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The Canadian Founding

Janet Ajzenstat is professor emeritus, political science, McMaster University. Her most recent book on the Canadian constitution is The Once and Future Canadian Democracy: An Essay in Political Thought. ...

163256

By (author) Michael Englishman
Categories: Memoirs
Series: Life Writing

163256: A Memoir of Resistance is Michael Englishman’s astonishing story of courage, resourcefulness, and moral fibre as a Dutch Jew during World War II and its aftermath, from the Nazi occupation of ...

Alliance and Illusion

By (author) Robert Bothwell
Categories: History

Alliance and Illusion is the definitive assessment of the domestic and international aspects of Canadian foreign policy in the modern era. Robert Bothwell provides nuanced studies of Canada’s leaders ...

William E. Logan’s 1845 Survey of the Upper Ottawa Valley

Edited by Charles Smith & Ian Dyck
Categories: History
Series: Mercury Series (0316-1854)

The pioneering geology of Sir William Edmond Logan laid the groundwork for the Geological Survey of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Nature, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canada Museum of ...

More Than Words

Edited by John A. Willis
Categories: History
Series: Mercury Series (0316-1854)

More Than Words features the work of more than twenty scholars from Canada and abroad on topics related to postal communications. Drawing on recent trends in social and cultural history, the authors address ...

Witch in the Wind

While the story of the Bluenose -- her legendary speed and the famous races she won over the years -- has often been told, Witch in the Wind explores the history of the Bluenose from a fresh new perspective. ...

How the Scots Created Canada

By (author) Paul Cowan
Categories: History of the Americas
Series: We Created Canada

The Scots in Canada made their mark as explorers, fur traders, soldiers, business leaders, prime ministers and more. Ex-pat Paul Cowan marks their journey from his native land to the New World.

Three Against the Wilderness

By (author) Eric Collier
Categories: History of the Americas

Timeless tales about wilderness living. Eric Collier’s riveting recollections about the 26 years that he, his wife Lillian and son Veasy spent homesteading in the isolated Chilcotin wilderness made ...

Projecting Canada

By (author) Zoë Druick
Categories: History of the Americas
Series: Arts Insights Series

Zoë Druick teaches media and cultural studies, communications, Simon Fraser University.

Religion, Family, and Community in Victorian Canada

Marguerite Van Die is a member of the history department and head of Theological Studies, Queen’s Theological College.