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The Juggling Mother

The Juggling Mother

Coming Undone in the Age of Anxiety
by Amanda D. Watson
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tagged : women's studies, feminism & feminist theory, marriage & family

Who is the juggling mother, the woman who quietly flicks dried cereal off her blazer while running a corporate empire? The Juggling Mother explores the figure of contemporary mothering in media representations: a typically white, middle-class woman on the verge of coming undone because of her unwieldy slate of labours. More troublingly, she also se …

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North of El Norte

North of El Norte

Illegalized Mexican Migrants in Canada
by Paloma E. Villegas
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North of El Norte provides an important counterpoint to the attention given to Mexican migration to the United States by examining a lesser-known migration route: that taken by contemporary Mexican migrants to Canada.

 

Paloma Villegas considers changing Canadian immigration policy and practice, and the implications of these changes for Mexican migra …

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Whipped

Whipped

Party Discipline in Canada
by Alex Marland
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Canadians often see politicians as little more than trained seals who vote on command and repeat robotic talking points. Politicians are torn by dilemmas of loyalty to party versus loyalty to voters. Whipped examines the hidden ways that political parties exert control over elected members of legislatures. Drawing on extensive interviews with polit …

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It’s All Good (Unless It’s Not)

It’s All Good (Unless It’s Not)

Mental Health Tips and Self-Care Strategies for Your Undergrad Years
by Nicole Malette
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Going to university or college is supposed to be “the best time of your life” … but what if it’s not? Research reveals that mental health issues are on the rise among undergrads, but many are not accessing help. If this is relatable, this book is for you. It addresses common sources of distress – including academic, social, parental, and …

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Big Promises, Small Government

Big Promises, Small Government

Doing Less with Less in the BC Liberal New Era
by George M. Abbott, foreword by Vaughn Palmer
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When Gordon Campbell’s Liberal government won a massive majority in British Columbia in 2001, the premier immediately fulfilled his pledge to cut personal income taxes. Big Promises, Small Government reveals the consequences of dramatic tax policy changes on social programs. Campbell expected lower taxes to spur investment and growth. Instead, cu …

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Fixing Niagara Falls

Fixing Niagara Falls

Environment, Energy, and Engineers at the World’s Most Famous Waterfall
by Daniel Macfarlane
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Since the late nineteenth century, Niagara Falls has been heavily engineered to generate energy behind a flowing façade designed to appeal to tourists. Fixing Niagara Falls reveals the technological feats and cross-border politics that facilitated the transformation of one of the most important natural sites in North America. Daniel Macfarlane det …

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The Justice Crisis

The Justice Crisis

The Cost and Value of Accessing Law
edited by Trevor C.W. Farrow & Lesley A. Jacobs
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Unfulfilled legal needs are at a tipping point in many parts of the Canadian justice system and around the world. The Justice Crisis assesses what is and isn’t working in an effort to improve a fundamental right of democratic citizenship: access to civil and family justice.

 

Meaningful access is often a question of providing pathways to resolving …

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Caroline's Dilemma

Caroline's Dilemma

A Colonial Inheritance Saga
by Bettina Bradbury
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Caroline Kearney faced a heartbreaking dilemma. In 1865 she was newly widowed, thirty-one years old, and the mother of six children. She had hoped her husband would leave his sheep station in Victoria, Australia to her sons. Instead, his will required that the family move to Ireland and live in a house chosen by her brothers-in-law. Pieced together …

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Saving the Nation through Culture

Saving the Nation through Culture

The Folklore Movement in Republican China
by Jie Gao
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The Modern Chinese Folklore Movement coalesced at National Peking University between 1918 and 1926. A group of academics, inspired by Western thought, turned to the study of folklore – popular songs, beliefs, and customs – to rally people around the flag. Saving the Nation through Culture opens a new chapter in the history of the Folklore Movem …

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Challenge the Strong Wind

Challenge the Strong Wind

Canada and East Timor, 1975–99
by David Webster
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tagged : history & theory, diplomacy, human rights

In 1975, Indonesian forces overran East Timor, which had just declared independence from Portugal. The occupation lasted twenty-four years. Challenge the Strong Wind recounts the evolution of Canadian government policy toward East Timor during that period. Canada initially followed key allies in endorsing Indonesian rule, but Canadian civil society …

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Refugee Law after 9/11

Refugee Law after 9/11

Sanctuary and Security in Canada and the United States
by Obiora Chinedu Okafor
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Common wisdom suggests that the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed everything about the character of refugee law in the United States and in neighbouring Canada. But did they? If so, how do the responses of the two countries compare in terms of their negative impacts on refugee rights? Refugee Law after 9/11 undertakes a systematic examination of avail …

