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Series: A Legacy of Caring A History of the Children's Aid Society of Toronto Paperback Children's Aid Society Foundation 9781550023350 $26.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Apr 01, 2002

Begun in 1891, the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto is the largest child welfare agency in North America. It has played a leading roll as an advocate of children’s welfare; it has been instrumental in influencing child welfare practice not only in Ontario but all of Canada and elsewhere. With an emphasis on the post-World War II period, A Legacy of Caring examines the political, social, and economic factors that led to changes within the society itself as well as developments in legislation and social policy. The society has been a training gr... + Read More
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Series: A Struggle to Walk With Dignity The True Story of a Jamaican-born Canadian Paperback Gerald A. Archambeau 9780978498207 $19.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 24, 2008

Gerald Augustus Archambeau was born in Jamaica in 1933. Raised in Kingston by his three aunts, he was sent to Canada in 1947 to join his mother and stepfather in Montreal. He trained in the plumbing and steam-fitting trade, but at age eighteen decided to join the railway as a passenger car porter. He worked for Canadian Pacific and Canadian National until the 1960s, when declining passenger rail traffic and the ascendence of air travel caused him to switch to a career with a major Canadian airline in Toronto. After his retirement from the air... + Read More
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Series: A.M. Klein Paperback Naïm Kattan 9780968816660 $15.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 01, 2000

The son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Abraham Moses Klein (1909-1972) dreamed of a country where all might live according to their beliefs and religion. He was a lawyer, political activist, university lecturer, journalist, and poet, who received the Governor Genenral’s Award for Poetry in 1948.
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Series: Aboriginal Peoples and Electoral Reform in Canada Volume 9 Paperback Robert A. Milen 9781550021059 $24.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 01, 1991

This volume features differing views of past, present, and possible future roles for Aboriginal people in the Canadian political and electoral system. The studies address the issues facing Aboriginal people and the efforts to increase their involvement in the federal electoral system. Robert Milen examines the development of Aboriginal political consciousness since the 1970s, with attention to recent constitutional and electoral initiatives and aspirations. Augie Fleras’ study considers the New Zealand system of guaranteed representation for th... + Read More
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Series: Abortion, Conscience and Democracy Paperback Mark R. MacGuigan 9780888821713 $16.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 10, 1994

Few issues have polarized Canadians and Americans as much as the abortion debate. In this thoughtful and thought-provoking reflection on the implications the law on abortion has on democracy, Mark MacGuigan brings a much-needed perspective to this controversial subject. Few people are as well qualified to do so: MacGuigan is a former law professor, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, a Catholic, and a federal appellate-court judge.Distinguishing carefully between morality and the law, MacGuigan includes a history of the criminal... + Read More
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Series: Aftershock Anti-Zionism & Anti-Semitism Paperback David Matas 9781550025538 $24.99 SOCIAL SCIENCE Sep 03, 2005

Verbal attacks against Israel for human rights violations have turned into physical attacks against the Jewish community worldwide. How has that happened? This book attempts to explain the phenomenon. Anti-Zionists, whose primary goal is destruction of the State of Israel, use accusations of the worst forms of human rights violations against Israel to delegitimize the state. These accusations criminalize the Jewish population worldwide for actual or presumed support of the State of Israel. The contemporary international human rights system and ... + Read More
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Series: Agnes Macphail Paperback Rachel Wyatt 9780968360156 $15.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 01, 2000

Agnes Macphail, first woman elected to the House of Commons in Canada, fought for the rights of farmers, for prison reform, for social programs, for peace. She worked all her life for womens equality, and by her own example she inspired other women.
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Series: Arctic Alternatives Civility of Militarism in the Circumpolar North Paperback Franklyn Griffiths 9780888669513 $19.99 NATURE Sep 15, 1992

This book in itself is testimony to transition in the affairs of the north circumpolar region. Written in 1988 and updated in 1990, the papers assembled here have been overtaken by events. Non-military or civil requirements thus seemed to warrant a new and far more important place in our understanding of security. It’s appopriate to explore not only the potential of civil cooperation in countering the force of militarism, but the utility of a comprehensive conception of Arctic security. This book will look at how these views fare, once we’ve ha... + Read More
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Series: At the End of the Shift Mines and Single-Industry Towns in Northern Ontario Paperback Matt Bray 9781550021509 $17.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 07, 1996

