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By Charles Taylor. 1982
By Micheline Dumont-Johnson. 1987
In the past, women often have been neglected in the history books, especially native and immigrant women. This book provides…
a picture of the daily life of ordinary women in Quebec during the past four centuries. 1987.By Steve Paikin. 2006
John Robarts became Ontario premier in 1961, and his government established legal aid, a huge system of community colleges and…
universities, law reform, GO Transit, the Ontario Science Centre, and Ontario Place, as well as a significant enhancement of individual civil rights, a reorganization of school administration, and a start on regional government. But for all his success and triumph in the public realm, Robarts struggled with the demons that plagued his private life. 2006.By Robert Collins. 2003
Collins was born and raised on a Saskatchewan farm, but spent most of his adult life living elsewhere. He returns…
to his homeland to pay homage to it and its people, in a combination of stories, anecdotes, and history told in the voices of ordinary citizens. He explores the characteristics that define these people to themselves and to the rest of Canada: their pessimism, independence, friendliness, and self-reliance. 2003.By Deirdre Kessler. 1992
This introduction to Prince Edward Island and its people covers its residents, beginning with its first residents, the Micmac, the…
government, economy, tourism, and the arts. Also included is a section of "Facts at a glance" which highlights information from the text, such as population statistics, important dates, and important people. Junior high and older. c1992.By Robyn Maynard. 2017
An exposure of historical and contemporary practices of state-sanctioned violence against Black lives in Canada. Dispels many prevailing myths that…
cast Canada as a land of benevolence and racial equality, and uncovers long-standing state practices that have restricted Black freedom. Creates a framework that makes legible how anti-Blackness has influenced the construction of Canada's carceral landscape, including the development and application of numerous criminal law enforcement and border regulation practices. Traces the historical and contemporary mobilization of anti-Blackness spanning from slavery, 19th and 20th century segregation practices, and the application of early drug and prostitution laws through to the modern era. Maynard makes visible the ongoing legacy of a demonized and devalued Blackness that is manifest today as racial profiling by police, immigration agents and social services, the over-representation of Black communities in jails and prisons, anti-Black immigration detention and deportation practices, the over-representation of Black youth in state care, the school-to-prison pipeline and gross economic inequality. Bestseller. 2017.By Michael Barnes. 1988
A train ride through an isolated area of Ontario, from Cochrane to Moosonee on the southern tip of James Bay.…
Includes the history of the area, from the Cree settlement through to the Hudson's Bay Company fur-trading days and the building of the railroad. For junior high readers. 1988.By June Callwood. 1981
By Michael Bliss. 1991
In 1885, smallpox was brought to Montreal by a railway porter and, through the mishandling of his case, the virus…
spread throughout the city. Montreal was quarantined from the rest of North America and over 3000 people died as the battle ensued between the advocates and the opponents of vaccination.By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic, J. P LeBlanc. 1988
Pier 21 in Halifax served for years as the front door to Canada, the entryway through which more than a…
million immigrants passed. This account of the human drama that unfolded at this historic site begins with the first wave of European settlers, and the early problems of quarantine, and progresses through the Depression and both World Wars.By Linda Granfield. 2000
For more than 40 years, Pier 21 was the gateway in to Canada or out to the world beyond. From…
the early days of immigration in the 20th century to the departure of Canadian soldiers overseas during the Second World War, Canada's Ellis Island was a place that witnessed many a heartbreaking separation and joyous reunion. Granfield gives us a sense of what it was like to arrive as a stranger to this country, how it felt to leave in a time of war, what refugees experienced at this portal and why the site is now of such historic importance. Grades 3-6. 2000.By Robert Bothwell, J. L Granatstein. 2000
Canada has recently been named the best country on earth in which to live. The authors look at why, and…
at Canada's role in world affairs. A chronicle of the significant 20th century events and changes that have affected not only Canada, but also the world. 2000.By Maxine Trottier. 2004
By Roy MacGregor. 2017
No country is more blessed with fresh water than Canada. MacGregor, has paddled, sailed and traversed Canada's rivers, learned their…
stories and secrets, and the tales of centuries lived on their rapids and riverbanks. He raises lost tales, like that of the Great Tax Revolt of the Gatineau River, and reconsiders histories like that of the Irish would-be settlers who died on Grosse Ile and the incredible resilience of settlers in the Red River Valley. Along the Grand, the Ottawa and others, he meets the successful conservationists behind the resuscitation of polluted wetlands, including even Toronto's Don, the most abused river in Canada (where he witnesses families of mink, returned to play on its banks). Long before our national railroad was built, our rivers held Canada together; in these sixteen portraits, filled with yesterday's adventures and tomorrow's promise, MacGregor weaves together a story of Canada and its ongoing relationship with its most precious resource. 2017.By Nancy Millar. 1997
Believing the graveyards tell a great deal about a country, Nancy Millar explores graveyards across Canada. She relates stories about…
pioneers and settlers, missionaries and Native people, and both the famous and ordinary Canadians who created our country. 1997.By Doug Lennox. 2017
Just in time for Canada's 150th birthday is this collection of the best in Canadian questions and answers, covering history,…
famous Canadians, sports, word origins, geography, and everything in between. In these pages, you'll learn the answers to questions like: Where did the word "Canuck" come from? How did an aristocratic French girl become a Canadian Robinson Crusoe? Why do Canadian engineers wear iron rings? What famous explorer played hockey in the Arctic? Who was the first Black woman elected to Canada's Parliament? What unlikely team beat Canada for the gold medal for hockey in the 1936 Winter Olympics? How did the Halifax Explosion occur? Bestseller. 2017.By Harlo L Jones. 1995
Combining youthful innocence and wonder with adult awareness and insight, Harlo Jones chronicles the life of Dinsmore, Saskatchewan in the…
1920s and 1930s. Recalling the people, even the family dogs, who lived there, he talks about how the town worked, for example its electrical system, and also the institutions of a prairie town -- social, religious, educational, and commercial. 1995.By Robert Bothwell. 1988
Bothwell traces the history of both AECL and nuclear technology in Canada. Beginning with the early experiments in the 1930s…
in Europe, he describes the research and development of nuclear power in Canada, as well as Canadians' changing perceptions of and support for nuclear technology. 1988.By Lesley Choyce. 1996
An informal history of Nova Scotia, starting from its geology dating back more than 500 million years ago, and ending…
in the present. Choyce follows the arrival of different cultures, the wars fought over Nova Scotia, and Nova Scotia's attachment to the sea. c1996.By Muriel Poulton Dunford. 2000
A resident of the North Thompson Valley for 50 years, the author uses a lifetime of observation and nearly a…
decade of research in her account of the history of the region from the pre-contact First Nations culture to the present. This is the story of the fur-traders, surveyors, homesteaders and fortune-seekers who passed through the area and of the few who stayed to call the valley home. 2000.