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Peace Dancer

Powerful illustrations accompany this skillfully told legend of the flood from the renowned Northwest Coast Legends series. Illustrated and told by renowned First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers and ...

The Iconic North

By (author) Joan Sangster
Categories: History of the Americas

Joan Sangster is a historian who teaches gender and women’s studies at the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. A fellow of the Royal ...

God's Province

By (author) Clark Banack
Categories: History of the Americas

Clark Banack is assistant professor of political science at York University.

It is often assumed that religion has not been as significant a factor in Canada’s political development as it has been in ...

A World We Have Lost

By (author) Bill Waiser
Categories: History of the Americas

Bill Waiser was professor of history at the University of Saskatchewan for three decades. He has been awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, named a distinguished ...

Aqueduct

By (author) Adele Perry
Categories: History of the Americas
Series: Semaphore

1919 is often recalled as the year of the Winnipeg General Strike, but it was also the year that water from Shoal Lake first flowed in Winnipeg taps. For the Anishinaabe community of Shoal Lake 40 First ...

Gold Rush!

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Ruée vers l’or ! Eldorado en Colombie-Britannique
9780660031422

Some say that Western Canada began with the railway. In fact, it began with a gold rush. Relive the tumultuous ...

Seven Oaks Reader, The

By (author) Myrna Kostash
Categories: General and world history

Award-winning nonfiction writer Myrna Kostash is the author of 10 books, including All of Baba’s Children and The Doomed Bridegroom. In 2010, she received the Writers Trust of Canada Matt Cohen Award ...

Canadian Countercultures and the Environment

Those who moved “back-to-the-land” following the turbulent 1960s engaged with environmental issues in ways that have had a long-term impact on Canadian society. This collection contributes a sustained ...

Apartheid in Palestine

Edited by Ghada Ageel
Categories: Middle Eastern history

“This collection of essays is a poignant cry for justice, far too long delayed. ” –Noam Chomsky

There are more than two sides in the conflict between Palestine and Israel. There are millions. Millions ...

From New Peoples to New Nations

“Gerhard Ens and Joe Sawchuk have produced a compelling piece of work – one that will inform and contribute to ongoing debates within Métis studies for years to come. ”Nicole St-Onge, University ...