Mining has played a formative role in the history of Northern Ontario. It has been one of the key generators of wealth in the area since the mid-19th century, and is also responsible for much of the urban development of Ontario’s northland. The twelve papers published here came out of the second annual confernce of Northern Ontario research and development held in 1990. The papers are grouped into four sections, the early years; the era of government intervention; the present and finally the future and what can be done to maintain the commnities.
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Series: Battle Royal Monarchists vs. Republicans and the Crown of Canada Paperback David Johnson 9781459740136 $26.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 20, 2018

What is the future of the monarchy in Canada?A strong republican movement in Canada stresses that the monarchy is archaic and anti-democratic, an embarrassing vestige of our colonial past. An equally vibrant monarchist movement, however, defends its loyalty to royalty, asserting that the Queen is a living link to a political and constitutional tradition dating back over a thousand years. But is the monarchy worth keeping?Battle Royal answers this question and many more: What does the Queen really do? What are the powers of the governor general?... + Read More
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Series: Point of View Beyond Incarceration Safety and True Criminal Justice Paperback Paula Mallea 9781459738522 $19.99 SOCIAL SCIENCE Nov 04, 2017

A call to replace Canada’s incarceration model, which has proven destructive, discriminatory, expensive, counterproductive, and — most of all — unnecessary. Imprisonment developed in the Western world as the punishment to suit all offences, from violent assault to victimless drug use. Centuries ago, incarcerating convicts represented progress on society’s part, since it came as a replacement for capital punishment, maiming, and torture. Our current model — taking away convicts’ freedom and holding them in degrading and unhealthy prison conditio... + Read More
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Series: Bill Davis Nation Builder, and Not So Bland After All Hardcover Steve Paikin 9781459731752 $45.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 08, 2016

2016 Ontario Historical Society Donald Grant Creighton Award — WinnerA National Post Bestseller, The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016, 2016 Speaker's Book Award — Shortlisted The first authorized biography of Bill Davis, the enigmatic Ontario premier who carried on a Tory dynasty, but was also a crucial Trudeau supporter. A biography of one of Ontario’s most important premiers, who, despite having been out of public life for more than thirty years, is remembered fondly by many as the father of the community college system, TVO, OISE, and was indi... + Read More
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Series: Contemporary Canadian Issues Breaking the Ice Canada, Sovereignty, and the Arctic Extended Continental Shelf Paperback Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon 9781459738973 $28.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Apr 22, 2017

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017The Arctic seabed, with its vast quantities of undiscovered resources, is the twenty-first century’s frontier. In Breaking the Ice: Canada, Sovereignty and the Arctic Extended Continental Shelf, Arctic policy expert Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon examines the political, legal, and scientific aspects of Canada’s efforts to delineate its Arctic extended continental shelf. The quality and quantity of the data collected and analyzed by the scientists and legal experts preparing Canada’s Arctic Submission for the Commissio... + Read More
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Series: Buying a Better World George Soros and Billionaire Philanthropy Paperback Anna Porter 9781459731035 $19.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Feb 21, 2015

The incredible, inside story of the man and the organization changing the way we change the world.George Soros is well known as the legendary speculator who made a fortune betting against the British pound in 1992, but he is also a philanthropist who has spent billions in order to promote democracy around the world. Morton Abramowitz of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace once said that Soros was “the only private citizen with his own foreign policy.” Anna Porter has interviewed Soros, his senior staff, journalists, politicians, and many others in... + Read More
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Series: Call in Pinkerton's American Detectives at Work for Canada Hardcover David Ricardo Williams 9781550023060 $22.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 01, 1998

Soon after Allan Pinkerton established his legendary detective agency in the United States, Canadians began seeking their services. Call in Pinkerton’s is the history of the agency’s work on behalf of Canadian governments and police forces. During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, Pinkerton’s operatives hunted legendary train robber Bill Miner in the woods of British Columbia, infiltrated German spy rings during World War I, and helped future prime minister John A. Macdonald to fend off the Fenian raids. They tracked down... + Read More
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Series: Call Me True A Biography of True Davidson Paperback Eleanor Darke 9781896219349 $16.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 15, 1997

