Canadian nonfiction

  • Essentials of pediatric emergency medicine

    Creator

    Valani, Rahim

    Abstract

    Provide the best care for young patients with this essential reference. Sharpen your practice with a guided approach to pathophysiology, history taking, physical examinations, diagnostic imaging, differential diagnoses, and treatment options. Keep a comprehensive review of common pediatric emergencies at your fingertips. Find what you need quickly and easily in clear, bulleted points. Sharpen your readiness for board exams with this valuable supplemental resource.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Edmonton

    Brush Education

    Non spécifié
  • Moments of crisis : religion and national identity in Québec

    Creator

    Morrison, Ian A.

    Abstract

    In the past two decades, Québec has been racked by a series of controversies in which the religiosity of migrants and minorities has been represented as a threat to the province's once staunchly Catholic, and now resolutely secular, identity. In Moments of Crises, Ian Morrison locates these debates within a longer history of crises within - and transformations of - Québécois identity, from the Conquest of New France in 1760 to contemporary times.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    UBC Press

    Non spécifié
  • Identities and interests : race, ethnicity, and affinity voting

    Creator

    Besco, Randy

    Abstract

    Identities and Interests offers an entirely new perspective on the role of racial and ethnic identities in Canadian elections. Using a series of experiments, as well as candidate and census data, Randy Besco demonstrates that self-identification matters far more than self-interest, ideology, or policy. The largest minority groups - Chinese and South Asian Canadians - tend to support candidates of their own ethnicity. Yet inter-minority affinity voting also reveals the potential for "rainbow coalitions" and how minorities themselves think in terms of a white/non-white divide.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    UBC Press

    Non spécifié
  • Fighting with the empire : Canada, Britain, and global conflict, 1867-1947

    Creator

    Marti, Steve

    Pratt, William John

    Abstract

    Canadians often characterize their military history as a march toward nationhood, but in the first eighty years of Confederation they were fighting for the British Empire. War forced Canadians to re-examine their relationship to Britain and to one another. As French Canadians, Indigenous peoples, and those with roots in continental Europe and beyond mobilized for war, their participation challenged the imagined homogeneity of Canada as a British nation.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    UBC Press

    Non spécifié
  • Mobilizing global knowledge : refugee research in an age of displacement

    Abstract

    In 2018, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees documented a record high 71.4 million displaced people around the world. As states struggle with the costs of providing protection to so many people and popular conceptions of refugees have become increasingly politicized and sensationalized, researchers have come together to form regional and global networks dedicated to working with displaced people to learn how to respond to their needs ethically, compassionately, and for the best interests of the global community.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Calgary

    University of Calgary Press

    Non spécifié
  • Never without love

    Creator

    Massoudi, Mehrnaz

    Abstract

    Both charming and powerful, this memoir unfolds the story of a young girl born in Iran who eventually triumphs over sexism and abuse to become a successful woman and mother in Canada. The book opens with a dramatic account of a terrible accident that leaves a young child with burn scars all over her chest. This scarring has a profound effect on the girl's life. Yet, despite this accident, the narrator's childhood is rich and blessed in many ways.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Inanna Publications

    Non spécifié
  • Home sweet neighborhood : transforming cities one block at a time

    Creator

    Mulder, Michelle

    Abstract

    Picture a busy avenue. Now plant trees along the boulevard, paint a mural by the empty lot, and add a community garden. Set up benches along the sidewalks and make space for kids' chalk drawings, and you've set the scene for a thriving community. Placemaking-personalizing public and semi-private spaces like front yards-is a growing trend in cities and suburbs around the world, drawing people out of their homes and into conversation with one another.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Divided province : Ontario politics in the age of neoliberalism

    Creator

    Albo, Greg

    Evans, Bryan M.

    Abstract

    No government jurisdiction in Canada has so radically transformed its public policies over the past decades as Ontario, and yet the province has also maintained a striking degree of political stability in its party system. Since the 1990s, neoliberalism has been the point of reference in constructing policy agendas for all of Ontario's political parties.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    MQUP

    Non spécifié
  • Unveiling the nation : the politics of secularism in France and Quebec

    Creator

    Laxer, Emily

    Abstract

    Over the last few decades, politicians in Europe and North America have fiercely debated the effects of a growing Muslim minority on their respective national identities. Some of these countries have prohibited Islamic religious coverings in public spaces and institutions, while in others, legal restriction remains subject to intense political conflict. Seeking to understand these different outcomes, social scientists have focused on the role of countries' historically rooted models of nationhood and their attendant discourses of secularism.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    MQUP

    Non spécifié
  • From where I stand : rebuilding Indigenous nations for a stronger Canada

    Creator

    Wilson-Raybould, Jody

    Abstract

    An Indigenous leader who has dedicated her life to Indigenous Rights, Jody Wilson-Raybould has represented both First Nations and the Crown at the highest levels. And she is not afraid to give Canadians what they need most - straight talk on what has to be done to move beyond our colonial legacy and achieve true reconciliation in Canada. In this powerful book, drawn from speeches and other writings, she urges all Canadians - both Indigenous and non-Indigenous - to build upon the momentum already gained or risk hard-won progress being lost.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    UBC Press

    Non spécifié