For researchers seeking detailed information about the black diaspora in North America, this authoritative reference provides more than 300 years of black Canadian history, from the first migration of ...

What does Canadian popular culture say about the construction and negotiation of Canadian national identity? This third volume of How Canadians Communicate describes the negotiation of popular culture ...

The Bold and the Brave investigates how women have striven throughout history to gain access to education and careers in science and engineering. Author Monique Frize introduces the reader to key concepts ...

From the 1950s to the late 1990s, agents of the state spied on, interrogated, and harassed gays and lesbians in Canada, employing social ideologies and other practices to construct their targets as threats ...

“This volume brings us stories of wisdom keepers and artists, academics and activists… women who have fought for our freedom, who are working in different ways to bring about justice and healing. ...

Human rights, equality, and social justice are at the forefront of public concern and political debate in Canada. Global events – especially the “war on terrorism” – have fostered further interest ...

In the early nineteenth century, governments introduced kindergartens and infant schools to give children a head start in life. These programs hinged on new visions of childhood that originated in England ...

Since the 1970s North American women and girls have engaged in every sport that interests them and have become champions in their fields. One of the consequences of this success is ongoing criticism, ...