RE: Reading the Postmodern

Edited by Robert David Stacey
Categories: Literary theory
Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers

It would be difficult to exaggerate the worldwide impact of postmodernism on the fields of cultural production and the social sciences over the last quarter century—even if the concept has been understood ...

The Beginner's Guide to Minerals and Rocks

By (author) Joel Grice
Categories: Encyclopaedias and reference works

Beginner’s Guide to Minerals and Rocks is the most comprehensive, full-colour guide to rocks and minerals for beginner rock hounds all over the world.

As curator of minerals at the Canadian Museum of ...

Harvest Pilgrims

By (author) Vincenzo Pietropaolo
Categories: Photographs: collections

Like migratory birds, most of Canada's 20,000 'guest' farm workers arrive in the spring and leave in the autumn. Hailing primarily from Mexico, Jamaica, and smaller countries of the Caribbean, these temporary ...

Amazing Animals

By (author) Janice Ryan
Categories: Domestic animals and pets

Animals have extraordinary minds capable of exceptional acts of perception, generosity, bravery, and kindness. Their connection with humankind gives us a glimpse into their world and their desire to share ...

Northrop Frye

Edited by David Rampton
Categories: Literary theory
Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers

More than fifty years after the publication of Anatomy of Criticism, Northrop Frye remains one of Canada's most influential intellectuals. This reappraisal reasserts the relevance of his work to the study ...

The Uncertain Business of Doing Good

By (author) Larry Krotz
Categories: Development studies

The relationship between Westerners and Africa has long been conflicted and complicated. Frequently exploitative, it is also just as often propelled by an almost irresistible urge to ‘do good’. The ...

Mission of Folly

By (author) James Laxer
Categories: Peace studies and conflict resolution

MISSION OF FOLLY is a candid report on Canada?s participation in America?s ?War onTerror? in Afghanistan. Laxer explores the policy vacuum that resulted in Canadian troopsbeing sent to fight a war that ...

Amazing Dogs

By (author) Lisa Wojna
Categories: Dogs as pets

Our best friends. They can be pets or working dogs; they race for sticks and balls or find survivors of disasters, and they are the subjects of some of the most amazing and touching stories: * Employees ...

Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice

Edited by Donna Baines
Afterword by Array
Categories: Society and culture: general

Rather than a book of theory, this collection of essays focuses on practical strategies for integrating antioppressive theory into politicized, transformative social work. Practice vignettes, personal ...

The Ursula Franklin Reader

By (author) Ursula Franklin
Introduction by Michelle Swenarchuk
Categories: Peace studies and conflict resolution

Feminist, educator, Quaker, and physicist, Ursula Franklin has long been considered one of Canada’s foremost advocates and practitioners of pacifism. The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map is ...