Margaret Laurence’s much admired Manawaka fiction — The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, The Fire-Dwellers, A Bird in the House, and The Diviners -– has achieved remarkable recognition for its compassio
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Author:Riegel, Christian
Summary:Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Literary artsAvailable Formats:
Author:Robson, Wanda
,Reynolds, Graham
Summary:For many Canadians, the first introduction to Viola Desmond will have been was seeing her portrait on the new $10 banknote.
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Author:Jones, Harlo L.
Summary:Through Harlo Jones's eyes, we explore the prairie landscape from coulee to slough; watch the construction of the first buildings, with basements dug by fresnos, and walls insulated with wood
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Author:Meunier, Hugo
Summary:In 2012, journalist Hugo Meunier went undercover as a Walmart employee for three months in St. Leonard, Quebec, just north of Montreal.
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Author:Brandt, Di
Summary:Wild Mother Dancing challenges the historical absence of the mother, who, as subject and character, has been repeatedly suppressed and edited out of the literary canon.
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Literary artsAvailable Formats:
Author:Summary:Inuit qaujimajatuqangit--which means a complete body of knowledge and experience passed from generation to generation--is a collection of contributions by Inuit Elders.
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Author:McKegney, Sam
Summary:The legacy of the residential school system ripples throughout Native Canada, its fingerprints on the domestic violence, poverty, alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide rates that continue to cripple
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Author:Lithman, Yngve Georg
Summary:A thoughtful account of life on a reserve and of the interaction of Native people with White society, this volume is based on the author’s three years’ experience with one Indian band on the prairi
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Author:Goodhand, Margo
Summary:In the supposedly enlightened 60s and 70s, violence against women was widespread. It wasn't talked about, and women had few, if any, options to escape their abusers.
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Author:Summary:A Thousand Miles of Prairie is a fascinating look at Manitoba’s early boom years (1880-1910) through the eyes and words of some of the most interesting personalities of early Winnipeg.
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Author:Summary:There is, in all of Canada, a severe shortage of decent quality housing that is affordable to those with low incomes, and a great deal of inadequate, and often appalling, housing.
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Social scienceAvailable Formats:
Author:Adams, Christopher
Summary:Politics in Manitoba is the first comprehensive look at the Manitoba party system.
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Author:Carr, Ian
Summary:For many Canadians, the state of our health care and medical system is at the top of the public agenda.
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Author:Burkowicz, Taslim
Summary:This book is a moving contribution to the growing body of fictional writings about migrants and racialized women across transnational borders.
Genre: Canadian fiction, General fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Withers, A. J.
Summary:An accessible introduction to disability studies, Disability Politics and Theory provides a concise survey of disability history, exploring the concept of disability as it has been conceived from t
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