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A man called Intrepid: the secret war
By William Stevenson. 1976
The first integrated intelligence organization of World War II was set up by a Canadian with the code name "Intrepid."…
He was given the extraordinary mission of guarding covert communications between Churchill and Roosevelt in 1940. Bestseller. 1976. (Reissue).Discussions avec mes parents
By François Morency. 2017
"J'ai pas seulement ri à en essuyer mes lunettes, j'ai hurlé au point où ma blonde m'a demandé de quitter…
la pièce. François écrit vraiment, vraiment bien." Michel Barrette. "Je trouvais François Morency drôle, mais ce n'est rien à côté de ses parents. J'attends leur spectacle avec impatience." Guy A Lepage. 2017.La série du siècle: Telle que je l'ai vécue
By Ken Dryden. 2022
Le samedi 2 septembre 1972, au Forum de Montréal, les meilleurs affrontent les meilleurs. Pour la première fois, le Canada,…
pays qui a inventé le hockey, et l'Union soviétique, qui a commencé à y jouer 26 ans plus tôt, croisent le fer. Ayant vécu lui-même cet événement historique au cœur de l'action, Ken Dryden, gardien de but légendaire et auteur à succès, nous le raconte comme si nous y étions, nous faisant vivre le jeu minute par minute. Cette série, la plus importante de toutes, changea à jamais le hockey. C'est sans doute aussi l'un des moments les plus marquants de notre histoire. Grâce à Ken Dryden, nous comprenons enfin pourquoi.Letters in a bruised cosmos
By Liz Howard. 2021
The latest from the author of the Griffin Poetry Prize Award-winning collection Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent . GRIFFIN…
POETRY PRIZE, FINALIST I have to believe my account will outpace its ending. The danger and necessity of living with each other is at the core of Liz Howard's daring and intimate second collection. Letters in a Bruised Cosmos asks who do we become after the worst has happened? Invoking the knowledge histories of Western and Indigenous astrophysical science, Howard takes us on a breakneck river course of radiant and perilous survival in which we are invited to “reforge [ourselves] inside tomorrow's humidex”. Everyday observation, family history, and personal tragedy are sublimated here in a propulsive verse that is relentlessly its own. Part autobiography, part philosophical puzzlement, part love song, Letters in a Bruised Cosmos is a book that once read will not soon be forgottenBefore I was a critic I was a human being / (Essais series #no. 7)
By Amy Fung. 2019
Fung takes a closer examination at Canada's mythologies of multiculturalism, settler colonialism, and identity through the lens of a national…
art critic. Following the tangents of a foreign-born perspective and the complexities and complicities in participating in ongoing acts of colonial violence, the book as a whole takes the form of a very long land acknowledgement. Taken individually, each piece roots itself in the learning and unlearning process of a first generation settler immigrant as she unfurls each region's sense of place and identity. 2019.Fryderyk Chopin: a life and times
By Alan Walker. 2018
A comprehensive look at the life and work of Fryderyk Chopin. Based on ten years of research and a vast…
cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C., this is a corrective work intended to dispel the many myths and legends that continue to surround Chopin, and an intimate look into a dramatic life. Of particular focus are Chopin's childhood and youth in Poland, which are brought into line with the latest scholarly findings; his oftentimes troubled romantic life with George Sand, with whom he lived for nine years; and his untimely death at age thirty-nine, which inspired three thousand people to flock to the Madeleine Church in Paris for his funeral. 2018.The never-ending present: the story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip
By Michael Barclay. 2018
In the summer of 2016, more than a third of Canadians tuned in to watch what was likely the Tragically…
Hip’s final performance, broadcast from their hometown of Kingston, Ontario. Why? Because these five men were always more than just a band. They sold millions of records and defined a generation of Canadian rock music. But they were also a tabula rasa onto which fans could project their own ideas: of performance, of poetry, of history, of Canada itself. Barclay talks to dozens of the band’s peers and friends about not just the Hip’s music but about the opening bands, the American albatross, the band’s role in Canadian culture, and Gord Downie’s role in reconciliation with Indigenous people. When Downie announced he had terminal cancer and decided to take the Hip on the road one more time, the tour became another Terry Fox moment; this time, Canadians got to witness an embattled hero reach the finish line. Bestseller. 2018.Lucky man: a memoir
By Michael J Fox. 2002
With wit and candour, this popular Canadian actor tells of his life both before and after being diagnosed with Parkinson's…
disease. Refusing to feel sorry for himself, Fox discusses his acting career, the support from his family and raising awareness and money for Parkinson's research. 2002.Fresh Pack of Smokes
By Cassandra Blanchard. 2019
Dissecting herself and the life she once knew living a transient life that included time spent in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside…
as a bonafide drug addict, Blanchard writes plainly about violence, drug use and sex work in Fresh Pack of Smokes, offering insight into an often overlooked or misunderstood world.A guide to understanding the Indian Act and its impact on generations of Indigenous Peoples, as well as an examination…
