Bill Waiser was professor of history at the University of Saskatchewan for three decades. He has been awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, named a distinguished ...

1919 is often recalled as the year of the Winnipeg General Strike, but it was also the year that water from Shoal Lake first flowed in Winnipeg taps. For the Anishinaabe community of Shoal Lake 40 First ...

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Ruée vers l’or ! Eldorado en Colombie-Britannique
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Some say that Western Canada began with the railway. In fact, it began with a gold rush. Relive the tumultuous ...

Award-winning nonfiction writer Myrna Kostash is the author of 10 books, including All of Baba’s Children and The Doomed Bridegroom. In 2010, she received the Writers Trust of Canada Matt Cohen Award ...

“Canada has a painful history of racially segregated hospitals that were intended to isolate and institutionalize Aboriginal people seen as a menace and danger to the nation. Separate Beds is a sophisticated, ...

A geographer with extensive research experience in the Canadian North, Jack D. Ives takes readers on a remarkable adventure, describing the day-to-day experiences of the field teams in the context of ...

“This important book illuminates a little-known and important story, offering a richly nuanced portrait of the Haitian immigrant experience in Montreal. ” – Laurent Dubois, author of Haiti: The ...

In this lavishly illustrated book, Richard White reveals how urban planning contributed to Toronto becoming a functional, world-class city: the “city that works. ” Focusing on the period from 1940 ...

Those who moved “back-to-the-land” following the turbulent 1960s engaged with environmental issues in ways that have had a long-term impact on Canadian society. This collection contributes a sustained ...

“This is a book that should be widely read (. . . ) All who are interested in Canadian history will benefit from this wide-reaching study. ” Tim Cook, Canada’s History October-November 2016

Commemorating ...