In this investigation of the life and varied careers of True Davidson, Eleanor Darke seeks to discover what can be "truly said about True" – a fascinating and contradictory woman who was always ahead of her time. "There was no quitter in her make-up and she fought like a banshee for whatever she believed in – which was people, truth, Canada. People either loved her or loathed her. None was indifferent. All her life True Davidson stood for human values. And traditions. Her courage and integrity knew no limit. She didn’t make a cent from politic... + Read More
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Series: Campaign Confessions Tales from the War Rooms of Politics Paperback John Laschinger 9781459736535 $22.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 10, 2016

A National Bestseller!Canada’s Only Full-Time Political Campaign Manager — 50 Campaigns in 45 Years with 30 VictoriesJohn Laschinger opens the doors to the backrooms and war rooms of the political campaigns he has run, providing lessons for aspiring campaign managers, and exposing what really happens behind the scenes.
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Series: Canadian Foreign Policy: 1945-2000 Major Documents and Speeches (Rideau Series #1) Paperback Arthur E. Blanchette 9780919614895 $28.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 01, 2000

Canada’s role on the world stage has increased dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century. Once an offshoot of England, we have grown to become a recognized voice internationally. Canadian Foreign Policy: 1945-2000 is a collection of key documents and speeches tracing the evolution of Canadian foreign policy since 1945. It highlights Canada’s role in the great international events of the last century from the beginnings of the United Nations through the birth of NATO, the origins of Peacekeeping, Canada’s participation in the Korean... + Read More
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Series: Canadian Politics Unplugged Paperback Eric Nicol 9781550024661 $19.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jul 01, 2003

Canadian politics is/are not well understood, no authority being prepared to say whether it/they is/are singular or plural. Canadian Politics Unplugged bravely breaks new ground in ignoring this question. The book concentrates on the central problem of democracy in a country that is too big to digest without getting gas. Readers are assured that the authors have studied Canadian politics for years, from a safe distance, and enjoy the unique perspective of never having been elected to high office, low office, or any place where wearing shoes is ... + Read More
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Series: Categorically Incorrect Ethical Fallacies in Canada's War on Terror Paperback A. Alan Borovoy 9781550026283 $24.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jul 03, 2008

If humanity has learned anything from the horrors of the war against terror, it is that our one hope is democracy. The final goal of our country’s actions at home and abroad is the preservation of democracy. This is the lens through which our policies should be discerned, dissected, and amended.Borovoy argues that Canada has pursued an ethically cockeyed war against terror. We have been needlessly dovish abroad and excessively hawkish at home. In order to use military force abroad, the government fussed over the need for UN approval. At home, h... + Read More
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Series: Citizenship and Democracy A Case for Proportional Representation Paperback Nick Leonen 9781550022803 $14.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 01, 1997

This book is part of the Towards the New Millennium Series, featuring the works of thoughtful Canadians who are profoundly interested in the future of Canada and the world. Most democracies do not use Canada’s "first past the post" voting system. To give a party more seats than its share of the popular vote warrants is deemed undemocratic by most. Such democracies use proportional representation to ensure a party’s seat-share does not exceed its vote-share. Former MLA, Nick Loenen, examines what proportional representation can do for Canadian p... + Read More
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Series: Commemorative Medals of The Queen's Reign in Canada, 1952–2012 Paperback Christopher McCreery 9781459707566 $14.99 HISTORY May 19, 2012

A celebration in medals of Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years as our monarch. On the occasion of the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne as Queen of Canada, Canada has followed a long tradition of recommending to Her Majesty the institution of a commemorative medal to mark this auspicious milestone. Commemorative Medals of The Queen’s Reign in Canada, 1952-2012 examines in detail this element of the Canadian honours system.This short and accessible work provides the reader with an interesting and informative study of the ... + Read More
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Series: Comparative Issues in Party and Election Finance Volume 4 of the Research Studies Paperback F. Leslie Seidle 9781550021004 $24.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 01, 1991

This book is one of 23 volumes of research commissioned by the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing, and one of five volumes within this series dealing specifically with party and election finance. Because the issue of money in elections is as old as democracy, the experience of other countries is instructive. The studies in this volume offer Canadians information about approaches to funding political parties and elections in the United States and Western Europe. The studies by Herbert Alexander and Robert Mutch exmaine how ... + Read More
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Series: Contested Land, Contested Memory Israel's Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of Catastrophe Paperback Jo Roberts 9781459710115 $24.99 HISTORY Aug 17, 2013

