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Starlight tour: the last, lonely night of Neil Stonechild
By Susanne Reber, Rob Renaud. 2005
On a Saskatoon night in November 1990, seventeen-year-old Neil Stonechild disappeared, to be found dead in a field, his body…
frozen, three days later. The police investigation was cursory, but Neil's mother Stella refused to give up, as did witness Jason Roy, who had seen Neil, beaten and bleeding, in the back of a Saskatoon police cruiser the night he disappeared. It was only in January 2000, when two more men were found frozen to death, that the truth about Neil Stonechild's fate began to emerge. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.Spirited waters: soloing south through the Inside Passage (Barbara Savage Award Bks.)
By Jennifer Petersen Hahn. 2001
Hahn takes the readers with her as she kayaks the 150 miles from Alaska to Washington State, with descriptions of…
pristine scenery and sometimes terrifying encounters with animals. She meets interesting people along the way and finds a sense of peace within herself. 2001.Stalking the elephant: my discovery of America
By James Laxer. 2000
James Laxer travels to different regions in the U.S. in an effort to examine the social and political issues, trends…
and conflicts that shape the current American society. He observes the IMF protests in Washington, D.C., tracks the campaign of presidential candidate George W. Bush, visits an abortion clinic in Seattle, and enrols in a firearms training course in Springfield, Massachusetts. Some strong language; some descriptions of violence; graphic descriptions of an abortion procedure. 2000.Spring jaunts: some walks, excursions & personal explorations of town, country & seashore
By Anthony Bailey. 1986
The author's jaunts take him round the Isle of Wight, along the Massachusetts to Maine coastline, into the bizarre and…
hilarious history of Nice's Promenade des Anglais, and down the Severn River. A world of friendly conversation, tranquil landscapes, antique churches and country pubs. 1986.Social studies
By Fran Lebowitz. 1981
Collection of 26 humorous essays on apartment hunting in the city, cigarette smoking, diets, pet owning, and other behaviour of…
the American species near the end of the 20th century. c1981.Seven fallen feathers: racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city
By Tanya Talaga. 2017
Over the span of ten years, seven high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The seven were hundreds of…
miles away from their families, forced to leave their reserve because there was no high school there for them to attend. Award-winning journalist Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest, and struggle with, human rights violations past and present against aboriginal communities. Bestseller. Winner of the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize and the 2018 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. 2017.Shingwauk's vision: native residential schools in Canada
By J. R Miller. 1996
A comprehensive study of residential schools, the institutions where attendance by Native children was compulsory as recently as the 1960s.…
Former students have come forward in increasing numbers to describe the psychological and physical abuse they suffered in these schools, and many view the system as an experiment in cultural genocide. Miller explores all three players in the story: the government officials who authorized the schools, the missionaries who taught in them, and the students who attended them. Co-winner of the 1996 Saskatchewan Book Award for nonfiction. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 1996.Operated by the same bureaucracy that was expanding health care opportunities for most Canadians, the 'Indian Hospitals' were underfunded, understaffed,…
overcrowded, and rife with coercion and medical experimentation. Established to keep the Aboriginal tuberculosis population isolated, they became a means of ensuring that other Canadians need not share access to modern hospitals with Aboriginal patients. Tracing the history of the system from its fragmentary origins to its gradual collapse, Maureen K. Lux describes the arbitrary and contradictory policies that governed the 'Indian Hospitals, ' the experiences of patients and staff, and the vital grassroots activism that pressed the federal government to acknowledge its treaty obligations. A disturbing look at the dark side of the liberal welfare state, "Separate Beds" reveals a history of racism and negligence in health care for Canada's First Nations that should never be forgotten. 2016.Sea to shining sea: people, travels, places
By Berton Roueché. 1985
The author presents 18 essays about his travels in the United States and Europe. The reader visits wheat-country Kansas, a…
isolated small-town New Mexican doctor, the last surviving Shakers of Mt. Lebanon, New York, as well as Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and France. Some strong language. 1985.Sacrés Américains!: nous, les Yankees, on est comme ça
By Ted Stanger. 2004
Roundup at the Double Diamond: the American cowboy today
By William Surface. 1974
A rugged on-the-scene account of one roundup season on an immense ranch in western Texas. Captures the cowboy's speech, the…
