks

From: Messy Cities

Jake Tobin Garrett writes about how the pandemic broke previous understandings of public space for Canadians, specifically examining parks. 7 $0.70 Add
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“The constitutional question
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“The constitutional question

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines May 21 to June 11, 1980, documenting the weeks after Quebec’s sovereignty referendum (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot … 14 $1.40 Add
The Coutts Diaries
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The Coutts Diaries

Power, Politics, and Pierre Trudeau 1973-1981

Jim Coutts, principal secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau from 1975 to 1981, was one of the most powerful men in Canada during those tumultuous years. Equally admired and attacked, … 480 View
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The Crisis
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The Crisis

From: The Crisis of Canadian Democracy

In this chapter, Coyne surveys the intertwined domestic and external threats confronting Canada in early 2025. 12 $1.20 Add
The Crisis of Canadian Democracy
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The Crisis of Canadian Democracy

With characteristic wit, insight, and rigor, Coyne dismantles the comforting myths Canadians tell themselves about their political system, revealing a parliamentary structure eroded by … 275 View
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The Critical Year 1949
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The Critical Year 1949

From: Canada's Main Street

In this chapter, Baird examines how the Trans-Canada Highway debate dominated 1949, as provinces clashed over routes and funding. 24 $2.40 Add
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“The current system is not working”
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“The current system is not working”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the political fallout from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s December 28, 1975, CTV interview, in which he challenged the free-market system’s handling … 7 $0.70 Add
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The Eagle Scout
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The Eagle Scout

From: Inside SNC-Lavalin

In this chapter, Stevenson examines the turbulent leadership transition at theSNC-Lavalin in 2012. 7 $0.70 Add
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The Elephant in the Newsroom: The Palestinian Exception at CTV
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The Elephant in the Newsroom: The Palestinian Exception at CTV

From: Razing Palestine

In this chapter, Jamal recounts her experiences as a Palestinian journalist at CTV, exploring what she terms the ‘Palestine Exception’—the systematic erasure of Palestinian … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Final Act
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The Final Act

From: Bit Player on Big Stages

In this chapter, Turene traces the political turbulence surrounding Manitoba’s bilingual legislation from 1985 to 1988. 11 $1.10 Add
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The First Road Trip
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The First Road Trip

From: Canada's Main Street

In this chapter, Baird traces the first transcontinental automobile journey across Canada in 1912, when Thomas Wilby and driver Jack Haney attempted to win the Todd Medal by driving from Halifax … 19 $1.90 Add
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The First U.S. Regime Change in Syria—The Early Cold War
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The First U.S. Regime Change in Syria—The Early Cold War

From: Syria

In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik trace the U.S. covert interference in Syria from the Truman administration through the early Cold War, beginning with the 1949 CIA-engineered coup against … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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“The Gang of Five”
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“The Gang of Five”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the political and economic turmoil of January 1981 under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal government (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime … 9 $0.90 Add
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The great let-down (1980–1995)
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The great let-down (1980–1995)

From: Dream Interrupted

In this chapter, Pelletier traces Quebec’s sovereignty struggle between the 1980 and 1995 referendums, a period in which collective optimism slowly gave way to doubt. 16 $1.60 Add
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The Hidden Books
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The Hidden Books

From: 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. 3 $0.30 Add
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“The hostility in the room”
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“The hostility in the room”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the charged atmosphere of late April and early May 1981, when the federal government clashed with Alberta over the National Energy Program (as told by the diary … 7 $0.70 Add