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Faith or Fraud

Faith or Fraud

Fortune-Telling, Spirituality, and the Law
by Jeremy Patrick
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The growing presence in Western society of non-mainstream faiths and spiritual practices poses a dilemma for the law. Building on a thorough history of the legal regulation of fortune-telling laws in four countries, Faith or Fraud examines the impact of people who identify as “spiritual but not religious” (SBNR) on the future legal understandin …

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Our Hearts Are as One Fire

Our Hearts Are as One Fire

An Ojibway-Anishinabe Vision for the Future
by Jerry Fontaine
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A vision shared. A manifesto. This remarkable work argues that Anishinabeg need to reconnect with non-colonized modes of thinking, social organization, and decision making in order to achieve genuine sovereignty. In Our Hearts Are as One Fire, Jerry Fontaine recounts the stories of three Ota’wa, Shawnee, and Ojibway-Anishinabe leaders who challen …

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Constructing Empire

Constructing Empire

The Japanese in Changchun, 1905–45
by Bill Sewell
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Civilians play crucial roles in building empires. Constructing Empire shows how Japanese urban planners, architects, and other civilians contributed – often enthusiastically – to constructing a modern colonial enclave in northeast China, their visions shifting over time. Japanese imperialism in Manchuria before 1932 developed in a manner simila …

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Nested Federalism and Inuit Governance in the Canadian Arctic

Nested Federalism and Inuit Governance in the Canadian Arctic

by Gary N. Wilson; Christopher Alcantara & Thierry Rodon
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tagged : canadian, colonialism & post-colonialism, indigenous studies

The Canadian federal system was never designed to recognize Indigenous governance, and it has resisted change. But Indigenous communities have successfully negotiated the creation of self-governing regions. Most of these are situated within existing units of the Canadian federation, creating forms of nested federalism. This governance model is tran …

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Medicine and Morality

Medicine and Morality

Crises in the History of a Profession
by Helen Kang
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Medical professionals are expected to act in the interest of patients, the public, and the pursuit of medical knowledge. But what happens when doctors’ supposed impartiality comes under fire? Helen Kang examines three moments in the history of the medical profession in Canada, spanning more than 150 years, when doctors’ moral and scientific aut …

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Indigenous Empowerment through Co-management

Indigenous Empowerment through Co-management

Land Claims Boards, Wildlife Management, and Environmental Regulation
by Graham White
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Co-management boards, established under comprehensive land claims agreements, have become key players in land-use planning, wildlife management, and environmental regulation across Canada’s North. This book provides a detailed account of the operation and effectiveness of these boards while addressing a central question: Have they been successful …

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Good Governance in Economic Development

Good Governance in Economic Development

International Norms and Chinese Perspectives
edited by Sarah Biddulph & Ljiljana Biuković
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With isolationism and protectionism strengthening in response to the forces of globalization, the interrelationship of the national and supranational in shaping good governance norms has become increasingly relevant. Good Governance in Economic Development critically examines the transparency and accountability mechanisms underpinning international …

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Trustees at Work

Trustees at Work

Financial Pressures, Emotional Labour, and Canadian Bankruptcy Law
by Anna Jane Samis Lund
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Trustees at Work explores the role bankruptcy trustees play in determining who qualifies as a deserving debtor under Canadian personal bankruptcy law. The idea of a deserving debtor is woven throughout bankruptcy law, with debt relief being reserved for those debtors deemed deserving. The legislation and case law invite trustees to assess debtors b …

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Planning on the Edge

Planning on the Edge

Vancouver and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Social Justice, and Sustainable Development
edited by Penny Gurstein & Tom Hutton
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Vancouver is heralded around the world as a model for sustainable development. In Planning on the Edge, nationally and internationally renowned planning scholars, activists, and Indigenous leaders assess whether the city’s reputation is warranted.

 

While recognizing the many successes of the “Vancouverism” model, the contributors acknowledge t …

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Canada's Mechanized Infantry

Canada's Mechanized Infantry

The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920–2012
by Peter Kasurak
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Canada’s Mechanized Infantry explores the largely ignored development of the infantry in the Canadian Army after the First World War. Although many modern studies of technology and war focus on tanks and armour, soldiers from the Second World War onward have discovered that success really depends on a combination of infantry, armour, and artiller …

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Queering Representation

Queering Representation

LGBTQ People and Electoral Politics in Canada
edited by Manon Tremblay
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Political representation requires participation: voting, joining political parties, running as candidates, acting as politicians. Yet the election of openly LGBTQ people is a relatively recent phenomenon in the West. Queering Representation explores long-ignored issues relating to LGBTQ voters and politicians in Canada. What are the LGBTQ electorat …

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Caring for Eeyou Istchee

Caring for Eeyou Istchee

Protected Area Creation on Wemindji Cree Territory
edited by Monica E. Mulrennan; Colin H. Scott & Katherine Scott
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How do Indigenous communities in Canada balance the development needs of a growing population with cultural commitments and responsibilities as stewards of their lands and waters? Caring for Eeyou Istchee recounts the extraordinary experience of the James Bay Cree community of Wemindji, Quebec, who partnered with a multi-disciplinary research team …