dust and dangers, and the camaraderie of the veteran foreman with his mixed gang of old-time cowboys. 1974.River runners of the Grand Canyon
By David Sievert Lavender. 1985
A lively history of the first men and women to run the wild Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in…
crude wooden boats, rafts, kayaks, pontoons and motorboats. Some strong language. 1985.Since the 1980s successive Canadian institutions, including the federal government and Christian churches, have attempted to grapple with the malignant…
legacy of residential schooling, including official apologies, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Miller tackles and explains these institutional responses to Canada's residential school legacy. Analysing archival material and interviews with former students, politicians, bureaucrats, church officials, and the Chief Commissioner of the TRC, Miller reveals a major obstacle to achieving reconciliation--the inability of Canadians at large to overcome their flawed, overly positive understanding of their country's history. Asks Canadians to accept that the root of the problem was Canadians like them in the past who acquiesced to aggressively assimilative policies. 2017.Raisin wine: a boyhood in a different Muskoka
By James Bartleman. 2007
Recalls the boyhood years of Ontario's future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal…
oil-lamp lighting. As a half-breed kid, he was caught between two worlds. His Native mother's fight with depression flowed from that dilemma, while his father, a white, working class, guy who never had any money, made the best home brew in the village - and his specialty was raisin wine. 2007.Racialized policing: aboriginal people's encounters with the police
By Elizabeth Comack. 2012
Draws on historical records and contemporary cases of Aboriginal–police relations, such as the “Starlight Tours” in Saskatoon, as well as…
interviews conducted with Aboriginal people in Winnipeg’s inner-city communities. Examines how race and racism inform the routine practices of police officers and how they affect their encounters with Aboriginal people, and argues that resolution requires a fundamental transformation in the structure and organization of policing. Includes violence. 2012.Quit: listen to this audiobook and stop smoking (Your coach in a box)
By Charles F Wetherall. 2008
It is estimated that 45 million Americans smoke and nearly 500,000 deaths occur yearly due to smoke-related illnesses. In this…
concise audiobook, Charles F. Wetherall challenges smokers to put out their cigarettes, stop smoking and live a better, healthier life. He offers an easy five-step plan to get smokers to kick the habit - and keep it kicked! 2008.Price paid: the fight for First Nations survival
By Bill Wilson, Bev Sellars. 2016
The book begins with glimpses of foods, medicines, and cultural practices North America's indigenous peoples have contributed for worldwide benefit.…
It documents the dark period of regulation by racist laws during the twentieth century, and then discusses new emergence in the twenty-first century into a re-establishment of Indigenous land and resource rights. The result is a candidly told personal take on the history of a culture's fight for their rights and survival. It is Canadian history told from a First Nations point of view. Bestseller. 2016.Les Inuits (Lignes de vie d'un peuple)
By Anne Pelouas. 2015
" Peuple de l'Arctique à l'histoire millénaire, les Inuits ont traversé le XXe siècle en passant du nomadisme à la…
sédentarité. Doués dune faculté d'adaptation exceptionnelle, ils traversent aujourdhui les temps troubles générés par le réchauffement climatique et leur mode de vie traditionnel s'en trouve bouleversé. Et si, par " mode de vie traditionnel ", on entend la vie nomade, l'iglou d'hiver et la tente de peau l'été, le kayak, l'autosuffisance, on peut effectivement parler de risque de disparition c'est déjà arrivé ailleurs. Mais les Inuits ont plusieurs cordes à leur arc et ne cessent d'évoluer. Citons par exemple Kenojuak Ashevak, artiste inuit du XXe siècle dont la renommée dépasse largement les simples communautés de l'Arctique ou toutes ces entreprises 100% Inuits du Nunavik comme Air Inuit, First Air, Nunavik Rotors, Nunavik Eastern Arctic Shipping, Nunacell, Pêcheries Unaaq Nasittuq, Aventures Inuit qui rayonnent bien au-delà. Il y a aujourdhui beaucoup plus que la chasse à l'ours et au phoque et la pêche sous le glacier dans ce Grand Nord ! Mais être Inuit, c'est aussi être prêt à tout. En Arctique, oubliez les grands hôpitaux aux équipements ultrasophistiqués ! En-dehors de trois grands hôpitaux, le Nord du Canada ne compte que de petits dispensaires dans chaque communauté, dirigés par des infirmiers. Rares sont les médecins qui demeurent là en permanence. " -- 4e de couv.Cesser de fumer: une ressource à découvrir
By Michel Vézina. 1996
L'objectif de ce livre est d'aider les gens a prendre conscience de leurs habitudes associees au tabac et de ce…
qui se cache derriere car la dependance tabagique est etroitement reliee a d'autres dependances. Malgre tout ce qui a ete ecrit sur le sujet, plusieurs avenues restent a explorer. L'auteur propose ici des strategies simples et efficaces pour cesser de fumer. 1995.Portrait du Gulf Stream: éloge des courants : promenade
By Erik Orsenna. 2005