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Changing the Pattern: The Story of Emily Stowe
By Sydell Waxman. 1997
When Emily Stowe was born in Ontario in 1831, every girl’s life followed a set pattern. Regardless of her personality,…
intelligence, capabilities or creativity, her future was limited to housework and childcare. Emily Stowe was determined to change that pattern. Sydell Waxman, a writer, researcher and lecturer on women of the 1800s, tells of the events in the life of the young Emily Stowe which caused her to become, not only the first woman school principal and the first woman to practise medicine in Canada, but a pioneer in the fight for women’s rights. With the help of original sketches and archival material, Changing the Pattern also creates a vivid picture of Canada in the late 1800s as it follows Emily’s crusade to create new patterns for girls’ lives.The Canadian Federal Election of 2006
By Christopher Dornan. 2006
The Canadian Federal Election of 2006 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election that ended…
the 12-year Liberal reign in Canadian politics and saw the House of Commons shift from one minority government to another The chapters composed by leading political writers commentators and pollsters examine the strategies successes and blunders of the major players the Conservatives Liberals New Democrats Bloc Qu b cois and Greens and also explore the role of the media coverage and the performance and influence of public opinion polls Special features in this definitive volume explore the way candidates are nominated and the changes in the legislation governing Canadian federal elections Finally the book includes a detailed analysis of voting patterns and the rate of voter participationScrum Wars: The Prime Ministers and the Media
By Allan Levine. 1993
The image of the scrum – a beleaguered politican surrounded by jockeying reporters – is central to our perception of…
Ottawa. The modern scrum began with the arrival of television, but even in Sir John A. Macdonald’s day, a century earlier, reporters in the parliamentary press gallery had waited outside the prime minister’s office, pen in hand, hoping for a quote for the next edition. The scrum represents the test of wills, the contest of wits, and the battle for control that have characterized the relationship between Canadian prime ministers and journalists for more than 125 years. Scrum Wars chronicles this relationship. It is an anecdotal as well as analytical account, showing how earlier prime ministers like Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Wilfrid Laurier were able to exercise control over what was written about their administrators, while more recent leaders like John Diefenbaker, Joe Clark, John Turner, and Brian Mulroney often found themselves at the mercy of intense media scrutiny and comment.Roy Thomson Hall: A Portrait
By William Littler, John Terauds. 2013
A vibrant, richly illustrated commemorative book celebrating the first 30 years of Roy Thomson Hall, one of Canada’s most famous…
performance venues. Roy Thomson Hall: A Portrait traces the first 30 years of what was initially known as "New Massey Hall." Arthur Erickson’s iconic design quickly became a symbol of a vibrant city emerging on the world stage. Home to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the hall has welcomed a range of acclaimed artists and lecturers, film presentations, and corporate events. The authors provide a background to the musical history of Toronto and an intimate portrait of the hall’s changes over the years. At the centre of this story are the artists, audiences, volunteers, and staff who have enriched and enlivened the hall since its opening in 1982.No More: The Battle Against Human Rights Violations
By David Matas. 1994
The late twentieth century witnessed massive human rights violations. What can to done to stop them? How can the root…
causes be addressed? The issue of human rights has become the secular religion of our time. Yet violations continue to occur in a gross and flagrant manner. Author David Matas examines examples of human rights violations and suggests what individuals, private organizations, governments, and the UN can do about this worldwide problem. He also focuses on how Canada stands p to international human rights standards and provides a thorough analysis of the contribution of Amnesty International.Photographing Greatness: The Story of Karsh
By Lian Goodall. 2007
Yousuf Karsh emigrated to North America from Turkey in the 1920s, eventually settling in Ottawa. An early interest in photography…
inspired him to open his own studio. As he became known for the quality of his work, Karsh’s close proximity to powerful leaders in Ottawa led to commissions of portraits of politicians. He became known as the worlds’ finest portrait photographer for his gift of drawing out and capturing a subject’s character in a photograph. Over a seventy plus year career, Karsh photographed many famous musicians, artists, actors, captains of industry and politlcians. He was also a humanitarian who worked with sick children. This is the first children’s biography of the man who immortalized the makers of history.Struggling for Perfection: The Story of Glenn Gould
