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The Education of Augie Merasty

"This story of a child is heartbreaking and important. It brings into dramatic focus why we need reconciliation. " - James Daschuk, author of Clearing the Plains

This memoir offers a courageous and intimate ...

Interculturalism

By (author) Gérard Bouchard
Translated with commentary by Howard Scott
Foreword by Charles Taylor
Categories: Social welfare and social services

In Interculturalism, sociologist and historian Gérard Bouchard presents his vision of interculturalism as a model for the management of diversity. A pluralist approach which recognizes the existence ...

Visibly Canadian

Spectacular, scientific, and educational cultural practices were used to establish and define public identities in the British colonies of nineteenth-century Canada. In Visibly Canadian, Karen Stanworth ...

History and Renewal of Labrador's Inuit-Métis

History and Renewal of Labrador’s Inuit-Métis is a collection of twelve essays presenting new research on the archaeology, history, and contemporary challenges and perspectives of Inuit-Métis of central ...

Abuse or Punishment?

At one time, the use of corporal punishment by parents in child-rearing was considered normal, but in the second half of the nineteenth century this begin to change, in Quebec as well as the rest of the ...

A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North

Dr. Gordon W. Smith dedicated much of his life to researching Canada's sovereignty in the Arctic. This first volume of his work provides the most comprehensive documentation yet available on the post-Confederation ...

A Blue Puttee at War

By (author) Sydney Frost
Edited by Edward Roberts
Categories: First World War

With never-before-seen photos and stories from World War I, Sydney Frost’s memoir is unique. It is the most complete account of the First World War by any member of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment of ...

Forgotten Victory

By (author) Mark Zuehlke
Categories: Second World War
Series: Canadian Battle Series

During the winter of 1944–45, the western Allies desperately sought a strategy that would lead to Germany’s quick defeat. From the Swiss border to the North Sea, hundreds of thousands of soldiers ...

The First Nations of British Columbia, Third Edition

By (author) Robert J. Muckle
Categories: History of the Americas

Since it was first published in 1998, The First Nations of British Columbia has been an essential introduction to the province’s first peoples. Written within an anthropological framework, it familiarizes ...

Patrician Families and the Making of Quebec

History has often ignored the influence in modern Quebec of family dynasties, patriarchy, seigneurial land, and traditional institutions. Following the ascent of four generations from two families through ...