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From  King’s Mill Park and Humber Marshes Park |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes King’s Mill and Humber Marshes Parks in Toronto’s Humber River watershed, home to the pre-settlement Carrying-Place Trail and one of the areas … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 27: Quebec in the 1940s and 1950s"The Great Darkness" |
This chapter explains how In the 1940s and 1950s Québec underwent rapid industrial growth and a more secularized labour movement led to landmark struggles like the 1949 Asbestos and 1952 … | Bryan D. Palmer | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From Echo Valley Park |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown explores the unusual botanical makeup of Toronto’s Echo Valley Park, once a fruit and nut farm operated by "Canada’s nut man," George Hebden Corsan. | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 28: "The Mountain Brings Forth a Mouse"The Indian Act and Colonialism's Continuities, 1944-60 |
This chapter details how at the end of WWII, Canada celebrated Indigenous war heroes like Tommy Prince and passed limited reforms through the 1951 Indian Act, yet at the same time denied the … | Bryan D. Palmer | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From Etobicoke Valley Park |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Etobicoke Valley Park, an idyllic strip of forested parkland found in Toronto’s far west end. | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 29: Prisons and Residential SchoolsColonial Coercions, 1940-70 |
This chapter recounts how in the postwar years, particularly after 1960, the rate of Indigenous imprisonment climbed rapidly as policing, courts and prisons replaced schools and reserves as the … | Bryan D. Palmer | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Chapter 3The Giant Tamed |
This chapter considers the difficulties of organizing against employer hostility, relative state indifference, economic depression in the 1930s and then the emergence of vibrant new … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 27 | 2020 | $2.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 3Mining and the Industrial Boom From: Mining Country |
This chapter discusses the peak of mining in Canada during the early 20th century. Topics discussed in this chapter include mining disasters that occurred during the early 20th century, the … | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 52 | 2021 | $5.20 Add |
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From  NEW! How Is Incarceration Generating Homelessness and What Can Be Done? |
In this chapter, Art Campbell examines how incarceration leads to homelessness. By speaking with experts, using case studies and studying solutions he offers strategies to prevent this. | Art Campbell | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |
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From Colonel Danforth Park and Lower Highland Creek Parkk |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Colonel Danforth and Lower Highland Creek Parks, located in Toronto’s Highland Creek watershed. He uses these parks to introduce local native fungi … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 3: Afghanistan before 9/11From: Canada In Afghanistan |
In this chapter, Schalk describes the political landscape of Afghanistan pre-war. He provides context to The United States’ motivations to occupy Afghanistan by documenting the history … | Owen Schalk | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 3: The Merger Movement and its MastermindsCapital Concentration, 1890-1929 |
This chapter traces how mergers, banks, and foreign investment reshaped Canadian industry after 1900, along with expansion in pulp and paper and automobile manufacturing. | Bryan D. Palmer | 15 | 2025 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 3: Writing the Script for Bill C-10 (2019–2021)From: Canada Vs California |
Chapter three shows the creation of Bill C-10 and the initial attempts by the Liberal government to regulate internet broadcasting. Author Howard Law discuss the creation of the 2018 Yale … | Howard Law | 14 | 2024 | $1.40 Add |
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From The Meadoway |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes the precedent-setting transformation of Toronto’s Gatineau Hydro Corridor in to The Meadoway, and the unlocking of hundreds of hectares of new space … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 30: Arctic AlterationsInuit Relocation in the 1950s |
This chapter discusses Cold War needs in the Arctic such as the DEW line and capitalist exploits that destroyed Inuit economies. | Bryan D. Palmer | 17 | 2025 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 31: ConclusionCanada at Mid-Century |
This chapter outlines how at mid-century the state had achieved labour calm and a certain amount of economic and political stability while it had removed thousands of First Nations and Inuit from … | Bryan D. Palmer | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
