The 1940 Under the Volcano—hidden for too long in the shadows of Lowry’s 1947 masterpiece—differs from the latter in significant ways. It is a bridge between Lowry’s 1930s fiction (especially In Ballast to the White Sea) and the 1947...
Social & cultural history
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Author:Lowry, Malcolm, Mota, Miguel, Tiessen, Paul, Ackerley, Chris, Large, David, Doyen, Vik, McCarthy, Patrick A., Théorêt, Hugues, Van Gennip, Ferdinanda, Scott, HowardSummary: - Author:Bacque, JamesSummary:
The inspiring story of how one organization has tried to alleviate the struggles faced by First Nations peoples in Canada by building houses and developing livable communities for those in desperate need. The people who were living...
- Author:Skidmore, ColleenSummary:
Mary Schäffer was a photographer, writer, botanical painter, and mapmaker from Philadelphia, well known for her travels in the Canadian Rockies and Jasper at the turn of the twentieth century. In Searching for Mary Schäffer, Colleen...
- Author:Gilbert, Anne, Cardinal, Linda, Bock, Michel, Hotte, Lucie, Charbonneau, François, Beddows, Joël, Benali, Kenza, Couton, Philippe, Croteau, Jean-Philippe, Eddie, Marie Hélène, Foucher, Pierre, Frenette, Yves, Gareau, Paul L., Kirouac Massicotte, Isabelle, Meunier, E.-Martin, Mévellec, Anne, Migeon, Danielle, Ramirez, Caroline, Richer, Geneviève, Thibeault, Rosalie, Valiquette-Tessier, Sara-Ève, Veronis, LuisaSummary:
Ottawa, lieu de vie français discusses the urban changes and the ways in which Ottawa francophones began thinking about and building their city, from the 1960s onwards, the ideas and actions of that period still shaping life in French...
- Author:Metcalfe-Chenail, DanielleSummary:
What is real reconciliation? This collection of essays from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada welcomes readers into a timely, healing conversation—one we've longed for but, before now, have had a...
- Author:Martin, PaulSummary:
Dans la conférence prononcée comme récipiendaire de la médaille Symons en 2013, le très honorable Paul Martin, vingt-et-unième premier ministre du Canada, s’appuie sur tout le savoir et le vécu de sa remarquable carrière publique, afin...
