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The Red Indians

By (author) Peter Kulchyski
Categories: Ethnic studies
Series: Semaphore

The Red Indians is a theoretically nuanced, frank, and accessible book about Aboriginal resistance in Canada, historical and contemporary. In the manner of Eduardo Galeano’s famous trilogy Memories of ...

Hierarchies of Belonging

By (author) Ailsa Henderson
Categories: Sociology

"As we incorporate objective and subjective boundaries and view national identification as a process that relies on a shared understanding of several social factors, we can gain a more detailed view of ...

Emigrant Worlds and Transatlantic Communities

Elizabeth Jane Errington is professor of history, Royal Military College and Queen’s University, and the author of numerous award-winning studies about life in Upper Canada.

Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice

Edited by Donna Baines
Afterword by Array
Categories: Society and culture: general

Rather than a book of theory, this collection of essays focuses on practical strategies for integrating antioppressive theory into politicized, transformative social work. Practice vignettes, personal ...

Quiet Revolution West

By (author) John Weinstein
Foreword by Right Honourable Paul Martin
Categories: Social Science

“Weinstein has given us a beautiful history of the Métis nation?. Quiet Revolution West is a vivid tale of constant struggle and sacrifice. It is a gripping account of political intrigue and brinksmanship ...

The Prairie West as Promised Land

So the emblem of the West
Our bright Maple Leaf is bless’d
To its children of the goodly open hand;
All the nations of the earth
Are now learning of its worth
And are flocking to this wealthy, promised ...

Indigenous Legal Traditions

The essays in this book present important perspectives on the role of Indigenous legal traditions in reclaiming and preserving the autonomy of Aboriginal communities and in reconciling the relationship ...

Sakura in the Land of the Maple Leaf

Based on research conducted in the mid-1970s, this book profiles the regional development of Japanese cultural traditions in British Columbia, southern Alberta and metropolitan Toronto. The authors examine ...

The Origin of the Wolf Ritual

This last segment of the Sapir-Thomas Nootka texts includes three first-hand accounts of the Tlkwa:na, or Wolf Ritual, principal ceremonial of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations of the West Coast of Vancouver ...

Policing the Wild North-West

By (author) Zhiqiu Lin
Categories: Social Science

In Policing the Wild North-West, the first comprehensive social history of provincial police in western Canada between 1905 and 1932, Zhiqiu Lin investigates the complex relationship between the role ...