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Series: A Healthy FutureLessons from the Frontlines of a CrisisPaperback
Ryan Meili9780774880909
$32.95POLITICAL SCIENCE
Oct 01, 2023
This gripping account of the COVID-19 experience in Saskatchewan goes beyond pandemic memoir to draw lessons we can use to create a healthier future. Ryan Meili provides a unique and important perspective as both a doctor and the leader of Saskatchewan’s official opposition during the worst of the pandemic. Following events from the arrival of the virus, through successive waves, and the vaccine rollout, this book offers an insightful view of the political response, shares how real people’s lives were affected, and provides an inspiring vision ... + Read More
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Series: Meeting My Treaty KinA Journey toward ReconciliationPaperback
Heather Menzies9780774890663
$29.95BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 15, 2023
Can Indigenous and non-Indigenous people live in a treaty relationship despite over 200 years of social, cultural, and political alienation? This is the challenge of reconciliation – and its beautiful promise. Twenty-five years after the Ipperwash crisis, writer and social activist Heather Menzies showed up in Nishnaabe territory in Southwestern Ontario, near where her forebears settled, hoping to meet her would-be treaty kin. She was invited to help document the broken-treaty story behind the crisis, as remembered by Nishnaabe Elders and other... + Read More
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Series: Law and SocietyThe Notorious GeorgesCrime and Community in British Columbia's Northern Interior, 1905-25Paperback
Jonathan Swainger9780774869416
$32.95HISTORY
Oct 15, 2023
The Notorious Georges is an engaging exploration of the alchemy of community identity and reputation in Prince George, BC, once branded Canada’s most-dangerous city.
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Series: On CampusTL;DRA Very Brief Guide to Reading and Writing in UniversityPaperback
Joel Heng Hartse9780774839143
$24.95STUDY AIDS
Aug 01, 2023
You’ve just been assigned your very first university paper, but you don’t know how to begin. Stressed about failing? Worried that you’ll have to pull an all-nighter to get the work done on time? And what even is APA style? When you’re already dealing with information overload, how can you possibly craft a paper well so you get the results you need? If you feel uncertain, stuck, or overwhelmed, be encouraged, because this book has the tools you need to own that assignment! TL;DR’s quick, simple chapters will help you identify your audience,... + Read More
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Series: On CampusThe Deliberate DoctorateA Values-Focused Journey to your PhDPaperback
Leela Viswanathan9780774839112
$24.95STUDY AIDS
Aug 15, 2023
Are you intimidated by the thought of embarking on a PhD? Do you wonder if you can or even should go down that path? Are you in the throes of the journey but have lost sight of why you began in the first place? Author Leela Viswanathan has been there and her book, The Deliberate Doctorate, is designed to help you every step of the way. Viswanathan reflects on challenging situations on the road to her PhD and offers insights from her experiences as an associate professor and PhD supervisor. Her exercises will help you identify why you ... + Read More
Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships explains settler colonialism through the lens of economic exploitation, using Indigenous methodologies and critical approaches. What is the relationship between economic progress in the land now called Canada and the exploitation of Indigenous peoples? And what gifts embedded within Indigenous world views speak to miyo‐pimâtisiwin ᒥᔪ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ (the good life), and specifically to good economic relations?Shalene Wuttunee Jobin draws on the knowledge systems of the nehiyawak ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐊᐧᐠ (Cree people... + Read More
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Series: Life against States of EmergencyRevitalizing Treaty Relations from AttawapiskatPaperback
Sarah Marie Wiebe9780774867887
$35.95SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sep 01, 2023
For six weeks in the winter of 2012–13, Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence undertook a high-profile ceremonial fast to advocate for improved Canadian-Indigenous relations. Framed widely by the media as a hunger strike, her fast was both a call to action and a gesture of corporeal sovereignty.Life against States of Emergency responds to the central question that Spence asked the Canadian public to consider: What does it mean to be in a treaty relationship today? Arguing that treaties are matters of environmental justice, Sarah Marie Wiebe of... + Read More