By Vladimir Konieczny. 2007
Struggling for Perfection is the story of the famous pianist, an enigmatic figure who made some of the most acclaimed…
classical recordings of the last century. A former child prodigy and an unpredictable, passionate man, Glenn Gould was known as much for his eccentricities as his vast musical genius. After retiring prematurely from performing, Gould branched out into work in film and radio and helped bring classical music recording technology into a new age. He has became a national icon in Canada. Vladimir Konieczny delivers a sensitive and affectionate portrait of this imposing figure in music history. The book is illustrated with sketches and archival photos.Under the Sign of the Big Fiddle: The R.S. Williams Family, Manufacturers and Collectors of Musical Instruments
By Ladislav Cselenyi-Granch. 1996
Musical-instrument manufacturing was one of the few areas in which Canada was able to compete with the United States and…
England in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This book describes one of the leading firms in the music industry in Canada at that time. The Toronto business that was conducted under the sign of the "Big Fiddle" added significantly to the spread of music in the city of Toronto and far beyond. The founder of this family business was Richard Sudgen Williams. With his son, R.S. Williams Jr., he is also responsible for amassing what is perhaps the earliest collection of musical instruments in Canada, and what is certainly one of the largest. Of great documentary significance and value to this book are the catalogues published by the R.S. Williams firm that the author consulted during his extensive research. Of the ten catalogues cited, three can be found as part of the R.S. Williams Collection in the Royal Ontario Museum. The rest reside in the National Library of Canada and in the personal collection of Michael Remenyi in Toronto.What are "snow worms"? Are there more moose than people in the Yukon? What is the meaning of the word…
"Niagara"? Where will you find the world’s largest perogy? Does Elvis have a street in Ottawa named after him? What was Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s favourite snack food? Which province was the last to shift traffic from the left-hand side of the road to the right? These are some of the questions that are asked - and answered - in 1000 Questions About Canada. Every reader with an ounce (or a gram) of curiosity will find these intriguing questions and thoughtful answers fascinating to read and ponder. This book is for people who love curious lore and who want to know more about the country in which they live.Poisoned Chalice: How the Tories Self-Destructed
By David Mclaughlin. 1994
Poisoned Chalice chronicles the fateful end of the federal Progressive Conservative government in Ottawa. The Progressive Conservative Party sought to…
remake itself by choosing the first woman prime minister in Canadian history, but failed to heed the lessons of Meech or Charlottetown. Their strategy nearly worked. By the time the election was called, the Tories were neck and neck with Jean Chrétien’s Liberals. Then it all fell apart. This book, published exactly one year after the event, tells how and why it happened. It gives a day-by-day account of an election campaign seemingly doomed to failure. It covers the strategy, tactics and political machinations that drove the Conservative campaign from the point of view of someone "on the bus." Read the strategy memos given to Kim Campbell. Listen in on her election-night phone call to Jean Chrétien. Relive Kim Campbell’s campaigh from one end of the country to the other. More than just that, Poisoned Chalice asks fundamental questions about how one of the founding political parties of Canada could come to such an ignominious state. Does the Progressive Conservative Party have a future? Has it been overtaken for good by Reform? This book takes the reader back to the seeds of the Tories’ defeat, from the constitutional debate and referendum, to the Conservative leadership race that never was, to Kim Campbell’s shining summer, to the electoral devastation of just two seats.Flying Canucks II: Pioneers of Canadian Aviation
By Peter Pigott. 2002
Among the many technological advances of this century that have shrunk our country, few have had as great an impact…
