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From Sojourners to Citizens

From Sojourners to Citizens: Alberta’s Italian History brings to life the untold story of Italian immigrants in Alberta from the 1880s to the present. It places them in the narrative of province building ...

Flying to Extremes

By (author) Dominique Prinet
Categories: History

Recalling some of most memorable escapades ever conducted in the Canadian Arctic with bush planes, Flying to Extremes takes place in the late ’60s and early ’70s from a base at Yellowknife, in the ...

Inequality in Canada

In Inequality in Canada Eric Sager considers one of the defining—but hardest to define—ideas of our era and traces its different meanings and contexts across the 19th and 20th centuries. Sager shows ...

Seen but Not Seen

By (author) Donald B. Smith
Categories: History of the Americas

Seen but Not Seen explores the history of Indigenous marginalization and why non-Indigenous Canadians failed to recognize Indigenous societies and cultures as worthy of respect. Approaching the issue ...

Doodem and Council Fire

Doodem and Council Fire offers a fresh approach to Indigenous history, presenting a new interpretation grounded in a deep understanding of the nuances and distinctiveness of Anishinaabe culture and Indigenous ...

Intimate Integration

Privileging Indigenous voices and experiences, Intimate Integration documents the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects, including the Adopt Indian and Métis Project and the Indian ...

Deep and Sheltered Waters

This book brings to light the fascinating story of a community and place: Tod Inlet, near Victoria, British Columbia. From the original inhabitants of the Tsartlip First Nation to the lost community of ...

A Bounded Land

By (author) Cole Harris
Categories: History of the Americas

How was society reorganized—for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike—when Europeans resettled this distinctive land? Through a series of vignettes that focus on people’s experiences on the ...

Identifying as Arab in Canada

By (author) Houda Asal
Translated by Mary Foster
Categories: History of the Americas

Using archival research, media analysis, laws and statistics, and a series of interviews, Asal offers a thorough examination of the institutions that Arab migrants and their descendants built, and the ...

Canada at War

By (author) J.L. Granatstein
Categories: Second World War

Canada at War examines the impact of both world wars on Canada and Canadians by examining conscription, foreign policy, and politics, with William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s longest-serving prime ...