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Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
This timely and relevant collection of fascinating stories about groundbreaking Canadian women, present and past, offers an inspiring, one-of-a-kind look…
at Canadian history. Canadian women have long been trailblazers, creating art, making discoveries and setting records --- and often battling incredible odds and discrimination in the process. Here, award-winning children's writer Elizabeth MacLeod presents biographies of more than one hundred of these remarkable women, from the famous, such as Margaret Atwood, to the lesser known, such as multi-award-winning mathematician Karen Yeats. There are stories of activists and architects, engineers and explorers, poets and politicians and so many more. Each category pairs a historical groundbreaker with a present-day woman making her mark in that same field. Included are stories of Indigenous women, immigrants, women with disabilities and women from the LGBTQ+ community. Together, they tell the story of Canada. And together they offer a vision of what's possible, to inspire all children to blaze trails of their own. This unique look at Canadian history is engagingly written with a storyteller's touch, making this a book that will be read for both research and pleasure. Organized by profession, it includes women in science, the arts, sports, politics, activism, law, business and more. The clean, modern design, along with the color portraits of each woman by Maia Faddoul, make the pages accessible and inviting. This excellent resource for social studies lessons also contains a time line of significant dates in Canadian women's history, a list of author's sources, further resources and an index.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
Human-transcribed braille
Les comptines de ce recueil, tant originales que traditionnelles, veulent initier les tout petits au plaisir de jouer avec les…
mots. Elles offrent aussi aux parents l'occasion de faire découvrir à leur enfant le sens du rythme et de la musicalité. -- 4e de couv.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Health and medicine
Human-transcribed braille
"[...] En compagnie du professeur Ombilic, découvre comment l'oeil est constitué et comment il se nettoie grâce aux larmes. Ensuite,…
ton gentil professeur passera en revue les différentes malformations qui nécessitent des lunettes. Tu apprendras aussi comment se passe lexamen chez l'optométriste. De quelle façon l'opticien ajuste les lunettes à ton visage et ce tu dois faire pour en prendre soin si tu en portes. Sans oublier, bien sûr, les verres fumés pour protéger tes yeux des rayons du soleil." -- 4e de couv.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Poetry
Human-transcribed braille
These poems and stories contain the writer's thoughts, fears, giggles, precise conclusions, and impressions - an intelligent interview with an…
intelligent person done by that person herself. Some strong language. 1997, c1983.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Food and drink
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
"Nous avons tous et toutes à concocter des vinaigrettes et marinades plusieurs fois par semaine. Ce livre vous permettra d'ajouter…
une petite dose d'extravagance à vos repas, en plus de vous faire découvrir des recettes savoureuses". -- 4e de couv.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Food and drink
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Developed to help parents of children with diabetes provide delicious and nutritious kid-friendly food that the whole family can enjoy,…
like Chocolate and Strawberry Waffles, Spaghetti and Meatballs or Peanut Butter Chip Muffins. More than 125 recipes provide ideas for everything from after-school snacks to main meals and desserts. Each recipe includes a complete nutritional breakdown and has been reviewed by diabetes educators. c2005.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), War, World War II
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
On the night of August 19, 1942, a force of five thousand Canadians launched an attack on the Nazi-held French…
port of Dieppe. When it was over, the Allies were forced to retreat, nearly a thousand Canadian troops lay dead, and almost two thousand were taken prisoner. For years, defenders of the raid claimed that the Allies learned valuable lessons from Dieppe that were put to use later in the war, but others believed that the Canadian soldiers had been used as cannon fodder. Includes sections about the evacuation and the POW experiences. Explicit descriptions of violence. Grades 3-6. 2009.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Law and crime
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
A killer has been caught, convicted, and sentenced, the case closed, all in 114 days. No one suspected – least…
