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A People's Dream

By (author) Dan Russell
Categories: Politics and government

In this provocative and passionate book, Dan Russell outlines the
history of Aboriginal self-government in Canada. He compares it to that
of the United States, where, for over 150 years, tribes have practised ...

Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan

"It is my hope, and the hope of the Office of the Treaty Commissioner, that this publication can help provide the historical context needed to intelligently and respectfully forge new relations between ...

Cis dideen kat – When the Plumes Rise

By (author) Jo-Anne Fiske & Betty Patrick
Categories: Social Science

This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in
north-central British Columbia, examines its traditional legal order,
self-identity, and their involvement in current treaty
negotiations. ...

Boys in the Pits

By (author) Robert McIntosh
Categories: General and world history

Boys in the Pits shows the rapid maturity of the boys and their role in resisting exploitation. In what will certainly be a controversial interpretation of child labour, Robert McIntosh recasts wage-earning ...

Other Conundrums

By (author) Monika Kin Gagnon
Categories: Ethnic studies

Other Conundrums, copublished with Vancouver’s Artspeak Gallery and the Kamloops Art Gallery, is an extraordinary collection of essays on Canadian artists of colour by Monika Kin Gagnon, one of Canada’s ...

Independence and Economic Security in Old Age

As boomers move towards retirement the phenomenon of “population
aging” has become a much-publicized issue. Independence and
Economic Security in Old Age focuses on the economic and social
implications ...

Delayed Impact

By (author) Franklin Bialystok
Categories: Psychology

Bialystok begins by examining the years immediately following World War II, showing that Canadian Jews were not psychologically equipped to comprehend the enormity of the Holocaust. Unable to grasp the ...

Canadian Communication Thought

By (author) Robert Babe
Categories: Political science and theory

Canada has a rich heritage of English-language communication thought. For the first time "Canadian Communication Thought" assembles much of this erudition by introducing and examining the writings of ...

Dark Side of the Nation

By (author) Himani Bannerji
Categories: Sociology

These feminist Marxist and anti-racist essays speak to important current political issues. Though they begin from experiences of non-white people living in Canada, they provide a critical theoretical ...