Canadian energy systems need to change. Beyond providing essential energy services, they must mitigate and respond to climate change, enhance social justice, and remain sensitive to local cultures and traditions. Can they do this and still make financial sense? Framed through the relationship between decarbonization and energy sustainability and justice, Sustainable Energy Transitions in Canada brings together experts from across the country to share their perspectives on leading theories and practices. Contributors first deal wi... + Read More
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Series: Born with a Copper SpoonA Global History of Copper, 1830–1980Paperback
Robrecht Declercq9780774864862
$35.95NATURE
Aug 01, 2023
Born with a Copper Spoon examines how the metal has been produced, distributed, controlled, and sold around the globe.Over the past two centuries, industrial societies hungry for the highly conductive, corrosion-resistant metal – essential for light, power, and communication – have demanded ever-increasing quantities of copper. From copper cartels and the futures market to the consequences of resource nationalism, Born with a Copper Spoon has a global scope. However, this is not simply a narrative of ever-increasing and deepening... + Read More
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Series: The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political HistoryPeople, Politics, and PurposeBiography and Canadian Political HistoryPaperback
Greg Donaghy9780774866811
$34.95POLITICAL SCIENCE
Oct 01, 2023
Biography is “not on the periphery of history but in the middle of it,” historian Peter Waite astutely remarked. And individual lives can be observed not only as they were actually lived but also as they were self-constructed or constructed by contemporaries and later historians.People, Politics, and Purpose brings the historian’s myriad tools to bear on Canadians, from prime ministers to lumberjacks to Indigenous political leaders. Drawing on the rich details of biography – the what – the contributors also address the larger que... + Read More
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Series: Landmark Cases in Canadian LawA Culture of JustificationVavilov and the Future of Administrative LawPaperback
Paul Daly9780774869096
$29.95LAW
Aug 15, 2023
Canadian administrative law was bedevilled for many decades by uncertainty and confusion. In 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada sought to bring this chaos to an end in its landmark decision Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov. Not only did it feature a Hollywood plotline involving undercover spies, it provided the court with a platform to forge a consensus on the future of Canadian administrative law.In A Culture of Justification, Paul Daly explains why Canada’s administrative law was uncertain and confusin... + Read More
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Series: Landmark Cases in Canadian LawA Culture of JustificationVavilov and the Future of Administrative LawHardcover
Paul Daly9780774869089
$75.00LAW
Aug 15, 2023
Canadian administrative law was bedevilled for many decades by uncertainty and confusion. In 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada sought to bring this chaos to an end in its landmark decision Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov. Not only did it feature a Hollywood plotline involving undercover spies, it provided the court with a platform to forge a consensus on the future of Canadian administrative law.In A Culture of Justification, Paul Daly explains why Canada’s administrative law was uncertain and confusin... + Read More
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Series: Law and SocietyConstitutional CrossroadsReflections on Charter Rights, Reconciliation, and ChangePaperback
Kate Puddister9780774867924
$39.95POLITICAL SCIENCE
Aug 01, 2023
Four decades have passed since the adoption of the Constitution Act, 1982. Now it is time to assess its legacy. As Constitutional Crossroads makes clear, the 1982 constitutional package raises a host of questions about a number of important issues, including sovereignty, identity and pluralism, the scope and limits of rights, competing constitutional visions, the relationship between the state and Indigenous peoples, and the nature and methods of constitutional change.The patriation of the Constitution and the entrenchment of a new bi... + Read More
Human rights work takes place everywhere, every day, and in every way, but good intentions don’t always bring good results. Those who work to promote the dignity, opportunities, and quality of life of vulnerable and marginalized people are confronted daily with irresolvable ethical dilemmas. Messy Ethics in Human Rights Work invites readers into a series of overlapping conversations, as activists, researchers, artists, and others reflect on the complex disorderliness of ethics in practice, and the implications for human rights work bo... + Read More
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Series: Witness to the Human Rights TribunalsHow the System Fails Indigenous PeoplesPaperback
Bruce Granville Miller9780774867764
$34.95LAW
Nov 01, 2023
