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Go show the world: a celebration of Indigenous heroes /
By Wab Kinew. 2018
Fascinés par les grands raids automobiles du début du siècle, Dominique Lapierre et Jean-Pierre Pedrazzini, tous deux reporters à Paris…
Match, arrachent l'autorisation de parcourir l'Union soviétique de Khrouchtchev en voiture, accompagnés de leurs femmes. À bord d'un break Simca bicolore "Marly", les quatre jeunes Français vont vivre treize mille kilomètres d'aventures. De la Pologne à l'Oural, de la Biélorussie au Caucase, des clochers du Kremlin aux palais des tsars sur les bords de la mer Noire, ils découvrent des lieux mythiques et des paysages de rêve et, surtout, ils font la connaissance des Russes. Au fil de leurs rencontres, se pose une question obsédante: comment le régime soviétique a-t-il réussi à persuader un peuple privé de liberté qu'il était le plus heureux de la terre? 2005.Meet a veterinarian: Candace Grier-Lowe (Career path choices.)
By Kim Ziervogel. 2009
Candace Grier-Lowe was a poor student in high school, but she loved animals and drew on that love to pursue…
a career working with them. She upgraded her skills in order to apply for university and succeeded after much effort. Today she is at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine as a veterinary dentistry resident. Contains a veterinary medicine FAQ page. For junior and senior high readers. 2009.Meet a journalist: Waubgeshig Rice (Career path choices.)
By Kim Ziervogel. 2009
After doing well in high school English, Waub Rice applied to study in Germany for a year and was accepted.…
He found this opened up a world of possibilities and he went to university at Ryerson to study journalism. Now this role model works in Winnipeg for the CBC doing stories about Aboriginal peoples. Contains a journalist career FAQ page. For junior and senior high readers. 2009.Shannen and the dream for a school (A kids' power book #4)
By Janet Wilson. 2011
The true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat First Nation, a Cree community in Northern Ontario, who…
have been fighting for a new school since 1979 when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building. Shannen's fight took her all the way to Parliament Hill and was taken up by children around the world. Shannen’s dream continues today with the work of the Shannen's Dream organization and those everywhere who are fighting for the rights of Aboriginal children. Grades 3-6. 2011.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.