The book begins with glimpses of foods, medicines, and cultural practices that North America’s Indigenous peoples have contributed to the rest of the world. It documents the dark period of regulation ...

Joan Sangster is a historian who teaches gender and women’s studies at the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. A fellow of the Royal ...

Those who moved “back-to-the-land” following the turbulent 1960s engaged with environmental issues in ways that have had a long-term impact on Canadian society. This collection contributes a sustained ...

“Gerhard Ens and Joe Sawchuk have produced a compelling piece of work – one that will inform and contribute to ongoing debates within Métis studies for years to come. ” – Nicole St-Onge, University ...

An examination of historical and contemporary social, economic, and environmental impacts of mining on Aboriginal communities in northern Canada.

History and Renewal of Labrador’s Inuit-Métis is a collection of twelve essays presenting new research on the archaeology, history, and contemporary challenges and perspectives of Inuit-Métis of central ...

As a poet and citizen deeply concerned by the Oka Crisis, the Idle No More protests and Canada's ongoing failure to resolve First Nations issues, Montreal author Mark Abley has long been haunted by the ...

On January 22, 2005, Inuit from communities throughout northern and central Labrador gathered in a school gymnasium to witness the signing of the Labrador Inuit Land Claim Agreement and to celebrate the ...

Michael Mucz’s prolonged primary research into Ukrainian-Canadian folk history culminates in Baba’s Kitchen Medicines. This book bursts with the cultural memory of pioneering folk from Canada’s ...

Making the Scene is a history of 1960s Yorkville, Toronto's countercultural mecca. It narrates the hip Village's development from its early coffee house days, when folksingers such as Neil Young and Joni ...