Mackey introduces the entrepreneurs who forged this important link between Montreal and the nation’s interior and chronicles the course of their industry, correcting previous misinterpretations. He ...

Faced with harsh conditions in their Greenland home, a group of Vikings took the reins of fate into their own hands. With incredible luck, skill and fortitude, they discovered lands filled with a profusion ...

The book is divided into three sections: “Reflections on Innis” provides a historical reassessment of Innis, “Gaps and Silences” considers the limitations of both Innis’s thought and his interpreters, ...

One of the great untold Canadian military stories revolves around the eastern seaport of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Guardian of the Gulf offers a vivid and long overdue account of Sydney harbour’s role, and ...

Another Kind of Justice is the first historical survey of
Canadian military law, providing insights into military justice in
Canada, the purpose of military law, and the level of legal
professionalism ...

Reprinted for a new audience, this is the gripping story of Acadia torn by civil strife in its infancy, the people involved and the reasons for the struggle.

So begins this collection of Stéphane Dion’s speeches from 1996 to 1998. Organized around four central themes, Straight Talk shows the breadth and strength of Dion’s convictions. Dion believes that ...

Compass Points is a radical new history of the twentieth century. Each section, organized by decade, grapples with crucial developments in politics, economics, society and culture--in Canada and abroad. ...

From its eighteenth-century roots in exploration and trade, to the major conflicts of the First and Second World Wars, through to current roles in multinational operations with United Nations and NATO ...