What happens behind the scenes at a Canadian human rights tribunal? And why aren’t human rights tribunal processes working for Indigenous people?Witness to the Human Rights Tribunals opens the doors to the tribunal, revealing the interactions of lawyers, tribunal members, expert witnesses, and Indigenous litigants. Bruce Miller provides an in-depth look at the role of anthropological expertise in the courts, and draws on testimony, ethnographic data, and years of tribunal decisions to show how specific cases are fought and how expert testi... + Read More
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Series: Law and SocietyFamily Law in ActionDivorce and Inequality in Quebec and FrancePaperback
Emilie Biland9780774866446
$34.95LAW
Aug 01, 2023
The right to divorce is a symbol of individual liberty and gender equality under the law, but in practice it is anything but equitable. Family Law in Action reveals the class and gender inequalities embedded in the process of separation and its aftermath in Quebec and France.Drawing on empirical research conducted on their respective court and welfare systems, Emilie Biland analyzes how men and women in Quebec and France encounter the law and its representatives in ways that affect their personal and professional lives. While gender inequa... + Read More
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Series: Contemporary Chinese StudiesFrontier FieldworkBuilding a Nation in China’s Borderlands, 1919–45Paperback
Andres Rodriguez9780774867566
$34.95SOCIAL SCIENCE
May 01, 2023
The centre may hold, but borders can fray. In the early twentieth century, the threat of imperialism loomed large in the Sino-Tibetan borderlands, bringing China’s frontier to the heart of political debates about the future of the country.Frontier Fieldwork explores the work of social scientists, agriculturists, photographers, students, and missionaries who took to the field on China’s southwestern border at a time when foreign political powers were contesting China’s claims over its frontiers. While other nations extended their authority using... + Read More
Sexual assault by and against Canadian athletes happens with depressing regularity, with only a few high-profile cases garnering media attention.Through a detailed examination of over 300 cases appearing in news media and legal files across Canada from 1990 to 2020, Sexual Assault in Canadian Sport uncovers an enduring institutional tolerance and silencing of sexual assault in Canadian sport – and the betrayal that many victims experience by those same institutions. Curtis Fogel and Andrea Quinlan argue further that both the Canadian ... + Read More
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Series: Fighting FeelingsLessons in Gendered Racism and Queer LifeHardcover
Gulzar R. Charania9780774868990
$99.00SOCIAL SCIENCE
Oct 01, 2023
Racialized women and girls often feel racial injustice before they have the words to name it. Sometimes they fight these feelings, and sometimes they use these feelings to fight. In this important and revealing book, Gulzar Charania puts the experiences of women of colour at the centre of her investigation, sharing how they endure everyday racism, as well as its lasting impacts and exacting costs in their lives and educational trajectories.Fighting Feelings highlights how the elasticity of white supremacy invites people of colour to be its... + Read More
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Series: Law and SocietyRefugees Are (Not) Welcome HereThe Paradox of Protection in CanadaHardcover
Azar Masoumi9780774868716
$99.00SOCIAL SCIENCE
Dec 01, 2023
State-controlled refugee protection in Canada has gone through paradoxical developments in recent decades; while refugee rights have expanded, access to these rights has tightened. Previously unrecognized groups – such as women experiencing gender-based violence and 2SLGBTQ+ populations – are now considered legitimate refugees in refugee-law practices. Simultaneously, increasingly stringent administrative measures have made it harder for refugees to secure refugee status.Refugees Are (Not) Welcome Here explores how refugee claims are processed ... + Read More
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Series: Studies in Canadian Military HistorySilent PartnersThe Origins and Influence of Canada’s Military-Industrial ComplexHardcover
Alex Souchen9780774868952
$99.00HISTORY
Sep 15, 2023
Canada is often seen as a peaceful country with a modest military and a small defence industrial base, but its military-industrial complex is deeply embedded in the fabric of the country. Silent Partners reveals its origins and influence.During the Cold War, Canada’s military, industrial, and political partnerships developed in silent ways, behind the scenes and without much public scrutiny. Silent Partners explores this complicated history of leveraging military and defence expenditures to fund domestic industries, bolster ... + Read More
In 2019, the Quebec National Assembly passed Bill 21. It prohibits, among other things, certain state employees in positions of authority (including teachers, prison guards, police officers, and justices of the peace) from wearing religious symbols when providing public services. Many political commentators in English Canada denounced the law as running counter to Canadian multiculturalism and human rights. Why did the Quebec government adopt this particular form of state secularism? And why did it garner public support? The Challenges of a Sec... + Read More
