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A Samaritan State Revisited

A Samaritan State Revisited brings together emerging and leading scholars to reflect on the history of Canada’s overseas aid and interrogate the many complex factors that affect future aid development. ...

Let the People Speak

By (author) Sheilla Jones
Categories: Politics and government

Canada’s Indigenous Affairs department has a jurisdictional reach over 90% of Canada’s landscape and an annual budget of some $20 billion. Yet Indigenous people have no means to hold this department ...

The Sleeping Giant Awakens

Confronting the truths of Canada’s Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In The Sleeping Giant Awakens, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool ...

Vancouverism

Larry Beasley, former co-chief planner or the city of Vancouver and a leader at the heart of the action, tells the story of Vancouverism and the urban planning philosophy and practice behind it. Writing ...

Undiplomatic History

When the field of Canadian history underwent major shifts in the 1990s, international history became marginalized and the focus turned away from foreign affairs. Over the past decade, however, the study ...

Quebec in a Global Light

In this masterful survey of the major social and economic issues facing Québec, Robert Calderisi offers an intimate look into the sensitivities and strengths of a society that has grown accustomed to ...

Capitalism and the Alternatives

By (author) Julius H. Grey
Categories: Political Science

Thirty years after its global triumph, neo-liberalism is an abject failure. While its advocates have succeeded in convincing citizens that no other way is possible, they have not fulfilled their promises ...

One Hundred Years of Struggle

 

The achievement of the vote in 1918 is often celebrated as a triumphant moment in the onward, upward advancement of Canadian women. Acclaimed historian Joan Sangster looks beyond the shiny rhetoric ...

Canada’s Official Languages

Canada’s official languages legislation fundamentally altered the composition and operational considerations of federal institutions. With legislative change, Canada’s public service has achieved ...

High Time

While the legalization of marijuana in Canada begins with a straightforward change of the criminal code, its ramifications go far beyond this. Legalization will have a serious impact on the country’s ...