of all the boy on death row – that it would take almost 50 years for a tiny piece of scientific evidence to answer the question: was he really the murderer? 40 amazing stories of how scientists solve crimes, reveal identities, untangle evidence, and discover the truth. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2013 Silver Birch Non-Fiction Honour Book Award. 2011.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Biography, Historical biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
A young African American and the son of sharecroppers, Lanier Phillips escapes the violence, racism, and segregation of his Georgia…
home by joining the navy during the Second World War. But tragedy strikes the USS Truxtun one February night off the southeastern coast of Newfoundland, and Lanier is the lone Black survivor of the terrible shipwreck. Covered in oil when he arrives onshore, the community's kindness and humanity brings him back to health and changes his outlook on life. Grades K-3. 2016.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Biography, Business biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
In its early days as Bytown, Ottawa was a community of entrepreneurs. Through the stories of eight intriguing businessmen the…
development of the country's capital is revealed. These capital titans, in working toward their dreams, flavoured the region, and the country, with their strong personalities and opinions, and their legacy is still being felt today. 2004.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Nature, Animals and wildlife
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Dogs have been loyal to humankind for thousands of years, but today, millions of dogs are neglected and malnourished, and…
millions of other dogs are used in scientific research and for entertainment, and kept as pets in a remarkable diversity of conditions. Laidlaw explores the world of homeless, mistreated, and exploited dogs, and the challenges they face, but he also focuses on the people he calls "dog champions" – people around the world who dedicate their lives to helping dogs. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2013 Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award. Winner of the 2013-14 Hackmatack Award for non-fiction. 2011.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fictionCanadian authors (Non-fiction), Literature, Drama
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Ottilia, c'est l'histoire d'Odile, une jeune femme de 26 ans pleine de vie et de projets, qui apprend un jour…
qu'elle est atteinte d'une rétinite pigmentaire, une maladie dégénérative des yeux. Elle vivra intensément la dégradation de sa vue et sa réadaptation en tant que non-voyante. Cette tragédie aura des répercussions tant sur sa vie personnelle que sur sa vie professionnelle. Odile travaille dans un cabinet d'avocats. Au fil de l'histoire, elle sera accusée de fraude. 2015.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Award winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Nature, Animals and wildlife
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Some people think pink is a pretty colour. A fluffy, sparkly, princess-y colour. But it's so much more. Sure, pink…
is the colour of princesses and bubblegum, but it's also the colour of monster slugs and poisonous insects. Not to mention ultra-intelligent dolphins, naked mole rats and bizarre, bloated blobfish. Isn't it about time to rethink pink? Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2017 Silver Birch Express Honour Book Award. 2016.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Cent écoliers d'origines ethniques et culturelles diverses ont répondu à cette question: si tu pouvais changer le monde, que ferais-tu?…
L'auteure a écrit toutes les réponses dans un cahier, sans échapper un seul mot, en prenant bien soin de noter le nom et l'âge de chacun des enfants. Années 2-4. 2013.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Biography, Literature biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
"Certaines chansons de Gilles Vigneault témoignent dune quête spirituelle profonde. Intrigué, le journaliste Pierre Maisonneuve la rencontré pendant plusieurs heures…
afin de comprendre comment ce dernier avait, dans la tourmente du dernier demi-siècle, gardé en lui la foi héritée de ceux et celles qui lont précédé. En résulte un dialogue surprenant, dans lequel le grand poète nous révèle avec franchise et pudeur le pays intérieur qui lhabite. Fidèle à ceux qui lont précédé, à ceux qui lont instruit, Vigneault ne renie rien de son passé, il assume son présent et anticipe son avenir. Il décrit et nous dévoile les principales étapes de son existence : vie simple à Natashquan, univers culturel exceptionnel de son alma mater à Rimouski, découverte de Québec et ensuite du monde. Il conserve intactes des valeurs acquises aux jours de la grande noirceur, comme on a baptisé lavant-Révolution tranquille québécoise. Gilles Vigneault poursuitsa longue marche sur les chemins de pied tracés parles anciens. " -- 4e de couv.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Disabilities