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Cataloguing Culture

Cataloguing Culture

Legacies of Colonialism in Museum Documentation
by Hannah Turner
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How does material culture become data? Why does this matter, and for whom? As the cultures of Indigenous peoples in North America were mined for scientific knowledge, years of organizing, classifying, and cataloguing hardened into accepted categories, naming conventions, and tribal affiliations – much of it wrong. Cataloguing Culture examines how …

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Knowing the Past, Facing the Future

Knowing the Past, Facing the Future

Indigenous Education in Canada
edited by Sheila Carr-Stewart
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In 1867, Canada’s federal government became responsible for the education of Indigenous peoples: Status Indians and some Métis would attend schools on reserves; non-Status Indians and some Métis would attend provincial schools. The chapters in this collection – some reflective, some piercing, all of them insightful – show that this system s …

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Canada 1919

Canada 1919

A Nation Shaped by War
edited by Tim Cook & J.L. Granatstein
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tagged : canada, post-confederation (1867-), veterans, world war i

With compelling insight, Canada 1919 examines the concerns of Canadians in the year following the Great War: the treatment of veterans, including nurses and Indigenous soldiers; the rising farm lobby; the role of labour; the place of children; the influenza pandemic; the country’s international standing; and commemoration of the fallen. Even as t …

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A Great Revolutionary Wave

A Great Revolutionary Wave

Women and the Vote in British Columbia
by Lara Campbell
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British Columbia is often overlooked in the national story of women’s struggle for political equality. This book rights that wrong. A Great Revolutionary Wave follows the propaganda campaigns undertaken by suffrage organizations and traces the role of working-class women in the fight for political equality. It demonstrates the connections between …

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Out of Milk

Out of Milk

Infant Food Insecurity in a Rich Nation
by Lesley Frank
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“Did you ever go to bed and wonder if your child was getting enough to eat?” For food insecure mothers, the worry is constant, and babies are at risk of going hungry. Through compelling interviews, Lesley Frank answers the breastfeeding paradox: why women who can least afford to buy infant formula are less likely to breastfeed. She exposes the …

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Invested Indifference

Invested Indifference

How Violence Persists in Settler Colonial Society
by Kara Granzow
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tagged : indigenous studies, discrimination & race relations, gender studies

In 2004, Amnesty International characterized Canadian society as “indifferent” to high rates of violence against Indigenous women and girls. When the Canadian government took another twelve years to launch a national inquiry, that indictment seemed true.

 

Invested Indifference offers a divergent perspective by examining practices during three d …

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Bois-Brûlés

Bois-Brûlés

The Untold Story of the Métis of Western Québec
by Michel Bouchard; Sébastien Malette & Guillaume Marcotte
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We think of Métis as having Prairie roots. Quebec doesn’t recognize a historical Métis community, and the Métis National Council contests the existence of any Métis east of Ontario. Quebec residents who seek recognition as Métis under the Canadian Constitution therefore face an uphill legal and political battle. Who is right? Bois-Brûlés e …

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The Tenth Justice

The Tenth Justice

Judicial Appointments, Marc Nadon, and the Supreme Court Act Reference
by Carissima Mathen & Michael Plaxton
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The process by which Supreme Court judges are appointed is traditionally a quiet affair, but this certainly wasn’t the case when Prime Minister Stephen Harper selected Justice Marc Nadon – a federal court judge – for appointment to Canada’s highest court. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of “the Nadon Reference” – one o …

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Law and Neurodiversity

Law and Neurodiversity

Youth with Autism and the Juvenile Justice Systems in Canada and the United States
by Dana Lee Baker; Laurie A. Drapela & Whitney Littlefield
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Law and Neurodiversity offers invaluable guidance on how autism research can inform juvenile justice policies in Canada and the United States. In Canada, the diversion of youth away from formal processing has fostered community-based strategies for serving those with autism. US policies rely more heavily on formal responses, often employing juvenil …

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He Thinks He's Down

He Thinks He's Down

White Appropriations of Black Masculinities in the Civil Rights Era
by Katharine Bausch
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The end of the Second World War saw a “crisis of white masculinity” brought on by social change. As a result, several prominent white male pop culture figures sought out and appropriated African American cultural trappings to benefit from what they believed were powerful Black masculinities. In He Thinks He’s Down, Katharine Bausch draws on c …

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The Aging–Disability Nexus

The Aging–Disability Nexus

edited by Katie Aubrecht; Christine Kelly & Carla Rice
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tagged : disease & health issues, health care issues, gerontology, people with disabilities

As the global population ages, disability demographics are shifting. Societal transformation and global health inequities have changed who is likely to reach old age, who is likely to live with disability, and the relationship between aging and disability in various socio-cultural and geopolitical contexts. The Aging–Disability Nexus breaks new g …

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