2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize — Nonfiction Runner Up The complex histories and memories of Jewish and Palestinian Israelis today frame Israel’s future possibilities for peace. 1948: As Jewish refugees, survivors of the Holocaust, struggle toward the new State of Israel, Arab refugees are fleeing, many under duress. Sixty years later, the memory of trauma has shaped both peoples’ collective understanding of who they are. After a war, the victors write history. How was the story of the exiled Palestinians erased – from textbooks, maps, eve... + Read More
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Series: Democracy Rising Politics and Participation in Canada Paperback Bill Freeman 9781459737679 $21.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Mar 25, 2017

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017What are the limits of Canadian democracy and how are they being expanded by a revolution in participatory democracy?The Brexit vote in Britain and the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States illustrate that our system of representative democracy is in deep trouble.There are signs of political alienation everywhere. Most believe that government is run by a few big interests. Wealthy corporations receive grants and beneficial regulations. The incomes of middle and lower earners have remained s... + Read More
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Series: Democratic Rights and Electoral Reform in Canada (Research Studies, V. 10) Paperback Michael Cassidy 9781550021066 $26.50 LAW Jun 01, 1991

The studies in this volume present different views on issues that have caused Charter-based court challenges and provoked public concern about the integrity of the electoral system. Jennifer Smith’s study of voting rights favours the dignity of the vote over the uncritical advocacy of rights. Conversely, Pierre Landreville and Lucie Lemonde argue for the right of prisoners to vote on the grounds of philosophy, social science and criminology. Yves Denoncourt suggests that current legal tests of mental competence could be used to determine wheth... + Read More
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Series: Doing the Continental A New Canadian-American Relationship Paperback David Dyment 9781554887583 $19.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Oct 21, 2010

Advance Praise for Doing the Continental: "Everyone has opinions about the state of Canada-U.S. relations, but few have the knowledge to provide informed judgments. Professor Dyment happily falls into the latter category. While some of the prescriptions are controversial, this concise book has been carefully thought out and provides excellent grist for the Canadian policy mill. Doing the Continental is a must read for those interested in Canadian-American relations." Michael Kergin, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, 2000 to 2005. W... + Read More
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Series: Point of View Dynamic Forest Man Versus Nature in the Boreal Forest Paperback Malcolm F. Squires 9781459739321 $19.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Aug 26, 2017

Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management. The boreal forest is constantly changing, often dramatically. We like to picture it as a stable, balanced system. Really, it is anything but stable. The boreal forest is dynamic. For over sixty years, forester Malcolm F. Squires has seen mature forests within protected areas devastated by insects, moose, wind, and wildfire. While the forests often return from this destruction, they are never quite the sa... + Read More
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Series: Dynasties and Interludes Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics Hardcover Lawrence LeDuc 9781554888863 $80.00 LAW Oct 18, 2010

Dynasties and Interludes provides a comprehensive and unique overview of elections and voting in Canada from Confederation to the recent spate of minority governments. Its principal argument is that the Canadian political landscape has consisted of long periods of hegemony of a single party and/or leader (dynasties), punctuated by short, sharp disruptions brought about by the sudden rise of new parties, leaders, or social movements (interludes). Changes in the composition of the electorate and in the technology and professionalization of electi... + Read More
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Series: Dynasties and Interludes Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics Paperback Lawrence LeDuc 9781554887965 $35.00 LAW Oct 18, 2010

Dynasties and Interludes provides a comprehensive and unique overview of elections and voting in Canada from Confederation to the recent spate of minority governments. Its principal argument is that the Canadian political landscape has consisted of long periods of hegemony of a single party and/or leader (dynasties), punctuated by short, sharp disruptions brought about by the sudden rise of new parties, leaders, or social movements (interludes). Changes in the composition of the electorate and in the technology and professionalization of electi... + Read More
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Series: Dynasties and Interludes Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics 2nd edition Paperback Lawrence LeDuc 9781459733374 $35.00 LAW Aug 06, 2016

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016An overview of the history of elections and voting in Canada, including minority governments, dynasties, and social movements. Dynasties and Interludes provides a comprehensive and unique overview of elections and voting in Canada from Confederation to the most recent election. Its principal argument is that the Canadian political landscape has consisted of long periods of hegemony of a single party and/or leader (dynasties), punctuated by short, sharp disruptions brought about by the sudden rise of new partie... + Read More
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Series: Découvrons Notre Patrimoine Guide des plaques historiques de l'Ontario Paperback Mary Ellen Perkins 9780920474518 $9.95 TRAVEL Jun 30, 1989

