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Catastrophe

By (author) T. Joseph Scanlon
Edited by Roger Sarty
Categories: History

Catastrophe weaves together compelling stories and potent lessons from the calamitous Halifax explosion—the worst non-natural disaster in North America pre-911. The book explores how the explosion influenced ...

'Membering Austin Clarke

Edited by Paul Barrett
Categories: Literary Criticism

’Membering Austin Clarke reflects on the life and writing of Austin Clarke, whose depictions of Black life in Canada enlarged our understanding of what Canadian literature looks like. Despite being ...

Whipped

Whipped examines the hidden ways that political parties exert control over elected members of Canadian legislatures. Drawing on extensive interviews with politicians and staffers across the country, award-winning ...

Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

By (author) Sarah MacKenzie
Categories: Non-classifiable

Despite a recent increase in the productivity and popularity of Indigenous playwrights in Canada, most critical and academic attention has been devoted to the work of male dramatists, leaving female writers ...

Beaver, Bison, Horse

By (author) R. Grace Morgan
Foreword by James Daschuk
Afterword by Cristina Eisenberg
Categories: Nature

As one of North America’s most unique ecologies, the Great Plains have fostered symbiotic relationships between humans and animals for millennia. Among these, Indigenous bonds to beavers, bison, and ...

Accidental Wilderness

By (author) Walter H. Kehm
By (photographer) Robert Burley
Categories: Social Science

Accidental Wilderness is a rich and lyrical collection of essays curated by internationally recognized landscape architect and original designer of Tommy Thompson Park, Walter H. Kehm. A stunning collection ...

Deep and Sheltered Waters

By (author) David R. Gray
Foreword by Nancy J. Turner & Robert D. Turner
Categories: History

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 ...

The PS Royal William

By (author) Eileen Reid Marcil
Categories: History

World trade was revolutionized in the 19th century when the propulsion of ships changed from sail to steam. Who built the first steamer to cross the Atlantic? When? Where? The answer lies in Canada. When ...

A Bounded Land

By (author) Cole Harris
Categories: History

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 ...

Warrior Life

By (author) Pamela Palmater
Categories: Non-classifiable

From one of the most important, inspiring and fearless voices in Indigenous rights, decolonization, Canadian politics, social justice, earth justice and beyond, Warrior Life is an unflinching critique ...