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From ![]() The ImportsFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Covers RIM’s recruitment of new employees as the company continues its incredible growth. Specifically examines the case of Dietmar Wennemer and Mark Pecen. | Chuck Howitt | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() The Independent UnionFrom: Sweethearts |
1960s Zanini and his independent Canadian Union in Concrete Forming, acqusations of it being a front for the mob | Catherine Wismer | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Insurrectionary Moment, 1837-38From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter discusses social conflict in early nineteenth century Canada,coming to a head in the Upper Canada Rebellion and the Lower Canada Rebellion. | Bryan D. Palmer | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() The Grassroots StruggleDefenders of the Land and Idle No More |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the struggle of grassroots organizations in the battle for decolonization, self-determination and economic independence and how Indigenous leaders need … | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Investigation That Lost Heart |
Analyzes the Transportation Safety Board investigation report on the Lac-Mégantic disaster focusing on the discrepancies between the original investigation team draft and the public report, … | Bruce Campbell | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() The “Jimmy” Interview:The Importance of “Good Facts” |
Although such cases are extremely rare, if one did arise, we wanted to make sure researchers, REBs, universities, and granting agencies all know what it means to defend confidentiality to the … | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Just Society and the JamahiriyaFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter explains how during the late 1960s Pierre Trudeau continued Canada’s longstanding pattern of backing corporate expansion and Cold War anti-communism abroad. In contrast, … | Owen Schalk | 23 | 2025 | $2.30 Add |
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From ![]() The Komagata Maru1939-1945 |
This chapter discusses voyage of the Komagata Maru to Canada and how its passengers were turned away upon arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts. | Pamela Hickman | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() “The largest energy project in the entire world”From: Sold Down the Yangtze |
Analyzes reports about why the Harper Government would support this plan tieing their support to the oil sands and finds the government seemed anxious for China to support Canada’s resource … | Gus Van Harten | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() “The Last Best West”:The West in Confederation, 1869–1913 From: The Rise of the New West |
Details the history of confederation giving a firm background, the winning of the west, the initial failure, and the success with the wheat boom | John F. Conway | 24 | 2014 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Last Eighteenth-Century “Indian War,” the Opportunistic Origins of Capitalist Accumulation, and the Beginnings of BankingThe Other Meanings of 1812 From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter discusses the effect of the War of 1812 on relations between the colonial rulers and Indigenous populations as well as economic opportunities presented and the creation of a colonial … | Bryan D. Palmer | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() The Last Song of Akol CholFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Details the life of a young boy from the Sudan who suffered a traumatic brain injury during the war. When his family came to Canada in order to get him the services he needed they placed him in … | David Starr | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() The LegacyFrom: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary View Collection: Residential Schools in Canada |
Details the legacy of the residential school system in the lives of the Indigenous people of Canada includes the calls to action for each repercussion of the residential school system. | Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada | 56 | 2015 | $0.00 Add |
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From ![]() The Legacy of ViolenceFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Discusses how teachers and others can support students who have lived through extreme violence and what programs have worked in two schools with high refugee populations. | David Starr | 8 | 2016 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() Reconciliation Framework Agreements |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines reconciliation framework agreements in British Columbia and what they mean for Indigenous land rights. | Arthur Manuel | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() The legal challenge to the FIPA, part oneFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
The public opposition to the China FIPA included thousands of people who took steps to support an effort by the Hupacasath First Nation, an aboriginal community on Vancouver Island in British … | Gus Van Harten | 11 | 2015 | $1.10 Add |