Human-transcribed braille
Je m'appelle Mathilde et je suis épileptique. Ça veut dire que dans ma tête quelques fois, il y a des…
orages électriques. C'est comme si j'étais dans la lune, je ne bouge plus. Mais Adrien, lui quand ça lui arrive, il tombe par terre et tout son corps tremble et saute. Heureusement que j'ai Berger, mon toutou préféré, pour me rassurer. Années 1-3.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Home and garden
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Avons-nous un problème de rangement, ou souffrons-nous d'un mal plus profond qui fait que les objets prennent toute la place…
dans nos maisons ? Avec Vaincre le désordre, dans sa tête et dans sa maison, l'organisatrice professionnelle Sophie Legault propose aux lecteurs aux prises avec le désordre de leur maison d'amorcer une réflexion sur leurs habitudes de consommation et sur leur rapport aux objets qui les entourent. L'auteure offre ensuite un véritable programme de mise en ordre pour se sortir de la désorganisation et ne pas y retomber. Elle présente les astuces qu'elle a élaborées au fil des ans pour désencombrer les placards, déblayer le sous-sol, dégager les chambres et libérer la cuisine. Un livre pour tous ceux qui sentent le besoin de vaincre le désordre en eux et chez eux ! 2013.
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Social issues, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Synthetic audio, Human-transcribed braille
Despite its reputation as a carnival of vice, Tijuana was, until recently, no more or less violent than neighboring San…
Diego, its sister city across the border wall. But then something changed. Over the past ten years, Mexico's third-largest city became one of the world's most dangerous. Tijuana's murder rate skyrocketed and produced a staggering number of female victims. Hundreds of women are now found dead in the city each year, or bound and mutilated along the highway that lines the Baja coast. When Dan Werb began to study these murders in 2013, rather than viewing them in isolation, he discovered that they could only be understood as one symptom among many. Environmental toxins, drug overdoses, HIV transmission: all were killing women at overwhelming rates. As an epidemiologist, trained to track epidemics by mining data, Werb sensed the presence of a deeper contagion targeting Tijuana's women. Not a virus, but some awful wrong buried in the city's social order, cutting down its most vulnerable inhabitants from multiple directions. Werb's search for the ultimate causes of Tijuana's femicide casts new light on immigration, human trafficking, addiction, and the true cost of American empire-building. It leads Werb all the way from factory slums to drug dens to the corridors of police corruption, as he follows a thread that ultimately leads to a surprising turn back over the border, looking northward. 2019
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Biography, Sports biography, Canadian biography, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
On April 19, 1907, a hundred thousand people lined up to watch the eighth running of the Boston Marathon. At…
the start of the race, more than one hundred runners surged forward, and at the end, Tom Longboat won it in an record-breaking 2 hours, twenty-four minutes, and twenty-four seconds. He became the most famous runner in the world, yet faced scrutiny and criticism of every part of his life, from his revolutionary training techniques to his Indigenous heritage. After the peak of his running career, Tom volunteered for military service in World War I. He survived, and faced further challenges upon his return. But Tom Longboat continued to live his life on his own terms, and his legacy as Canada's foremost distance runner continues to be recognized to this day. Grades K-3. 2019.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Science and medicine biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Stella Bowles was a Grade 6 Nova Scotia student when she turned environmental activist to campaign against sewage pipes draining…
straight into the LaHave River. This is the inspirational first person account of Stella's Grade 6 science fair project which caught the eyes of the media, the public and government leaders propelling her into the limelight. Stella details her two and a half year fight to clean up the river, winning numerous awards for her environmental activism along the way. She succeeds in shaming three levels of government and rallying supporters into funding a $$15.7 million cleanup. Today, she continues to campaign for cleaner water and demonstrates to other children how to test water quality in their own backyards, and how to take action if they find their water is polluted too. Grades 3-6.