Depuis que le programme de commémoration historique a été inauguré par le gouvernement de l’Ontario en 1956, plus de 1 000 plaques ont été érigées d’un bout à l’autre de la province. La variété des sujets commémorés est étonnante, qu’il s’agisse de ruées vers les mines du nord de l’Ontario ou de l’invention de la vis à tête creuse … de Harold Innis ou de Stephen Leacock … de l’épidemie de typhus de 1847 ou de la découverte de l’insuline. La culture populaire est également bien représentée: "Beautiful Joe" commémore un roman célêbre dans le mond... + Read More
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Series: Eleven Out of Ten The Life and Work of David Pecaut Hardcover Helen Burstyn 9781459707924 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 20, 2012

City builder David Pecaut has been called a visionary and a pragmatist, passionate, compassionate, indefatigable, a catalyst, and a trailblazer. Most of these accolades flowed from his volunteer work. He helped Toronto restore its tourism industry post-SARS by chairing Toronto03, launched by a flamboyant Rolling Stones concert. He also co-founded the Luminato arts festival. Pecaut worked as easily with the homeless, minorities, and poverty activists as with billionaires, corporate CEOs, and labour leaders. His numerous endeavours included the ... + Read More
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Series: Ethno-Cultural Groups and Visible Minorities in Canadian Politics The Question of Access Paperback Kathy Megyery 9781550021035 $29.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Aug 08, 1996

This book is one of 23 volumes of research commissioned by the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. Although Canada’s ethno-cultural groups and visible minorities constitute an increasing proportion of the population, they believe they are underrepresented in the political process. The studies in this volume examine the nature and extent of their participation in Canadian politics, in both political parties and the House of Commons. While these groups feel marginalized, they believe strongly in the objectives of democracy a... + Read More
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Series: Fifty Years Honouring Canadians The Order of Canada, 1967–2017 Hardcover Christopher McCreery 9781459736573 $40.00 HISTORY Jan 07, 2017

This fully illustrated history traces the Order of Canada from its establishment in 1967 to its place today as a national honour. Over the past fifty years more than six thousand Canadians have been appointed to the Order of Canada. Those who embody the motto of the Order through their efforts to “Desire a better country,” continue to be recognized by the Crown and their fellow Canadians with the familiar white snowflake insignia. This illustrated history traces the origins of the Order, from the debate surrounding Canadians accepting peerages ... + Read More
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Series: First Person A Biography of Cairine Wilson Canada's First Woman Senator Paperback Valerie Knowles 9781550020304 $28.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 11, 1987

Cairine Wilson, Canada’s first female senator, was one of nine children raised in an atmosphere of rugged Scots liberalism and strict presbyterianism by affluent Montreal parents in the late nineteenth century. She displayed an interest in politics early in life and through her father’s position in the Senate, was befriended by many notable politicians of the period, including Sir Wilfrid Laurier, an experience that left a permanent mark on her. Her appointment to the Senate in 1930 was a historic and controversial event, and launched a politic... + Read More
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Series: Forcing Choice The Risky Reward of Referendums Paperback J. Patrick Boyer 9781459739123 $24.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Oct 21, 2017

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017What happens when crucial public issues are decided the people themselves? Canadians answered “Yes” or “No” to prohibiting alcohol, conscripting soldiers, and revamping our constitution. Forcing such crucial choices at the ballot box is high-stakes democracy, both here and overseas — as witnessed with Britain’s transformative 2016 “Brexit” referendum. Forcing Choice dissects Canada’s extensive use of ballot questions at all levels of government, and weighs the benefits of citizens making fundamental decisions f... + Read More
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Series: Foreign Voices in the House A Century of Addresses to Canada's Parliament by World Leaders Hardcover J. Patrick Boyer 9781459736856 $35.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE Feb 25, 2017

