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This stunning picture-book imagining of artist Agnes Martin's childhood gives readers a glimpse into the life and work of one of the most esteemed abstract painters of the twentieth century. Agnes Martin was born on the Canadian prairies in the early twentieth century. In this imagining of her childhood from acclaimed author Tessa McWatt, Agnes spends her days surrounded by wheat fields, where her grandfather encourages her to draw what she sees and feels around her: the straight horizon, the feeling of the sun, the movement of birds' wings and the shapes she sees in the wheat.

Written by Anishinaabe educator Christine M'Lot with psychologist Dr. Karlee Fellner, the Teacher Guide for In Search of April Raintree and April Raintree helps teachers create dynamic learning experiences for their students in grades 11 and 12, while maintaining a respectful and dignified approach to Indigenous topics.

All Sky, Mirror Ocean is for everyone looking to understand the complex issues around mental illness and healing. Combining autobiography, research-creation, poetry, and creative philosophy, Brad Necyk uses art and words to uncover and tell new stories about trauma and recovery. Necyk weaves his own histories with bipolar affective disorder and childhood medical trauma with those of other people dealing with grief and loss: head and neck cancer patients in Edmonton, psychiatric inpatients in Toronto, and communities in Iqaluit stricken by suicide.

Angels, universal beacons of hope, symbols of humanity and grace. In this book, you will encounter people who have had extraordinary experiences, and you will read stories that may seem impossible or too amazing to be true.

With a history dating back to our early settlers, Canadian winemaking has truly come of age.

The stories of Canada's top pilots of World War II continue to amaze and inspire us. From Dick Audet, the only Spitfire pilot to ever claim five kills in a single sortie to Russell Russ Bannock who shot down 19 V-1 rocket bombs in his Mosquito fighter-bomber.

The Mounties always get their man, or so it seems. Canada's police forces work tirelessly to solve major cases.

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest sustained conflict of the Second World War, a critical fight for the Allies to stop Nazi U-boats and other warships from sinking supply ships to Europe. Canadians played a vital role in that war. Author and Canadian Forces veteran Larry Gray revisits the battle from the Canadian perspective.

The emergence, dominance, and alarmingly rapid retreat of modernist industrial capitalism on Cape Breton Island during the "long twentieth century" offers a particularly captivating window on the lasting and varied effects of deindustrialization. Now, at the tail end of the industrial moment in North American history, the story of Cape Breton Island presents an opportunity to reflect on how industrialization and deindustrialization have shaped human experiences.

Master clinical skills with key information on 169 common clinical presentations This comprehensive guide provides clinicians, medical students, and other health care professionals with a structured approach to navigating 169 of the most common clinical presentations with confidence and efficiency.