of how Indigenous Peoples can return to self-government, self-determination, and self-reliance. Bestseller. Winner of the 2019 Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award. 2018.Pageboy: A memoir
By Elliot Page. 2023
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. "Can I kiss you?"…
It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans person. Getting closer to his desires, his dreams, himself, without the repression he'd carried for so long. But for Elliot, two steps forward had always come with one step back. With Juno's massive success, Elliot became one of the world's most beloved actors. His dreams were coming true, but the pressure to perform suffocated him. He was forced to play the part of the glossy young starlet, a role that made his skin crawl, on and off set. The career that had been an escape out of his reality and into a world of imagination was suddenly a nightmare. As he navigated criticism and abuse from some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped at his heels, and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary, Elliot often stayed silent, unsure of what to do, until enough was enough. Full of behind the scenes details and intimate interrogations on sex, love, trauma, and Hollywood, Pageboy is the story of a life pushed to the brink. But at its core, this beautifully written, winding journey of what it means to untangle ourselves from the expectations of others is an ode to stepping into who we truly are with defiance, strength, and joy.Final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Volume one, Summary: honouring the truth, reconciling for the future (Mcgill-queen's Indigenous And Northern Studies #83)
By Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. 2015
The Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal…
youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission's 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy. This report lays bare a part of Canada's history that until recently was little-known to most non-Aboriginal Canadians. The Commission discusses the logic of the colonization of Canada's territories, and why and how policy and practice developed to end the existence of distinct societies of Aboriginal peoples. Using brief excerpts from the powerful testimony heard from Survivors, this report documents the residential school system which forced children into institutions where they were forbidden to speak their language, required to discard their clothing in favour of institutional wear, given inadequate food, housed in inferior and fire-prone buildings, required to work when they should have been studying, and subjected to emotional, psychological and often physical abuse. In this setting, cruel punishments were all too common, as was sexual abuse. More than 30,000 Survivors have been compensated financially by the Government of Canada for their experiences in residential schools, but the legacy of this experience is ongoing today. This report explains the links to high rates of Aboriginal children being taken from their families, abuse of drugs and alcohol, and high rates of suicide. The report documents the drastic decline in the presence of Aboriginal languages, even as Survivors and others work to maintain their distinctive cultures, traditions, and governance. The report offers 94 calls to action on the part of governments, churches, public institutions and non-Aboriginal Canadians as a path to meaningful reconciliation of Canada today with Aboriginal citizens.Mistakes to run with: a memoir /
By Yasuko Thanh. 2019
Mistakes to Run With chronicles the turbulent early years of Yasuko Thanh's life, from a rough childhood to her teen…
years as a sex worker to her emergence as a writer. Growing up in a housing project in Victoria, BC, Thanh rebels against her extremely religious parents. She's an honours student, but also a nascent delinquent, cutting herself and getting arrested for shoplifting. By fifteen her parents have kicked her out. She runs away repeatedly from foster homes, acquiring a taste for drugs and alcohol and learning unlikely lessons about sex, power, and friendship. By the time she enters the world of sex work she feels completely abandoned--by her family, her friends, her school, and society. After a stint in jail at sixteen, she meets her pimp, Jesse, and falls in love. The next chapter of her life takes us from the motel rooms of Victoria to the streets of Vancouver, as Thanh endures further hardship: beatings, arrests, Jesse's crack cocaine addiction, and an unwanted pregnancy. It's the act of writing that ultimately becomes a solace from her suffering--but even as publication and awards bolster her, she remains haunted by her past. 2019.L' Horizon par hasard
By Anne Parent. 2023
Depuis l’enfance, une femme avance, se perd, se métamorphose jusqu’à la disparition, ses pieds dans le sable, ses cheveux au…
soleil, ses mains ouvertes, son corps fatigué. L’intimité de sa chambre abandonnée explose de mystère et révèle à voix basse l’histoire de ses joies et de ses douleurs. En un réseau serré d’échos poétiques, Anne Martine Parent intrique silhouettes et fantômes, constellations, forêts, villes de sable et plages en ruines. Les peaux raccommodées de feuilles mortes, les corps féminins trahis et disloqués, qui se défont et se recomposent, deviennent autant de lieux de réparation, d’horizons fulgurants qu’on échafaude en retenant son souffle.L'expérience de Dieu avec François de Laval ((L'Expérience de Dieu))
