James Lorimer and Company

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Our Lives: Canada after 1945

Second Edition

This book offers a short, comprehensive history of post-war Canada. All the major events and developments in Canadian history are discussed: the evolution of the welfare state; the growth of … 488 View

Peacemakers

How people around the world are building a world free of war

A world without war: this is the vision that Douglas Roche has pursued for decades. A long-time Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, Canadian ambassador for disarmament, and later a … 224 View

Power Trap

How fear and loathing between New Democrats and Liberals keep Stephen Harper in power--and what can be done about it

In 2011 the Harper Conservatives won a majority government with a minority of votes. If the opposition parties were willing to work together, they would have an excellent chance of defeating the … 296 View

Protecting Research Confidentiality

What happens when law and ethics collide

Lawyers and their clients can talk in complete confidence, secure that the law protects what they say from being revealed to anyone. Priests can hear confessions with reasonable certainty that no … ; 432 View

Quebec in Question

This new edition of Marcel Rioux’s bestselling history of Quebec offers an interpretation of the dramatic events of the seventies and the victory of the Parti Quebecois. Written by an … 218 View

Quiet No More

New Political Activism in Canada and Around the Globe

Spontaneous and creative protest movements have burst onto the political stage in Canada and around the world. Joel D. Harden, an activist, writer, and educator, offers a ground-level account of … 264 View
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Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis

Canada's Anti-Semitic Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of Canada’s anti-Semitic immigration policies throughout the twentieth … 90 View

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis

Canada's Anti-Semitic Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of Canada’s anti-Semitic immigration policies throughout the twentieth … 90 View

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville

An African Nova Scotian Community is Demolished – and Fights Back

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of the history of Halifax’s Africville community with particular emphasis on the lived … 98 View

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of the internment of Italian-Canadians during the Second World War. This title … ; 114 View

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of the internment of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War. This title … ; 162 View

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

The Devastating Impact on Canada’s Indigenous People and the Reconciliation Commission’s Findings and Calls for Action

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of the history and effects of the Residential School system in Canada. This title makes … 130 View

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Chinese Head Tax

and Anti-Chinese Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Chinese Head Tax is designed to provide and introductory-level overview of Anti-Chinese immigration policies that were implemented by the Government of Canada, … 98 View

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Komagata Maru

and Canada's Anti-Indian Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Komagata Maru is designed to provide and introductory-level overview of Anti-Indian immigration policies that were implemented by the Government of Canada, … 106 View

Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

The contentious history of the Canadian federation

This book provides a history of Canadian federalism and describes the ongoing push and pull over power between Ottawa and the provinces. Ed Whitcomb offers an analysis of how the strengths and … 400 View

Share the Wealth!

How we can tax Canada’s super-rich and create a better country for everyone

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, millions of Canadians suddenly found themselves out of work as businesses shuttered and the country went into lockdown. While many were struggling to … ; 208 View