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Spirit Rider is an enchanting mystery for young readers, blending friendship, Indigenous storytelling, and the supernatural. In this third book in the Lillian Mystery series, Lillian and her friends once again find themselves at the crossroads of spirits and secrets. When a mysterious boy on a bicycle appears outside Lillian's window, his mischievous antics hide a deeper, more haunting purpose. With her gift of communicating with spirits, and the support of her friends Chloe and Grace, as well as her wise Kokum and Auntie, Lillian embarks on a journey to uncover the truth.

This is the story of the King's Own Calgary Regiment. Beginning in the last years of collective innocence before the Great War, it follows the regiment to Vimy Ridge, through the short years of peace to Dieppe and the Italian Campaign, through the establishment and maintenance of militia and reserve forces, and into the Cold War. "Onward" is a soldier's story: mundane, heroic and tragic.

"Digital Memory Agents in Canada" explores memory performances and representations with different cultural and spatial relationships to Canada. It moves from discourses on place to focus on the digital or virtual space and on how certain cultures, subjectivities, or positionalities use digital media to document or represent their recollections. Embracing interdisciplinary approaches, the contributors investigate how digital media, like memories, can transcend space and time to impact individuals and communities.

Canadian classrooms are a microcosm of Canada's diverse society, and educational assistants play a vital role in helping all students feel valued, capable, and included. "The Educational Assistant's Guide to Supporting Inclusion in a Diverse Society" uses case studies and examples to present an accessible, practical guide to acquiring the key skills and knowledge you need to be an effective, professional enhancement to the classroom.

Prepare effective H&C applications with the best chance at getting approved. Canada has as many as 100,000 undocumented immigrants, with some estimates putting that number closer to half a million. They live under the radar of provincial and national authorities, working for cash and having no social insurance number. They also live precarious lives, with no access to health care or social supports and in constant fear of being caught.

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A stunning, evocative novel set in Ireland and Canada, Away traces a family’s complex and layered past. The narrative unfolds with shimmering clarity, and takes us from the harsh northern Irish coast in the 1840s to the quarantine stations at Grosse Isle and the barely hospitable land of the Canadian Shield; from the flourishing town of Port Hope to the flooded streets of Montreal; from Ottawa at the time of Confederation to a large-windowed house at the edge of a Great Lake during the present day.

Ghana, 1956. Nous sommes à la veille de l'indépendance. Nathaniel Amegbe est professeur dans une école ghanéenne plutôt médiocre. Johnnie Kestoe est comptable dans une firme textile britannique à Accra. Les deux hommes s'affronteront autour de la question de l'« africanisation », cette politique de passation des responsabilités entre Britanniques et Ghanéens. De l'autre côté du Jourdain est le premier roman de Margaret Laurence, cette matriarche de la littérature.

Eugenie Bouchard est aujourd'hui l'une des athlètes les plus connues du circuit féminin de tennis professionnel. Très populaire auprès des amateurs (elle a sa "Genie Army" et 1,3 million d'"amis" Facebook), elle participe aux plus grands tournois de la planète, attire les commanditaires les plus prestigieux, et fait la une des magazines. Mais comment est-elle devenue la meilleure joueuse de l'histoire du tennis canadien avant même d'avoir 20 ans ?

Traduit par Rachel Martinez. « Sur papier, mon parcours professionnel paraît réglé d'avance : ingénieur, pilote de chasse, pilote d'essai, astronaute. Une trajectoire type, droite comme une flèche, pour un professionnel du domaine. Mais cela ne s'est pas tout à fait déroulé ainsi. Ma route a été déviée par des virages en épingle et des impasses. Je n'étais pas destiné à devenir astronaute. J'ai dû me transformer pour y parvenir.