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The traditional mythology of the West is dominated by male images: the fur trader, the Mountie, the missionary, the miner, the cowboy, the politician, the Chief.

Looking back over the past half century, Jaques recounts the tumultuous history of the Alberta farm organization Unifarm.

Trudeau appeared to enjoy the encounter.

Alberta’s ranching heritage occupies an important place in the province’s historical consciousness.

"It is my hope, and the hope of the Office of the Treaty Commissioner, that this publication can help provide the historical context needed to intelligently and respectfully forge new relations bet

During a time of two world wars and a sluggish world economy, many Northern Europeans left their homelands to build the American and Canadian West with dreams of abundance and new life.

Translated from personal memoirs and diaries, this is a compelling story of Anthony Hlynka, the only sitting Member of Parliament of Ukrainian origin from 1940 to 1945.

Diane Payment has a long personal association with Batoche; her study is the culmination of thirty years of documentary and field research as a participant-observer within the community.

“My work as a scientist who studies bird parasites causes me to wonder about the hidden part of the drama unfolding before my eyes: the flying zoo that makes each bird what it is.

This well-paced narrative recounts the story of the great Sioux chief Sitting Bull's retreat into Canada after the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Sam Steele, “the man who tamed the Gold Rush,” had a high-profile public career, yet his private life has been closely protected.

On June 23, 1985, the bombing of Air India Flight 182 killed 329 people, most of them Canadians.

Below the mist-shrouded mountains of the West Coast lie the stories of how we came to be.

This is an exciting new collection sure to create ripples throughout Canadian film studies - an important new addition to the literature on Canadian screen culture.

In this comprehensive study of Belgian settlement in western Canada, Cornelius Jaenen shows that Belgian immigration was unique in its character and brought with it significant benefits out of prop