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Series: Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan ZibiAlgonquin Culture and Politics in the Twentieth CenturyHardcover
Dennis Leo Fisher9780774868464
$99.00SOCIAL SCIENCE
Nov 15, 2023
Kitigan Zibi is the largest and oldest Algonquin reserve in Canada. This local history illuminates the larger experience of the Algonquin First Nations whose traditional lands span the Ottawa River watershed and cross contemporary boundaries.Drawing on interviews with community members and archival sources, Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi explores the twentieth-century politics and culture of this particular reserve. Despite the disruptions associated with settler colonialism, the Algonquin maintained a distinct cultural id... + Read More
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Series: The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political HistoryNorth of AmericaCanadians and the American Century, 1945–60Hardcover
Asa McKercher9780774868839
$99.00HISTORY
Jul 15, 2023
In 1941, influential US publishing magnate Henry Luce made the electrifying argument that the world was in the midst of the first great American century, believing his nation held the power and vision to lead and transform the world. What did a newly outward-looking and hegemonic United States mean for its northern neighbour? This sharp-eyed study provides a unique look at postwar Canada, bringing to the fore the opinions and perceptions of a broad range of Canadians – from consumers to diplomats, jazz musicians to urban planners, and a diverse... + Read More
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Series: Studies in Canadian Military HistoryBoosters and BarkersFinancing Canada's Involvement in the First World WarHardcover
David Roberts9780774869584
$99.00HISTORY
Nov 01, 2023
"Stick it, Canada! Buy more Victory Bonds!" The First World War demanded deep personal sacrifice in the field and at home – even when home was far from the front. It also made unrelenting financial demands on both the governments and populations of Canada and Newfoundland.Boosters and Barkers is a highly original examination of the drive to finance Canadian participation in the conflict: Ottawa’s calls for direct public contributions in the form of war bonds; the intersections with imperial funding, taxation, and conventional revenue; and ... + Read More
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Series: Contemporary Chinese StudiesThe YWCA in ChinaThe Making of a Chinese Christian Women's Institution, 1899–1957Hardcover
Elizabeth Little-Lamb9780774869201
$99.00HISTORY
Nov 15, 2023
The YWCA arrived in China as a cultural interloper in 1899. How did activist Christian women maintain their identity and social relevance through the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century?The YWCA in China explores how the Young Women’s Christian Association responded to the needs of Chinese women and society both before and after the 1949 revolution ushered in a Communist state. Western secretaries defined the Chinese YWCA movement in its formative years, but an emphasis on developing homegrown direction eventually empowered Chinese w... + Read More
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A Healthy Future Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis Paperback 9780774880909 $32.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Oct 01, 2023
Series: Law and Society The Notorious Georges Crime and Community in British Columbia's Northern Interior, 1905-25 Paperback 9780774869416 $32.95 HISTORY Oct 15, 2023
Series: On Campus TL;DR A Very Brief Guide to Reading and Writing in University Paperback 9780774839143 $24.95 STUDY AIDS Aug 01, 2023
Series: On Campus The Deliberate Doctorate A Values-Focused Journey to your PhD Paperback 9780774839112 $24.95 STUDY AIDS Aug 15, 2023
Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships Nehiyawak Narratives Paperback 9780774865203 $34.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE May 01, 2023
Life against States of Emergency Revitalizing Treaty Relations from Attawapiskat Paperback 9780774867887 $35.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Sep 01, 2023
Sustainable Energy Transitions in Canada Paperback 9780774869454 $45.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE Nov 15, 2023
Born with a Copper Spoon A Global History of Copper, 1830–1980 Paperback 9780774864862 $35.95 NATURE Aug 01, 2023
Series: Landmark Cases in Canadian Law A Culture of Justification Vavilov and the Future of Administrative Law Paperback 9780774869096 $29.95 LAW Aug 15, 2023
Series: Landmark Cases in Canadian Law A Culture of Justification Vavilov and the Future of Administrative Law Hardcover 9780774869089 $75.00 LAW Aug 15, 2023
Series: Law and Society Constitutional Crossroads Reflections on Charter Rights, Reconciliation, and Change Paperback 9780774867924 $39.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Aug 01, 2023