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This may hurt a bit
“How might we fix Canada’s health-care system?”; “why would we want to?”; and “what’s stopping us from doing so?” These three questions lie at the very heart of This May Hurt a Bit.
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The polar adventures of a rich american dame
Louise Arner Boyd inherited the family millions in her thirties. Expected to lead a respectable life, she instead fell under the captivating spell of the north. Over the next thirty years, she organized and led seven hazardous expeditions around Greenland and was showered with international awards.
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Riding into battle
Riding into Battle tells the untold story of how Canadian Cyclist troops came into their own during the Hundred Days campaign of the Great War.
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Di-bayn-di-zi-win (to own ourselves)
Explores an Ojibway-Anishinabe world view and way of life through the cultural, political, social, and academic events in Canada over the past fifty years.
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Gridiron underground
Gridiron Underground traces the Canadian lifeline that brought talented African-American football players who were overlooked, ignored, or prevented from playing football in their home country from the 1940s right through to the present day.
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Workday warrior
Productivity expert Ann Gomez has a simple, time-saving method to regain control of your workday. If you crave more time in your day, this compelling and practical book is your solution.
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The underground railroad
This richly illustrated book examines Toronto’s connection to slavery and to the system of secret routes, safe houses, and “conductors.”
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Red wolf
This novel tells the story of Red Wolf, a young First Nations boy forced to move into a residential school and assume a new identity. Paralleling his story is that of Crooked Ear, an orphaned wolf pup he has befriended. Both must learn to survive in the white man's world.
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Foreign voices in the house
World leaders addressing the House of Commons show us Canada through foreign eyes, in light of Canada’s maturing role in world affairs. Foreign Voices in the House gathers, for the first time, sixty landmark speeches by world leaders and luminaries, with photos and background written by parliamen...
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Dancing with robots
Five human superpowers give us a unique advantage in a world being taken over by robots and other advanced technology. Learn to harness your superpowers to survive, compete, and thrive in today's advanced world.
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Funny gyal
Angeline Jackson stands up to the culture of homophobia in Jamaica by sharing the story of her sexual and spiritual awakening as well as her traumatic experience of “corrective rape.”
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The millennial mosaic
The Millennial Mosaic provides an unmatched examination of Canada’s youngest adults, unveiling the news that they are an upgrade on older Canadians, and what it means for the future of Canada.
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The mosaic myth
The Mosaic Myth shows how Canada’s 1971 adoption of the cultural mosaic model was doomed by false assumptions. Author Domenic Diamante explains Canada’s immigration history and analyzes key questions that informed the country’s multiculturalism policy.
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Real quanta
It sounds alien and esoteric, but quantum mechanics is very real, and a crucial part of what makes the modern world possible. In Real Quanta, Martijn van Calmthout makes quantum “magic” clearer, and shows how it fits into our world, and how its discoverers would be amazed by all that it has accom...
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Carbon change
Energy commentator Dennis McConaghy takes an in-depth look at the public policies surrounding decarbonization in Canada and the costs and sacrifices it will take to get to net zero. He then lays out a more balanced approach that maximizes global human welfare while still using hydrocarbons optima...
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Rebuilding liberalism
An examination of liberal philosophy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that demonstrates how to construct a responsible liberalism based on freedom and social justice.
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The unbroken machine
Everybody thinks that it’s the system that’s broken in politics; but what if it’s not the system that’s broken but rather our understanding of it? The Unbroken Machine seeks to explore our lack of civic literacy and show how our system of democracy should work.
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And the walls came down
A troubled Delia Ellis returns to her old neighbourhood, Don Mount Court, to retrieve a beloved childhood diary. While the entries uncover significant revelations around her mother’s past, it is Delia’s return home that leads to a true understanding of the circumstances that forged her identity.
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Famous for a time
Delving into Canadian athletes and the sports they played to help explain the nation’s complicated history, sporting and otherwise. It is an exploration that reveals the socio-cultural trends that have shaped Canada since Confederation.
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Contested land, contested memory
The Holocaust and the Nakba ("Catastrophe," Palestinian Israelis' name for the War of Independence) both marked Israel's founding, and these two world-changing events continue to form the generations who have followed. This book shows how these complex histories play out in the lives of Jewish an...
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Persephone's children
Using inventive forms, Persephone’s Children chronicles Rowan McCandless’s odyssey as a Black, biracial woman after escaping the stranglehold of domestic abuse.
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Canada, a working history
A history of work in Canada in its different forms over time and how it was shaped by an important range of influences.
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Canada alone
With the MAGA power back in the White House, the West will likely fracture under the stresses of a reinvigorated America First policy and the abandonment of American global leadership. This would leave Canadians all alone in North America with an increasingly dysfunctional United States.
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Let's tell this story properly
Provocative, moving, and rich in craft, the stories gathered here represent some of the most original emerging writers in the world. The selected, groundbreaking stories carry on the almost thirty-year tradition of the Commonwealth Writers' Prizes, past winners of which include Jhumpa Lahiri. Zad...
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Blood washing blood
The current conflict in Afghanistan is not about Western intervention, but part of a hundred-year war over the issues of modernity, secularism, and the centralization of power.
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Atlantic canada's irish immigrants
Challenging the commonplace view that the Irish immigration saga was primarily driven by dire events in Ireland, Lucille Campey’s groundbreaking work redraws the picture of early Irish settlement in Atlantic Canada. Extensively documented, and drawing on all known passenger lists of the period, t...
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What kind of parent am i?
