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Residential Schools and Reconcilliation: Canada Confronts Its HistorySince the 1980s, successive Canadian institutions and federal governments as well as Christian churches have attempted to grapple with the malignant legacy of residential schooling through official apologies, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, and the Truth and...
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Feeling Feminism: Activism, Affect, and Canada's Second WaveAn analysis of how emotions shape and nourish feminist activism. From the anger behind beauty pageant protests to the fury that galvanizes the fire bombings of pornographic video stores, emotions are a powerful but often unexamined force underlying feminist activism. They are at play...
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The Eye of the BeholderCoracarries secrets her daughter can't know. Freyais frightened by what her mother leaves unsaid. Angelwill only bury the past if it means putting her abusers into the ground. Angel is working in a wolf sanctuary in Canada when an abandoned dog isbrought in -...
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Unstable Properties: Aboriginal Title and the Claim of British ColumbiaA clear-eyed study that dissects the unstable ideologies of settler-Indigenous land and title arrangements in British Columbia. The question of land dominates political discourse in British Columbia. Unstable Properties upends the usual approach--investigating Aboriginal claims to Crown land--to reframe the issue as attempts by...
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Junior Field Guide: Birds of Nunavut: English EditionThere are a lot of different types of birds living in Nunavut. From snowy owls to rock ptarmigans, learn all about what each bird looks like, how they live, what they eat, their migration patterns, and more. This science book combines colourful illustrations and...
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A Postcard from CanadaTwins Camila and Carlos find a postcard in their mailbox from a boy in Canada, and they set off on a magical adventure to see his country.Author: Laurie FriedmanPublisher: Crabtree BlossomsPublished: 01/17/2022Pages: 32Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.10h x 6.20w x 0.30dISBN: 9781039645165Accelerated Reader:Reading...
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Dominion Over Palm and Pine: A History of Canadian Aspirations in the British CaribbeanFrom the expansionist fervour of the late nineteenth century through both world wars and the Cold War, a varied and ever-changing group of dreamers campaigned for Canada's union with the British Caribbean colonies. They hoped to diversify Canada's climate and agricultural capabilities, spur economic...
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The Summer Trade: A History of Tourism on Prince Edward IslandTourism has been a central part of Prince Edward Island's identity for more than a century. What began as a seasonal sideline in the nineteenth century evolved into an economic powerhouse that now attracts over 1.5 million visitors each year, employs one in ten...
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Disciples of Antigonish: Catholics in Nova Scotia, 1880-1960For generations eastern Nova Scotia was one of the most celebrated Roman Catholic constituencies in Canada. Occupying a corner of a small province in a politically marginalized region of the country, the Diocese of Antigonish nevertheless had tremendous influence over the development of Canadian...
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Search for the Unknown: Canada's UFO Files and the Rise of Conspiracy TheoryBeginning in the 1950s, alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects in Canadian skies bred tension between the state and its citizens. While the public demanded to know more about the phenomenon, government officials appeared unconcerned and unresponsive. Suspicion of government deepened among certain sectors...
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Protestant Liberty: Religion and the Making of Canadian Liberalism, 1828-1878Tensions between Protestantism and Catholicism dominated politics in nineteenth-century Canada, occasionally erupting into violence. While some liberal politicians and community leaders believed that equal treatment of Protestants and Catholics would defuse these ancient quarrels, other Protestant liberals perceived a battle for the soul of...
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Journey From Fort Prince Wales, in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean [microform]: for the Discovery of Copper Mines and a North West Passage, PerforThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Smelter Wars: A Rebellious Red Trade Union Fights for Its Life in Wartime Western CanadaIn 1938, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) sent communist union organizer Arthur Slim Evans to the smelter city of Trail, British Columbia to establish Local 480 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. Six years later the local was recognized...
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Talavera Designs Adult Coloring Book: Mexican Festive Color Your Best Talavera Pottery Meditation And Stress ReliefEnjoy and relieve stress with this beautifully decorated Talavera pottery and be creative and full of inspiration to color in your note this traditional Mexican art.Features: - 35+ coloring pages.- Double Images - Color your favorite images twice!- Single-sided printed to avoid bleed.- A...
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Saguenay, Sâginawa, the River of Deep WatersThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Histories of Drug Trafficking in Twentieth-Century MexicoThis work brings together a new generation of drug historians and new historical sources to uncover the history of the drug trade and its regulations. While the US and Mexican governments developed anti-drug discourses and policies, which criminalized both high-profile traffickers and small-time addicts,...
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Women in the Peninsular WarIn the iconography of the Peninsular War of 1808-14, women are well represented--both as heroines, such as Agustina Zaragosa Domenech, and as victims, whether of starvation or of French brutality. In history, however, with its focus on high politics and military operations, they are...
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From the Grounds Up: Building an Export Economy in Southern MexicoIn the late nineteenth century, Latin American exports boomed. From Chihuahua to Patagonia, producers sent industrial fibers, tropical fruits, and staple goods across oceans to satisfy the ever-increasing demand from foreign markets. In southern Mexico's Soconusco district, the coffee trade would transform rural life....
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Historia De Nuevo León Con Noticias Sobre Coahuila, Tejas, Nuevo MéxicoThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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A Journey From Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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