as aviation. Technologies evolve and national priorities change, but the qualities necessary to design aircraft, fly them in war and peace, and manage airlines remain constant. In this, his second book about pioneers of Canadian aviation, Peter Pigott brings a richness and understanding of the individuals themselves to the reader. Flying Canucks II takes us into Air Canada’s boardroom with Claude I. Taylor, to the Avro Arrow design office with Jim Floyd, inside the incredible career of Aviation Hall of Fame pilot Herb Seagram, on C.D. Howe’s historic dawn-to-dusk flight, and with Len Birchall in a Stranraer seaplane before he became, in Churchill’s phrase, “The Saviour of Ceylon.” It includes the story of how Scottish immigrant J.A. Wilson engineered a chain of airports across the country, how bush pilot Bob Randall explored the polar regions, and the ordeal of Erroll Boyd, the first Canadian to fly the Atlantic. The lives of “Buck” McNair and “Bus” Davey, half a century after the Second World War, are placed in the perspective of the entire national experience in those years. Whenever possible, Mr. Pigott has interviewed the players themselves, and drawing on his experience and contacts within the aviation community, has created a multi-faceted study of the business, politics, and technology that influenced the ten lives explored in depth in this book. C.D. Howe, wartime Canada’s absolute government czar used to say that running the country’s airline was all he really wanted to do. With a rich aviation heritage such as this, Flying Canucks II depicts the elements and the enemy at their worst and the pioneers of Canadian aviation at their best.Historian Gavin K. Watt offers a fresh interpretation of the 1775 Invasion of Canada. In 1775, Governor Guy Carleton returned…
to Canada after a four-year absence in England to discover that political unrest in the American colonies was at a fever pitch. Soon after, open warfare erupted in Massachusetts, quickly followed by a rebel invasion.Historian Gavin K. Watt explores the first two campaigns of the American Revolution through their impact on Canada and describes how a motley group of militia, American loyalists, and British regulars managed to defend Quebec and repel the invaders.I'll Never Forget My First Car: Stories from Behind the Wheel
By Bill Sherk. 2005
In this hilarious collection of stories, Old Autos columnist Bill Sherk describes in vivid detail the trials and tribulations of…
those brave souls who, throwing caution to the wind and money down the drain, made the fateful decision that would forever change the course of their lives. They went out and bought their very first cars.And whether it came from the showroom or the scrapyard, your first car was your ticket of admission into the adult world. Gas, oil, repairs, tow trucks, speeding tickets, insurance, and fender benders would take a vacuum cleaner to your bank account, but you didn’t care. You were behind the wheel and on the road.Becoming Jane Jacobs
By Peter L. Laurence. 2016
Jane Jacobs is universally recognized as one of the key figures in American urbanism. The author of The Death and…
Life of Great American Cities, she uncovered the complex and intertwined physical and social fabric of the city and excoriated the urban renewal policies of the 1950s. As the legend goes, Jacobs, a housewife, single-handedly stood up to Robert Moses, New York City's powerful master builder, and other city planners who sought first to level her Greenwich Village neighborhood and then to drive a highway through it. Jacobs's most effective weapons in these David-versus-Goliath battles, and in writing her book, were her powers of observation and common sense.What is missing from such discussions and other myths about Jacobs, according to Peter L. Laurence, is a critical examination of how she arrived at her ideas about city life. Laurence shows that although Jacobs had only a high school diploma, she was nevertheless immersed in an elite intellectual community of architects and urbanists. Becoming Jane Jacobs is an intellectual biography that chronicles Jacobs's development, influences, and writing career, and provides a new foundation for understanding Death and Life and her subsequent books. Laurence explains how Jacobs's ideas developed over many decades and how she was influenced by members of the traditions she was critiquing, including Architectural Forum editor Douglas Haskell, shopping mall designer Victor Gruen, housing advocate Catherine Bauer, architect Louis Kahn, Philadelphia city planner Edmund Bacon, urban historian Lewis Mumford, and the British writers at The Architectural Review. Rather than discount the power of Jacobs's critique or contributions, Laurence asserts that Death and Life was not the spontaneous epiphany of an amateur activist but the product of a professional writer and experienced architectural critic with deep knowledge about the renewal and dynamics of American cities.On Canadian Wings: A Century of Flight
By Peter Pigott. 2005
Be prepared to soar! Whether you are an aviation enthusiast, history buff, or air traveller, dont miss the third in…
a series of photo essays on aviation in Canada, covering almost 100 years of flight by Canadians. Dramatic visuals accompany each step of aviations advances, from Canadas first military aircraft to Billy Bishops Nieuport, from the earliest bush planes to the beginnings of passenger travel. This comprehensive history showcases 50 aircraft. Whether famous or forgotten, all were designed, built, and/or flown by Canadians. Insightful analysis is complemented by gorgeous photos, many in colour, some with rare archival significance. The history of our desire to conquer gravity is encapsulated within these covers.Fall of an Arrow
