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Made in Court

By (author) Richard W. Pound
Categories: History of the Americas

Richard W. Pound, OC, is counsel with Stikeman Elliott, chancellor emeritus of McGill University, and past president of the Canadian Olympic Committee.

Richard W. Pound analyzes 50 Canadian Supreme Court ...

Coded Territories

This collection of essays provides a historical and contemporary context for Indigenous new media arts practice in Canada. The writers are established artists, scholars, and curators who cover thematic ...

Peace Pipe Dreams

By (author) Darrell Dennis
Categories: Ethnic studies

Darrell Dennis is a stereotype-busting, politically incorrect Native American/Aboriginal/Shuswap (Only he’s allowed to call himself an “Indian. ” Maybe. Under some circumstances). With a large dose ...

From the West Coast to the Western Front

By (author) Mark Forsythe & Greg Dickson
Categories: Military history

It has often been observed that the First World War jolted Canada into nationhood, and as Mark Forsythe and Greg Dickson show in this compelling book, no province participated more eagerly in that transformation ...

The Elusive Mr. Pond

By (author) Barry Gough
Categories: History of the Americas

Sir Alexander Mackenzie is known to schoolchildren as a great Canadian explorer who gave his name to the country’s longest river, but hardly anyone could name the man who mentored Mackenzie and mapped ...

Closing Time

By (author) Daniel Francis
Categories: History of the Americas

Canadians have long associated Prohibition with the colourful history of the Jazz Age in the United States. But even before the American ban that was in place from 1920 to 1933, Canada initiated its own ...

Compulsive Acts

Compulsive Acts explores the films, plays and personality of prolific playwright, novelist, filmmaker and poet Sky Gilbert through the eyes of a handful of the people who have observed his work closely ...

Dreaming in Indian

A collection truly universal in its themes, Dreaming in Indian shatters commonly held stereotypes and offers insight into a community often misrepresented by the mainstream media. Contemporary Native artists, ...

“Métis”

By (author) Chris Andersen
Categories: History of the Americas

Ask any Canadian what "Métis" means, and they will likely say "mixed race. " Canadians consider Métis mixed in ways that other Indigenous people are not, and the census and courts have premised their ...

Cowboy Way, The

By (author) Duane Radford
Categories: History of the Americas

The Cowboy Way is a tribute to the classic image of the cowboy, old-time lore, and its influence on popular culture written in the style of a trivia book with archival photos, interesting facts and figures, ...