Theorizing Empowerment: Canadian Perspectives on Black Feminist Thought is a collection of articles by Black Canadian feminists centralizing the ways in which Black femininity and Black women’s experiences are integral to...
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- Author:Massaquoi, Notisha, Wane, Njoki NathaniSummary:
- Author:MITCHELL, JohnSummary:
Folktale, memoir, fiction, literary hoax, The Yellow Briar is all of these. Ostensibly the charming remembrance of an Irish orphan who escapes the Great Famine of 1840s Ireland and comes to the New World to seek a fresh start on the...
- Author:Brooker, Bertram, Betts, GregorySummary:
Bertram Brooker won the country's first Governor General's Award for literature in 1936 for his novel Think of the Earth, and his explosive, experimental paintings hang in every major gallery in the country. He was Canada...
- Author:Leung, CarrianneSummary:
The Wondrous Woo tells the story of Miramar Woo who is the quintessential Chinese girl: nice, quiet, and reserved. The eldest of the three Woo children, Miramar is ever the obedient sister and daughter ... on the outside. On...
- Author:BERTON, PierreSummary:
Seven short studies of men and women whose fame has someting to do with the Canadian frontier.
- Author:Kuipers, MelissaSummary:
Original, witty, and subtle, these stories feature characters who must navigate life in a small town, and will appeal to fans of Miriam Toews and Kathleen Winter. This collection of beautifully crafted short stories features complex...
- Author:Carter, DeWittSummary:
- Author:Brzustowski, TomSummary:
Canada is a prosperous country, but this prosperity is being stressed by demographics, pressures on the public purse, and low productivity growth. To maintain the nation's high quality of life, prosperity must increase while...
- Author:Robertson, JoanneSummary:
"This is the story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother (Nokomis) Josephine Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (Water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future generations, and for all life on the...
- Author:Garner, Hugh, Stuewe, Paul, Reaney, James, Filewod, Alan, Skelton, Robin, Warkentin, Germaine, Symons, Scott, Elson, ChristopherSummary:
Voyageur Classics is a series of special versions of Canadian classics, with added material and new introductions. In this bundle we find five classic works of twentieth century fiction, drama and poetry, a period when Canada’s literary...
- Author:Drew, Benjamin, Clarke, George E.Summary:
Voyageur Classics is a series that issues special new versions of Canadian classics, with added material and special introductions. In this bundle, we find two classic works of Canadian historical writing. During three extraordinary...
- Author:Owl, Grey, Polk, James, Gnarowski, Michael, Eayrs, Hugh, Allan, Julie, Allan, Norman Bethune, Ostrovsky, Susan, Gordon, Sydney, Innis, Mary Quayle, Simcoe, Elizabeth Posthuma, Kilbourn, William, Stagg, RonaldSummary:
Voyageur Classics is a series of special versions of Canadian classics, with added material and new introductory notes. In this bundle we find five biographical and autobiographical titles that shed light on some of Canada’s most...
- Author:Legault, StephenSummary:
When his best friend, and advocate for the homeless, Denman Scott asks him to help stop the demolition of the Lucky Strike—a once majestic hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that is now home to nearly three hundred of the city's...
- Author:Smith, Barbara, McClung, NellieSummary:
Although her name today is synonymous with the women’s suffrage movement in Canada, Nellie McClung’s long and varied career covered several fields—from social activist to elected politician, from novelist to journalist. McClung was...
- Author:Martini, ClemSummary:
In the follow-up to their award-winning memoir Bitter Medicine, brothers Clem and Olivier Martini continue the story of their family’s journey through mental illness, dementia, caregiving, and the health care system. Olivier Martini and...
- Author:Halford, Robert G.Summary:
Compared to the well-published achievements of the Navy, Army, and Air Force, an ocean of silence surrounds the long gone Canadian Merchant Navy. Canada operated the wartime world's fourth largest Merchant Navy, almost all of it built...
- Author:Alfano, MichelleSummary:
No parent is prepared for the moment when her daughter comes out to her--not as a lesbian, but as a person whose physical gender is out-of-keeping with his emotional and psychological gender-identity. In Michelle Alfano's intimate...
- Author:Krotz, LarrySummary:
The relationship between Westerners and Africa has long been conflicted and complicated. Frequently exploitative, it is also just as often propelled by an almost irresistible urge to ‘do good’. The persistence of this impulse is...
- Author:Rinehart, James W.Summary:
- Author:King, ThomasSummary:
Winner of the 2003 Trillium Book Award "Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. "And they are dangerous." Beginning with a traditional Native oral story, King...