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The Demons of Leonard Cohen

By (author) Francis Mus
Translated by Laura Vroomen
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Series: Canadian Studies

The countless roles assumed by Cohen’s personas are not some innocent game, but strategies in response to the sometimes-conflicting demands of a “life in art. ” They serve as masks that represent ...

Tiff

By (author) Sherrill Grace
Categories: Biography & Autobiography

“Once before I die, I hope to know I’ve been heard. That’s all. ” —Timothy Findley. Tiff: A Life of Timothy Findley is the first full biography of one of Canada’s foremost writers (The Wars, ...

Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada

This textbook introduces readers to theories and critiques of traditional approaches to deviance and conformity. Using vivid and timely examples of contemporary social regulation and control, the book ...

Burnt Snow

By (author) Kieran Moore
Categories: Biography & Autobiography

The author, an Irish Immigrant, who for five years was partially raised by a Métis family in Winnipeg, heads north in a soul-searching mission to find himself and his place in life. The reflections of ...

Psychiatry and the Legacies of Eugenics

Edited by Frank W. Stahnisch & Erna Kurbegović
Categories: History

An impressively detailed volume that illustrates how the emerging field of psychiatry was heavily influenced by eugenic thought and contributed to the longevity of sterilization practices in Western Canada. ...

Vulnerable

Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. ...

Canada In The World

By (author) Tyler A. Shipley
Categories: Political Science

Through a close examination of Canadian foreign policy, from crushing an Indigenous rebellion in El Salvador, “peacekeeping” missions in the Congo and Somalia, and Cold War interventions in Vietnam ...

Storying Violence

By (author) Gina Starblanket & Dallas Hunt
Categories: Non-classifiable
Series: Semaphore

In August of 2016, Cree youth Colten Boushie was shot dead by Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley. Using colonial and socio-political narratives that underlie white rural settler life, the authors position ...

Crossing Borders

Edited by Samir Gandesha & Peyman Vahabzadeh
Categories: Philosophy

Crossing Borders: Essays in Honour of Ian H. Angus is a collection of original and cutting-edge essays by thirteen outstanding and diverse Canadian and international scholars that engage with Professor ...

Seven Absolute Rights

By (author) Ryan Alford
Categories: Political Science

Seven Absolute Rights surveys the historical foundations of Canada’s rule of law and the ways they reinforce the Constitution. Ryan Alford provides a gripping narrative of constitutional history, beginning ...