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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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tagged : environmental science, geography, indigenous studies

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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tagged : museum studies, indigenous studies, cultural

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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tagged : multicultural education, indigenous studies, philosophy & social aspects

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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Pia's Plans

Pia's Plans

by Alice Kuipers
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Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : self-esteem & self-reliance, friendship, marriage & divorce

Ever since her parents got divorced, Pia has worked hard to make sure everything in her life is Perfect, with a capital P. But everything keeps going wrong. She and her sister get into a fight. Pia falls down the stairs and hurts her ankle. She spills chocolate milk all over her lucky outfit. She accidentally studied for the wrong test. And her bes …

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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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tagged : post-confederation (1867-), women's studies, women, non-classifiable

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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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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Free to a Good Home

Free to a Good Home

With Room for Improvement
by Jules Torti, foreword by Jann Arden
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tagged : women, personal memoirs, lgbt

The German word zugunruhe translates as the “stirring before moving.” It’s used to describe birds and herds of animals, like wildebeests, before the great migration. Though Jules Torti is neither German nor a wildebeest, she understands this marrow-deep anxiousness all too well; she is just someone looking for a home.

Free to a Good Home is ev …

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A One-Handed Novel, A

A One-Handed Novel, A

by Kim Clark
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tagged : humorous, bisexual, feminist

When Melanie Farrell visits the neurologist she is told her multiple sclerosis is progressing. She isn’t surprised by the diagnosis, but what does shock her is the related prognosis. It seems, based on a new study, that she only has six orgasms left. Six! Fortyish and single, Mel must decide how best to spend, save or at least not waste those pre …

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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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tagged : gender studies, civil war period (1850-1877), discrimination & race relations, african american studies

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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Inalienable Properties

Inalienable Properties

The Political Economy of Indigenous Land Reform
by Jamie Baxter
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tagged : indigenous peoples, comparative politics, indigenous studies

As many Indigenous communities return to self-governance and self-determination, they are taking their own approaches to property rights and community development. Based on case studies in four Indigenous communities – the Westbank, Membertou, Nisga’a, and James Bay Cree nations – Jamie Baxter traces how local leaders have set the course for …

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Sharks, Skates, Rays and Chimeras of British Columbia

Sharks, Skates, Rays and Chimeras of British Columbia

by Gordon McFarlane & Jackie King
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tagged : fish, reference, marine life

The only current field guide to sharks and rays of the West Coast of British Columbia.

Sharks! The very mention of the word conjures up images of dangerous creatures with a voracious appetite. This public image couldn?t be farther from the truth for a vast majority of shark species: most are cautious and placid, and many inhabit waters that exclude …

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Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid

Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid

by Cecil Paul, as told by Briony Penn
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tagged : native americans, environmentalists & naturalists, native american studies

A remarkable and profound collection of reflections by one of North America’s most important Indigenous leaders.

My name is Wa’xaid, given to me by my people. ‘Wa’ is ‘the river’, ‘Xaid’ is ‘good’ – good river. Sometimes the river is not good. I am a Xenaksiala, I am from the Killer Whale Clan. I would like to walk with you in …

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Governing the Social in Neoliberal Times

Governing the Social in Neoliberal Times

edited by Deborah R. Brock
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Neoliberalism is most commonly associated with free trade, the minimal state, and competitive individualism. But in this latest stage of capitalism, it is not simply national economies that are being neoliberalized – it is us. Inspired by Michel Foucault and other governmentality theorists, the contributors to this volume reveal how neoliberalism …

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A Match Made for Murder

A Match Made for Murder

A Lane Winslow Mystery
by Iona Whishaw
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tagged : historical, women sleuths, amateur sleuth, cozy

Winner of the 2021 Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award

“An intriguing mix of character, plot, time, and place. Highly recommended.” —Ian Hamilton, author of the bestselling Ava Lee novels

Lane and Darling's Arizona honeymoon is interrupted by gunshots in the newest instalment in a series Kirkus Reviews calls "relentlessly exciting."

It’s November, …

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Canada and Ireland

A Political and Diplomatic History
by Philip James Currie
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Canadians have been involved in, intrigued by, and frustrated with Irish politics, from the Fenian Raids of the 1860s to the present day. Yet scholars have largely neglected Canadian–Irish relations since the consolidation of the Irish Free State in the 1920s. In Canada and Ireland, Philip J. Currie addresses this lacuna and examines political re …

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Culture and the Soldier

Culture and the Soldier

Identities, Values, and Norms in Military Engagements
by H. Christian Breede
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Countries have instituted policies to make their armed forces more inclusive, and soldiers now undergo cultural awareness training before seeing active duty. Policy makers and military organizations agree that culture is important. But what does “culture” mean in practice, and how is it important? Culture and the Soldier answers these questions …

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No Place for the State

No Place for the State

The Origins and Legacies of the 1969 Omnibus Bill
edited by Christopher Dummitt & Christabelle Sethna
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tagged : civil rights, post-confederation (1867-), social policy, lgbtq+

“There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” Pierre Elliott Trudeau told reporters. He was making the case for the most controversial of his proposed reforms to the Criminal Code, those concerning homosexuality, birth control, and abortion. In No Place for the State, contributors offer complex and often contrasting perspect …

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Making the Best of It

Making the Best of It

Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland during the Second World War
edited by Sarah Glassford & Amy J. Shaw
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tagged : women's studies, post-confederation (1867-), world war ii, atlantic provinces (nb, nl, ns, pe)