By Murray Peden. 2003
On February 20 1959 Prime Minister John Diefenbaker announced to the House of Commons the cancellation of the…
CF-105 Arrow Its development costs to that time were 340 million The Arrow was to be the world s unsurpassed interceptor aircraft Yet within two months of the Prime Minister s announcement six completed aircraft were dismantled and all papers and documents associated with the project were destroyed Here is the history and development of the Arrow - the plane that would make Canada the leader in supersonic flight technology The Arrow was designed to fly at twice the speed of sound and carry the most advanced missile weapons system Here are the stories of the men and women who were in the vanguard of the new technology - who had come from England Poland and the United States to make aviation historyThe Canadian Federal Election of 2008
By Jon H. Pammett, Christopher Dornan. 2009
The Canadian Federal Election of 2008 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election outcome …
The chapters are written by leading professors of political science journalism and communications They examine the strategies successes and failures of the major political parties the Conservatives Faron Ellis and Peter Woolstencroft Liberals Brooke Jeffrey New Democrats Lynda Erickson and David Laycock Bloc Qu b cois Eric Belanger and Richard Nadeau and Green Party Susan Harada Also featured in this comprehensive volume are chapters on the media coverage Christopher Waddell and the way Canada s party finance laws affected the campaign Tom Flanagan and Harol J Jansen The book concludes with a detailed analysis of the voting behaviour of Canadians in 2008 by Harold D Clarke Allan Kornberg and Thomas J Scotto and an overview of the long and short term forces influencing the future of Canadian electoral politics by Lawrence LeDuc and Jon H Pammett The introduction by Christopher Dornan discusses the post-election crisis while the appendices include all of the election resultsColossal Canadian Failures 2
By Randy Richmond, Tom Villemaire. 2006
Sure Canada was built on dreams and hard work but it was also built on failure - mix-ups…
mistakes screw-ups and boondoggles Failing at things and laughing about them has long been a characteristic of our citizens Where else but in Canada would governments send farmers to land that couldn t be farmed Where else would an argument over the metric system almost result in the death of hundreds Who else but Canadians would march against non-existent enemies Where else would lumberjacks be used to defend the borders Are there politicians better than ours at spending millions against all odds and good advice on things that just won t work Is there any nation better at re-electing those politicians no matter what they do What other country should adopt as its national slogan If we don t laugh we ll cry Here are more of the things that seemed like a good idea at the timeIn the Shadow of the Pole: An Early History of Arctic Expeditions, 1871-1912
By S L Osborne. 2013
In the Shadow of the Pole explains how the Arctic came to be part of Canada. In the Shadow of…
the Pole tells the history of how the Arctic became part of Canada and how the Dominion government established jurisdiction there. It describes the early expeditions to Canada’s North, including the little-known Dominion government expeditions to the Subarctic and Arctic carried out between 1884 and 1912. The men on these expeditions conducted scientific research, meteorological studies, geological explorations, and hydrographic surveys. They informed the people they met there of Canada’s jurisdiction in the region and raised the flag from Hudson Bay to Ellesmere Island. These men endured as much hardship and adventure as Peary, Nansen, Amundsen, and other famous polar explorers, yet their expeditions were not widely publicized, and they received no glory for their efforts. This book delves into the story of the remarkable Canadian men who led these expeditions.Pearls and Pebbles
By Catharine Parr Traill, Elizabeth Thompson. 1999
How fitting to close out the 20th century with a brand new edition of Pearls Pebbles by the…
noted chronicler of pioneer life Catharine Parr Traill Published in 1894 Pearls Pebbles is an unusual book with a lasting charm in which the author s broad focus ranges from the Canadian natural environment to early settlement of Upper Canada Through Traill s eyes we see the life of the pioneer woman the disappearance of the forest and the corresponding changes in the life of the Native Canadians who have inhabited that forest Editor Elizabeth Thompson reminds us of the significance of the writings by Traill the aged author naturalist who felt that the hours spent gathering the pebbles and pearls from her notebooks and journals written in the backwoods of Canada was not time wasted