Some of hockey’s fiercest and most passionate players and fans can be found among Canada's First Nations populations, including NHL greats Jordin Tootoo, Jonathan Cheechoo, and Gino Odjick. At first ...

A controversial sport, rodeo is often seen as emblematic of the West's reputation as a “white man's country. ”A Wilder West complicates this view, showing how rodeo has been an important contact zone ...

Hockey occupies a prominent place in the Canadian cultural lexicon, as evidenced by the wealth of hockey-centred stories and novels published within Canada. In this exciting new work, Jason Blake takes ...

Many of the experiences of every hockey dreamer are the same. Are those experiences any different for someone who makes it to the NHL? Living the Hockey Dream tells stories of people from around the hockey ...

Since the 1970s North American women and girls have engaged in every sport that interests them and have become champions in their fields. One of the consequences of this success is ongoing criticism, ...

For millennia, Aboriginal hunters on the North American Plains used their knowledge of the land and of buffalo behaviour to drive their quarry over cliffs. Archaeologist Jack Brink has written a major ...

Hunting for Empire offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. Greg Gillespie integrates critical perspectives from cultural studies, literary criticism, and cultural geography to analyze ...

While the story of the Bluenose -- her legendary speed and the famous races she won over the years -- has often been told, Witch in the Wind explores the history of the Bluenose from a fresh new perspective. ...

No sport is as important to Canadians as hockey. Though there may be a great many things that divide the country, the love of hockey is perhaps its single greatest unifier. Before the latest labour unrest ...