Canadian nonfiction

  • Canada on the United Nations Security Council : a small power on a large stage

    Creator

    Chapnick, Adam

    Abstract

    As the twentieth century ended, Canada was completing its sixth term on the UN Security Council. A decade later, Ottawa's attempt to return to the council was dramatically rejected by its global peers, leaving Canadians - and international observers - shocked and disappointed. Canada on the United Nations Security Council tells the story of that defeat and what it means for future campaigns, describing and analyzing Canada's attempts since 1946, both successful and unsuccessful, to gain a seat as a non-permanent member.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    UBC Press

    Non spécifié
  • Putting family first : migration and integration in Canada

    Creator

    Bauder, Harald

    Abstract

    When migrants reach their new home, we often interpret their settlement and integration as an individual process driven largely by the labour market. But family plays a crucial role. Putting Family First investigates the experience of immigrant families settling in Greater Toronto, from newcomers' initial reception to their deep involvement in and attachment to their receiving society.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    UBC Press

    Non spécifié
  • Undiplomatic history : the new study of Canada and the world

    Creator

    Huizen, Philip Van

    McKercher, Asa

    Abstract

    When the field of Canadian history underwent major shifts in the 1990s, international history became marginalized and the focus turned away from foreign affairs. Over the past decade, however, the study of Canada and the world has been revitalized. Undiplomatic History charts these changes, bringing together leading and emerging historians of Canadian international and transnational relations to take stock of recent developments and to outline the course of future research.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    MQUP

    Non spécifié
  • Beyond the noise of solemn assemblies : the Protestant ethic and the quest for social justice in Canada

    Creator

    Allen, Richard

    Abstract

    Since the 1970s Richard Allen's scholarship on the social gospel has broken new ground in the field of Canadian social and religious history by recovering key aspects of the tradition and its contribution to reform movements and politics. Beyond the Noise of Solemn Assemblies collects and extends many of his classic works to present a comprehensive overview of a major thread in the fabric of the country.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    MQUP

    Non spécifié
  • Not quite us : anti-Catholic thought in English Canada since 1900

    Creator

    Anderson, Kevin P.

    Abstract

    In twentieth-century Canada, mainline Protestants, fundamentalists, liberal nationalists, monarchists, conservative Anglophiles, and left-wing intellectuals had one thing in common: they all subscribed to a centuries-old world view that Catholicism was an authoritarian, regressive, untrustworthy, and foreign force that did not fit into a democratic, British nation like Canada.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    MQUP

    Non spécifié
  • Feminist praxis revisited : critical reflections on university-community engagement

    Creator

    Dean, Amber

    Johnson, Jennifer L.

    Luhmann, Susanne

    Abstract

    In Feminist Praxis Revisited, Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) practitioners reflect on how the field has sought to integrate its commitment to activism and social change with community-based learning in post-secondary institutions. Teaching about and for social change has been a core value of the field since its inception, and co-op, practica, and internships have long been part of the curriculum in the professional schools.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Waterloo, ON

    Wilfrid Laurier University Press

    Non spécifié
  • Beauty in a box : detangling the roots of Canada's black beauty culture

    Creator

    Thompson, Cheryl

    Abstract

    One of the first transnational, feminist studies of Canada's black beauty culture and the role that media, retail, and consumers have played in its development, Beauty in a Box widens our understanding of the politics of black hair. The book analyzes advertisements and articles from media-newspapers, advertisements, television, and other sources-that focus on black communities in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, and Calgary.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Waterloo, ON

    Wilfrid Laurier University Press

    Non spécifié
  • Gone is gone : wildlife under threat

    Creator

    Goodall, Jane

    Groc, Isabelle

    Abstract

    Gone is Gone looks at why species become endangered, how scientists are learning about endangered wildlife, what people are doing to conserve species and ways young people can help. The book is richly illustrated with unique photos that Isabelle has taken over many years of observing endangered species in the field alongside the people who work to conserve them.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Canadian multimodal transport policy and governance

    Creator

    Coleman, John

    Doern, G. Bruce

    Prentice, Barry E.

    Abstract

    Given its geographical expanse, Canada has always faced long-term transport policy issues and challenges. Canadian Multi-Modal Transport Policy and Governance explains how and why Canadian transportation policy and related governance changed from the Pierre Trudeau era through the Chretien, Martin, Mulroney, Harper, and Justin Trudeau eras.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    MQUP

    Non spécifié