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017Unique views from John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Indira Gandhi, and dozens of other world leaders reveal Canada and Canadians through their eyes. During the First World War, foreign leaders began addressing Canadians in our House of Commons and, ever since, have continued influencing how we think about our role in global affairs. For a century now, this parade of world figures has brought urgent messages about Canada’s importance in world wars, the United Nations, Cold War security, decolonization and moderni... + Read More
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Series: Fulfilment Memoirs of a Criminal Court Judge Paperback David Vanek 9781550023251 $25.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 01, 1999

Soldier, university professor, lawyer, political candidate, and judge; David Vanek’s compelling life story has seen him in many roles, all of which are played out in these memoirs. The child of Jewish-Russian immigrants, Vanek encountered anti-semitism while growing up, but was able to overcome prejudice and rise to prominence. He was educated at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School (where he was in a Jewish fraternity with Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster) before serving in the Second World War. When the war was over, he returne... + Read More
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Series: Glimpses of a Global Life Hardcover Sir Shridath Ramphal 9781459730755 $45.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 22, 2014

Shridath Ramphal looks at his fifteen years at the centre of international conflicts as the Commonwealth Secretary-General. Shridath "Sonny" Ramphal has lived a long and global life. A lawyer and international diplomat, he rose from humble origins to become a key Advisor to Queen Elizabeth II as Head of the Commonwealth. Leaders from every continent engaged with him as the longest serving Secretary-General of the Commonwealth (1975–1990) and as the only person who served on all the Independent International Commissions that grappled with the wo... + Read More
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Series: Go to School, You're a Little Black Boy The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander: A Memoir Paperback Lincoln Alexander PC CC OOnt CD QC LLD LLB 9781554887330 $26.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 07, 2010

Among the important stories that need to be told about noteworthy Canadians, Lincoln Alexander’s sits at the top of the list. Born in Toronto in 1922, the son of a maid and a railway porter, Alexander embarked on an exemplary life path that has involved military service for his country, a successful political career, a thriving law career, and vocal advocacy on subjects ranging from antiracism to the importance of education. In this biography, Shoveller traces a remarkable series of events from Alexander’s early life to the present that helped ... + Read More
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Series: Hard Lessons The Mine Mill Union in the Canadian Labour Movement Paperback Dieter K. Buse 9781550022230 $17.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE May 10, 1995

This book emerges from the papers, panels, and discussion of the conference "Where the Past Meets the Future - the Place of Alternative Unions in the Canadian Labour Movement," held to commemorate the first one hundred years of the history of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union. The union, which began in 1893 as the Western Federation of Miners and grew to a membership of over one hundred thousand in fifty locals throughout Canada during the 1950s, had shrunk to a single local of sixteen hundred members in Sudbury, Ontario, by the 1990s. T... + Read More
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Series: In the Service of the Crown Paperback Raymond Eagle 9780919614833 $25.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 11, 2000

The remarkable story of the career of Budge Bell-Irving, who rose to prominence and public recognition during World War II as the commander of the Seaforth Highlanders and the Loyal Edmonton regiments and went on to become the lieutenant-governor of British Columbia.
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Series: Interest Groups and Elections in Canada Volume 2 Paperback F. Leslie Seidle 9781550020984 $14.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 01, 1991

The two studies in Interest Groups and Elections in Canada explore the nature and influence of special interest groups. They consider different aspects of the question, "In the context of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, how can the laws intended to secure a fair electoral process be reconciled with freedom of expression?" Janet Hiebert reviews the limits on interest groups adopted in 1974 and amended in 1983, profiles the groups involved int he 1988 federal election, and discusses relevant legislation and jurisprudence in the provi... + Read More
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Series: Point of View Irresponsible Government The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada Paperback Brent Rathgeber 9781459728370 $19.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 13, 2014

2015 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize — Shortlisted, Non-Fiction In Irresponsible Government, former MP Brent Rathgeber takes Parliament to task for its failure to hold the government to account.Irresponsible Government examines the current state of Canadian democracy in contrast to the founding principles of responsible government established by the Fathers of Confederation in 1867. The book examines the failure of modern elected representatives to perform their constitutionally mandated duty to hold the prime minister and his cabinet to account.... + Read More
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Series: Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post-9/11 Islamic World Paperback Michael Petrou 9781459706460 $24.99 HISTORY Sep 29, 2012