Many women who lived through the Second World War believed it heralded new status and opportunities, but scholars have argued that very little changed. How can these interpretations be reconciled? Making the Best of It examines the ways in which gender and other identities intersected to shape the experiences of female Canadians and Newfoundlanders …

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Canada and Ireland

Canada and Ireland

A Political and Diplomatic History
by Philip J. Currie
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tagged : history & theory, ireland, diplomacy

Canadians have been involved in, intrigued by, and frustrated with Irish politics, from the Fenian Raids of the 1860s to the present day. Yet scholars have largely neglected Canadian–Irish relations since the consolidation of the Irish Free State in the 1920s. In Canada and Ireland, Philip J. Currie addresses this lacuna and examines political re …

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Un/inhabited

Un/inhabited

by Jordan Abel, contributions by Kathleen Ritter & Tracy Stefanucci
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This is the second edition of award-winning Nisga’a poet Jordan Abel’s second collection of poetry, Un/inhabited, which maps the terrain of the public domain to create a layered investigation of the interconnections between language and land.

Abel constructed the book’s source text by compiling ninety-one complete western novels found on Proje …

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The Shoe Boy

The Shoe Boy

A Trapline Memoir
by Duncan McCue
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tagged : native americans, native american studies, personal memoirs

At the age of seventeen, an Anishinabe boy who was raised in the south joined a James Bay Cree family in a one-room hunting cabin in the isolated wilderness of northern Quebec. He learned a way of life on the land that few are familiar with. Reflecting on those five months and his search for his own personal identity, that boy – Duncan McCue – …

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Thinking Differently about HIV/AIDS

Thinking Differently about HIV/AIDS

Contributions from Critical Social Science
edited by Eric Mykhalovskiy & Viviane Namaste
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tagged : aids & hiv, health policy, public health

Almost four decades after the discovery of HIV/AIDS, the world continues to grapple with this public health challenge. Thinking Differently about HIV/AIDS explores the limits of mainstream approaches to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and challenges readers to develop alternate solutions, emphasizing the value of critical social science perspectives. The con …

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We Had No Rules

We Had No Rules

by Corinne Manning
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A defiant, beautifully realized story collection about the messy complications of contemporary queer life.

A young teenager runs from her family's conservative home to her sister's NY apartment to learn a very different set of rules. A woman grieves the loss of a sister, a "gay divorce," and the pain of unacknowledged abuse with the help of a lone w …

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Changing Neighbourhoods

Changing Neighbourhoods

Social and Spatial Polarization in Canadian Cities
edited by Jill Grant; Alan Walks & Howard Ramos
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Canadians have a right to live in cities that meet their basic needs in a dignified way, but in recent decades increased inequality and polarization have been reshaping the social landscape of Canada’s urban areas. This book examines the dimensions and impacts of increased economic inequality and urban socio-spatial polarization since the 1980s. …

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Identities and Interests

Identities and Interests

Race, Ethnicity, and Affinity Voting
by Randy Besco
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Identities and Interests offers an entirely new perspective on the role of racial and ethnic identities in Canadian elections. Using a series of experiments, as well as candidate and census data, Randy Besco demonstrates that self-identification matters far more than self-interest, ideology, or policy. The largest minority groups – Chinese and So …

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By the Court

By the Court

Anonymous Judgments at the Supreme Court of Canada
by Peter McCormick & Marc D. Zanoni
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tagged : courts, judicial power, legal history

Any court watcher knows that the Supreme Court of Canada delivers some of its major constitutional judgments in a “By the Court” format. This transformative approach abandons the common law tradition of attributing decisions to individual judges. By the Court is the first major study of these unanimous and anonymous decisions and features a com …

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Rain City

Rain City

Vancouver Essays
by John Moore
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BC Bestseller! From its Coast Mountain skyline to its seedy waterfront tattoo parlors, from the private downtown booze-cans of the city's business elite and the Faux Chateau enclave of Whistler, to the riot-shaken streets of the early Sixties and the history of pipe bomb attacks in the city, Moore has been there, done that. He's been a graveyard sh …

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Just One More Drive

Just One More Drive

the true story of a stuttering homosexual and his race car
by Robert James O'Brien
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Grade: 10 to 12
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This honest, uplifting and painfully funny memoir is about love, soapboxes and why you should never lie on national TV. It's the story of how the Beast, a BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution, almost killed Robert but ended up saving his life.
From his father, Robert developed a passion for all things automotive as he grew up in Dublin, a painfully shy, lo …

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The Kawai Scrolls

The Kawai Scrolls

A Novel
by Louis Druehl
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tagged : biographical, literary, cultural heritage

His Hopi princess bride has left him for the head of the philosophy department and his PhD thesis is stalled; what is left for an Iowa farmboy to do but to board a slow boat to Yokohama? John Fox leaves the academic desert of New Mexico for Japan, in search of fame and inspiration among the Ainu, the white aborigines of Hokkaido. While his adventu …

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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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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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Rethinking the Spectacle

Rethinking the Spectacle

Guy Debord, Radical Democracy, and the Digital Age
by Devin Penner
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Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to distract and deceive a passive audience. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with the democratic requirement of active and informed agency. Rethinking the Spectacle re-examines the tension between spectacle and political agency using the …

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