Research has shown that strong, adaptive, and supportive parents are the best at insulating their children from all but the biggest catastrophes and preventing stress. What Kind of Parent Am I? uses a specially created survey to empower parents to deal directly with their unique challenges and be...
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The age of fentanyl
Dr. Brodie Ramin brings the story of the opioid epidemic into the era of fentanyl, which is the leading cause of overdose death in North America. From his perspective as an addiction doctor working on the front lines of the epidemic, Dr. Ramin discusses the disease and the cure.
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The lost prime ministers
In just five years, between John A. Macdonald’s and Wilfrid Laurier’s tenures, four lesser-known men took on the mantle of leadership. This is the dramatic saga of the lost leaders of Canada: Tory prime ministers John Abbott, John Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, and Charles Tupper.
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Warriors and warships
In 1789, the first dockyard was built at Point Frederick opposite present-day Kingston, Ontario. French and British shipwrights made warships that forced Americans into port in 1814, leading to their withdrawal from Canada. The dockyard was closed in 1853. It is now the home of the Royal Military...
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A rush to judgment
The trial and conviction of Louis Riel has been the subject of historical comment and criticism for over one hundred years. A Rush to Judgment challenges the view held by some historians that Riel received a fair trial.
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Breakdown
An examination of Canada’s struggle to rationalize hydrocarbon development that culminated in the 2018 impasse over the Trans Mountain Pipeline extension.
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The canadian guide to creative writing and publishing
The essential reference for writers in Canada describes standards for publishable writing, shows writers how to get there, and reveals how publishing in Canada works. Filled with Canadian references and examples, it supplies Canadian writers with the practical, insider information they need to re...
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Food security
Today, mainstream agriculture pushes excess food while depleting soil, water, air, and energy instead of growing just enough for adequate, healthy consumption.
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The st. petersburg connection
The book traces the friendly Russian-American friendship from 1775 to 1919 in the context of prevailing international developments and of the individuals who contributed to the story.
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The court of better fiction
In The Court of Better Fiction, forensic science reveals that to establish sovereignty over the Arctic people, Canada hanged the only Inuit ever executed. The men were innocent, but the nation’s guilt lives on.
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Toronto mayors
A history of the city through the lives of its leaders. From its origins as a dusty colonial outpost of just 9,600 residents to a metropolis of three million, this is the first-ever look at all 65 Toronto mayors: the good, the bad, the colourful, the leaders, the rogues, the scoundrels, and the r...
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Through, not around
These stories, written by Canadians, paint a picture of what it's like to experience the emotional and physical facets of infertility, miscarriage, and pregnancy loss: the pain, sadness, desperation, hope, humour, frustration, and also the knowledge that while these issues are often out of our co...
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Forbidden knowledge
In Forbidden Knowledge, drug safety advocate Terence Young reveals how Big Pharma came to hold all the power in the pharmaceutical industry, and empowers patients to partner with their doctor to talk openly and plainly about prescription drugs to avoid adverse drug reactions. This is your surviva...
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Raising emotionally healthy boys
As society redefines our ideas of masculinity, the lessons we teach our children are lagging behind. It's become commonplace to think of men as "closed off," while women are often expected to show a broader range of emotional expression. Parents need to have a serious conversation about this, for...
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Battle royal
A nuanced and thorough investigation of the cases for preserving or abolishing the monarchy in Canada. Subjecting both sides to searching critiques, political scientist David Johnson examines the republican challenge to the Crown and the monarchist defence of it, while giving a tantalizing view o...
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A resilient crown
The historic constitutional monarchy in Canada has shown considerable resilience and durability during the unprecedented seventy-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, A Resilient Crown examines a broad range of topics related to the role of the Crown in C...
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Journey through genocide
Journalist Raffy Boudjikanian speaks with genocide survivors from Darfur and Rwanda; and in eastern Turkey confronts the legacy of the Turkish government's denial of its responsibility for the Armenian genocide of 1915, an atrocity that resulted in the murder and exiling of many, including the au...
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The greenhouse approach
Challenging the status quo, Chitra Anand's The Greenhouse Approach distils the author's research and experience in the technology sector, gained over more than twenty years, into a simple guide to how to shift corporate culture, identify the true agents of change within a company, and assemble to...
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Cardiovascular health
Even though cardiovascular disease is still the number one cause of mortality in the world, it too often goes overlooked. This guide, written in an easy-to-understand style, explains what can go wrong in our cardiovascular system, what medicine can do to help, and how simple lifestyle changes can...
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Fields of exile
Judith was a peace activist in Israel, yet in graduate school she discovers that vilifying Israel is the expected norm. When Judith protests the hypocrisy she finds on campus, her life begins to unravel.
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La constitution canadienne
La Constitution canadienne est un livre introductif visant à aider les Canadiens à mieux comprendre leur Constitution par un langage simple, des anecdotes fascinantes et un peu d’humour.
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Ten decisions
In the chaos of the Second World War, Canada faced cruel choices, both on the battlefield and in the world of politics. Of all these life-and-death choices, ten stand above the others in their importance, their agonizing stakes, and the impact they have on the country to this day.
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Government digital
Industry, academic, and government experts present a roadmap for radical change in how we govern. Learnings and recommendations point the way forward for governments in an age where standing still and doing nothing equates failure.
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Ontario and quebec’s irish pioneers
Taking on the myth that Irish settlers in Canada were a wave of famine victims, Lucille Campey reveals the pioneering achievements of the Irish who began populating — and thriving in — Ontario and Quebec a century before the famine of 1840. The second volume of the Irish in Canada series brings a...
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