A leading journalist travels through the hot spots of the Middle East and Central Asia, from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Syria and Egypt. Winner of the Ottawa Book Award for English Non-Fiction, 2013 Less than a year before 9/11, Michael Petrou trekked through al Qaeda’s backyard in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan. He was back in Central Asia within weeks of the attacks – this time as a reporter, slipping into Afghanistan as rockets and tracer bullets lit up the night sky, carrying notebooks, stolen blankets, and a satellite phone. In the decade... + Read More
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Series: Quest Biography James Douglas Father of British Columbia Paperback Julie H. Ferguson 9781554884094 $19.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 05, 2009

James Douglas’s story is one of high adventure in pre-Confederation Canada. It weaves through the heart of Canadian and Pacific Northwest history when British Columbia was a wild land, Vancouver didn’t exist, and Victoria was a muddy village. Part black and illegitimate, Douglas was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1803 to a Scottish plantation owner and a mixed-race woman. After schooling in Scotland, the fifteen-year-old Douglas sailed to Canada in 1819 to join the fur trade. With roads non-existent, he travelled thousands of miles each... + Read More
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Series: Quest Biography Joey Smallwood Schemer and Dreamer Paperback Ray Argyle 9781459703698 $19.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 25, 2012

Known as the "only living Father of Confederation" in his lifetime, Joey Smallwood was an entertaining, crafty, and controversial politician in Canada for decades. Born in Gambo, Newfoundland, Joseph ("Joey") Smallwood (1900–1991) spent his life championing the worth and potential of his native province. Although he was a successful journalist and radio personality, Smallwood is best known for his role in bringing Newfoundland into Confederation with Canada in 1949, believing that such an action would secure an average standard of living for Ne... + Read More
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Series: Quest Biography John A. Macdonald Canada's First Prime Minister Paperback Ged Martin 9781459706514 $19.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 01, 2013

A biography of Canada’s first prime minister, a legendary political strategist who helped found a new nation in 1867. Shocked by Canada’s 1837 rebellions, John A. Macdonald sought to build alliances and avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem, he almost quit politics in 1864. The challenge of building Confederation harnessed his skills, and in 1867 he became the country’s first prime minister. As "Sir John A.," he drove the Dominion’s westward expansion, rapidly incorporating the Prairies and British Columbia ... + Read More
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Series: John Buchan Model Governor General Hardcover J. William Galbraith 9781459709379 $40.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 10, 2013

Soldier, spy, politician, bestselling thriller writer, and governor general of Canada — John Buchan was a man of many seasons and talents. An accomplished Scottish journalist, soldier, head of intelligence, and Member of Parliament, John Buchan (1875-1940) is best known for penning thrillers such as The Thirty-Nine Steps. However, as Canada’s 15th governor general (1935-40), Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, played a significant leadership role as a statesman and diplomat.Buchan was the first governor general appointed after the 1931 Statute of Wes... + Read More
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Series: Quest Biography John Diefenbaker Paperback Arthur Slade 9780968816608 $15.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 01, 2001

At the age of nine, John Diefenbaker announced, "I’m going to be prime minister when I grow up." He never lost sight of his goal. Diefenbaker was prime minister of Canada from 1957-1963. He believed in social justice, opening up the North, and making things better for western farmers. Canadians responded to his campaign call to "Follow John." This compelling book recreates the tensions of the Diefenbaker era - the time of the Cold War, spy scandals, and the Cuban Missile Crisis - when the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war.
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Series: Journey through Genocide Stories of Survivors and the Dead Paperback Raffy Boudjikanian 9781459740754 $19.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Apr 21, 2018

Powerful accounts by genocide survivors, a journalist seeking to bear witness to their pain. Darfuri refugee camps in Chad, Kigali in Rwanda, and the ruins of ancient villages in Turkey — all visited by genocide, all still reeling in its wake. In Journey through Genocide, Raffy Boudjikanian travels to communities that have survived genocide to understand the legacy of this most terrible of crimes against humanity. In this era of ethnic and religious wars, mass displacements, and forced migrations, Boudjikanian looks back at three humanitarian c... + Read More
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Series: Leading in an Upside-Down World New Canadian Perspectives on Leadership Paperback J. Patrick Boyer 9781550024555 $24.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Apr 01, 2003

