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  • Corporate Wasteland The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization
    Author:

    Lewis, David

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    High, Steven

    Summary:

    Deindustrialization is not simply an economic process; it is also a social and cultural phenomenon.

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  • On Remembrance Day
    Author:

    Creasey, Eleanor

    Summary:

    An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Juvenile nonfiction

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  • The Deindustrialized World Confronting Ruination in Postindustrial Places
    Author:

    High, Steven

    ,

    MacKinnon, Lachlan

    ,

    Perchard, Andrew

    Summary:

    Since the 1970s, the closure of mines, mills, and factories has marked a rupture in working-class lives.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Social science

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  • Beyond Testimony and Trauma Oral History in the Aftermath of Mass Violence
    Author:

    High, Steven

    Summary:

    Survivors of terrible events are often portrayed as unsung heroes or tragic victims but rarely as complex human beings whose lives extend beyond the stories they have told.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Social science

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  • Oral History at the Crossroads Sharing Life Stories of Survival and Displacement
    Author:

    High, Steven

    Summary:

    Over the span of seven years, hundreds of people displaced by mass violence told their stories to the Montreal Life Stories project.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Going Public The Art of Participatory Practice
    Author:

    Miller, Elizabeth

    ,

    Little, Edward

    ,

    High, Steven

    Summary:

    Going Public responds to the urgent need to expand current thinking on what it means to co-create and to actively involve the public in research activities.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Social science

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  • Abraham's diary : part 1
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    In 1880, two Inuit families from Labrador in northern Canada were exhibited in European zoos. Spectators flocked to the zoo exhibit expecting to see "exotics" from some "primitive race".

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Indigenous materials, History and geography, Discursive works

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  • Any mummers allowed? : part 2 : mummers abroad
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    A 2-hour series about the tradition of Christmas mummering Long before Santa, Bing Crosby and the Mattel Toy Company stole the occasion, the Winter Solstice was celebrated with seasonal rituals lik

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Atlantic airlift : the story of ferry command
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    May 1940. Britain is losing the war. Churchill is desperate for bombers. Aircraft deliveries from U.S. factories are being ravaged by German U-Boats at sea.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Both sides now : part 1
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    This two-hour series is a revealing personal and professional portrait of Canadian singer and composer Joni Mitchell.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Music

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  • Both sides now : part 2
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    This two-hour series is a revealing personal and professional portrait of Canadian singer and composer Joni Mitchell.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Music, Biographies and autobiographies

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  • Cholera diary
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    Joelle Pouliot was a nurse with a comfortable life in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Then she volunteered for a 6-week stint with Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Medicine, health and fitness, Discursive works

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  • Death at the door
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    The Salvadoran Civil War was a conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of five left-wing guerrilla groups.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Fish & chips with Jimi
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    On the anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, a smoking-hot blues guitarist in a small Canadian city announces a tribute concert in a local tavern.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Music

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  • Flight of fancy : traveling light
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    The Monarch butterfly is the marathon runner of the insect world.

    Genre: Math and science, Pets and animals

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