By François De Laval, Hermann Giguère. 2000
Santé mentale, santé spirituelle: dialogue entre une psychiatre et un théologien
By Odette Bernazzani, Benoît Lacroix, Voix De Synthèse Manon. 2014
Psychiatre depuis 25 ans, Odette Bernazzani a rencontré des patients de tous les horizons. Benoît Lacroix est apprécié pour son…
humanisme et pour la justesse de son intuition. Tous deux entreprennent un dialogue autour d'histoires de vie inspirées de situations réelles. Ainsi s'amorce, entre psychiatrie et spiritualité, une rencontre qui vient enrichir leurs regards respectifs. Empreints d'espérance, réalistes mais jamais défaitistes, ils offrent un point de vue rafraîchissant sur la souffrance et sur la résilience. 2014.Ne renonçons à rien: le livre de la tournée "Faut qu'on se parle"
By Jean-Martin Aussant, Claire Bolduc, Véronique Côté, Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash, Aurélie Lanctôt, Karel Mayrand, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Will Prosper, Alain Vadeboncoeur. 2017
Quelque part en 2015, chacun de notre côté, puis petit à petit, ensemble, nous, les signataires de cet ouvrage, avons…
commencé à sentir le besoin de convoquer quelque chose comme une tempête publique pour défiger l'air du temps un peu. Nous souhaitions entendre tous ceux qui avaient envie de chercher avec nous comment se sortir de cette ankylose. Comment danser sur nos embâcles. Cela a donné la tournée Faut quon se parle, lancée à lautomne 2016 et dont le succès a dépassé toutes nos attentes. Pas moins de 166 assemblées de cuisine, et 18 consultations publiques, qui ont réuni des milliers de Québécois et Québécoises. Qu'est-ce que vous nous avez donc tant raconté, pendant ces jours gris d'automne où nous avons sillonné les routes du Québec pour aller à votre rencontre dans vos cuisines, dans vos salons, dans ces salles communautaires que vous avez ouvertes tout grand pour nous? Vous nous avez confié de grandes, mais surtout de petites choses. Et le miracle tient à la prodigieuse simplicité de ce qui vous tient à cœur: continuer dêtre, ensemble, ici. Juste ça. Mais tout ça. Voilà ce que raconte ce livre. 2017.Métier critique: pour une vitalité de la critique culturelle
By Catherine Voyer-Léger, Voix De Synthèse Manon. 2014
" Au Québec, pendant que la culture est de plus en plus évacuée des médias au profit du divertissement, la…
critique culturelle, lorsqu'elle nest pas décriée, ne fait pas toujours l'unanimité. Il n'est pas rare d'entendre que le critique est un artiste raté. S'interrogeant d'abord sur leur mauvaise réputation, Catherine Voyer-Léger explore la façon dont ce métier est pratiqué et se demande ce que serait un espace critique idéal. Mais qui sont les critiques culturels ? Pourquoi leur travail est-il important ? Pourquoi demande-t-on si souvent à des vedettes de jouer aux critiques dans nos médias ? Est-ce que les nouvelles technologies changent la donne ? Qui est responsable de s'assurer que l'espace critique soit un lieu sain où la discussion sur l'art peut avoir lieu ? Ce sont autant de questions qui ouvrent des pistes de réflexion dans cet ouvrage d'une grande pertinence où l'auteure invite tous les gens concernés, y compris le public, à interroger notre rapport à la critique pour ouvrir une discussion de société qui dépasserait les procès d'intention, les blessures d'orgueil ou les querelles de clocher. " -- 4e de couv.Lettres biologiques: recherches sur la sexualité humaine
By frère, F.É.C. Marie-Victorin, Yves Gingras, Marcelle Gauvreau. 2018
Un ensemble de textes inédits du frère Marie-Victorin. Ces textes, que le scientifique nommait lui-même ses ' lettres biologiques ',…
sont tirés d'une correspondance qu'il a entretenue pendant plus de dix ans, de 1933 à 1944, avec celle qui était son assistante à l'Institut et au Jardin botaniques de Montréal, Marcelle Gauvreau. Formant un tout cohérent, ils contiennent ses réflexions et enquêtes sur la sexualité. On y voit Marie-Victorin aborder un champ d'études nouveau à une époque où la morale dominante rendait impensable toute discussion publique sur le sujet. La publication de ces lettres s'imposait, car elles représentent une contribution importante à l'histoire de la sexualité au Québec et à celle de la vie religieuse. En effet, les sources sur la vie intime des religieux sont rares, et tout ce qui touche à la sexualité est resté tabou jusqu'aux années 1960, au Québec comme ailleurs en Occident. Si ces lettres risquent encore de choquer de nos jours, c'est parce qu'elles présentent une vision de la vie sexuelle et du célibat bien éloignée de celle d'aujourd'hui. Elles nous rappellent la grande noirceur qui entourait alors les questions sexuelles et nous permettent de mesurer le chemin parcouru depuis. Ces lettres intéresseront autant l'historien que le psychologue ou le psychanalyste, car elles nous font découvrir une amitié profonde et spirituelle entre un homme et une femme, fondée sur une relation à Dieu qui barre la route à une relation physique que les deux savent impossible. Elles intéresseront également un public plus vaste, en ce qu'elles permettent de poser des jalons essentiels dans la trajectoire d'un intellectuel qui a profondément influencé la société québécoise par sa liberté d'esprit et de parole ainsi que son désir de secouer les conventions. 2018.L'expérience de Dieu avec Délia Tétreault ((L'Expérience de Dieu).)
By sœur, M.I.C. Marie du Saint-Esprit, Fernand Ouellette. 2000