The world as we know it has been turned upside down by recent events but it’s still a place where leadership is needed more than ever. Fifteen Canadians with highly diverse perspectives and richly different experience explore this timely question in Leading in an Upside-Down World. Chapter by chapter, stories of Canada unfold and future prospects for leadership grow clearer as these eminent Canadians explain how to "recognize leadership" in an age where old institutions and behaviours are being left behind. They also identify leadership attribu... + Read More
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Series: Macdonald at 200 New Reflections and Legacies Hardcover Patrice Dutil 9781459724594 $40.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 25, 2014

A modern look at a classic leader. Macdonald at 200 presents fifteen fresh interpretations of Canada’s founding Prime Minister, published for the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth in 1815. Well researched and crisply written by recognized scholars and specialists, the collection throws new light on Macdonald’s formative role in shaping government, promoting women’s rights, managing the nascent economy, supervising westward expansion, overseeing relations with Native peoples, and dealing with Fenian terrorism. A special section deals wit... + Read More
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Series: Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada Democracy, Law, and Human Rights Paperback Carolyn Harris 9781459731127 $24.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE May 02, 2015

A deep and gorgeous study of the Magna Carta and how it still influences our world.The year 2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the Great Charter imposed on King John by his barons in the thirteenth century to ensure he upheld traditional customs of the nobility. Though it began as a safeguard of the aristocracy, over the past 800 years, the Magna Carta has become a cornerstone of democratic ideals for all.After centuries of obscurity, the Magna Carta was rediscovered in the seventeenth century, and has informed numerous docume... + Read More
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Series: Quest Biography Maurice Duplessis Paperback Marguerite Paulin 9781894852173 $15.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 01, 2005

During his 18-year reign as premier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis dominated the province and shaped it to his image. A brilliant orator and a scathing wit, Duplessis exercised complete control over his caucus and the Cabinet. If he couldnt get a vote, he bought it. Politics was the fuel that drove his life. He died on the job.
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Series: My Dearest Wife The Private and Public Lives of James David Edgar and Matilda Ridout Edgar Paperback Maud J. McLean 9781896219363 $21.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 15, 1998

The private and public lives of James David Edgar and Matilda Ridout Edgar symbolized the increasingly complex nature of Toronto society as older generations gradually gave way to a new generation of "outsiders" seeking fame and prominence.James David Edgar (1841-1899), a self-made man, born to proud though impoverished Scottish-immigrant parents in Quebec, became a lawyer, an author, a railway promoter, an M.P. and ultimately speaker of the House of Commons in Ottawa. Matilda Ridout Edgar (1845-1910) was one of Canada’s first widely respected ... + Read More
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Series: No Return A novel of the Canadian election that vanished in Muskoka's backwoods Paperback Gordon Aiken 9781926577043 $24.95 FICTION Apr 06, 2010

Canadians took politics seriously in the years following Confederation and Gordon Aiken’s novel about pioneer Muskoka and the fledgling nation’s capital shows why. Unique events in the Dominion’s second election, in 1872, inspired Aiken to write about Muskoka’s returning officer, Richard Bell, who refused to declare Liberal candidate A.P. Cockburn elected, even though he got the most votes. Consequent ground-breaking events included Bell’s summons to give an accounting of himself to the House of Commons, the first and only time an MP would be ... + Read More
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Series: Not Bad for a Sergeant The Memoirs of Barney Danson Hardcover Barney Danson 9781550024043 $39.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 01, 2002

Barney Danson began as a twenty-one-year-old sergeant in the Canadian army and rose to the lofty heights of parliamentary secretary to Pierre Trudeau and, eventually, Minister of National Defence. In these positions, he gained insights into previously unknown facts about this remarkable prime minister, and he gives an insider’s view of Canadian politicians and world leaders. Danson’s own story, told in a touching and often humorous tone, is also the story of a generation of Canadians who faced the hardships of the Depression, the reality of war... + Read More
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Series: Not Bad for a Sergeant The Memoirs of Barney Danson Large type / large print edition Hardcover Barney Danson 9781550024371 $39.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 07, 2002

Barney Danson began as a twenty-one-year-old sergeant in the Canadian army and rose to the lofty heights of parliamentary secretary to Pierre Trudeau and, eventually, Minister of National Defence. In these positions, he gained insights into previously unknown facts about this remarkable prime minister, and he gives an insider’s view of Canadian politicians and world leaders. Danson’s own story, told in a touching and often humorous tone, is also the story of a generation of Canadians who faced the hardships of the Depression, the reality of war... + Read More