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For many years until his death in 1995, Kelly Clark was a well-known part of the Winnipeg art world. This book reproduces work from many periods of Clark's career. It also includes essays by George Swinton, Arthur Adamson and Donalda Johnson which discuss some of the different facets of Clark's life and work.

In this long-awaited book from one of the most recognized and respected scholars in Native Studies today, Emma LaRocque presents a powerful interdisciplinary study of the Native literary response to racist writing in the Canadian historical and literary record from 1850 to 1990. In When the Other is Me, LaRocque brings a metacritical approach to Native writing, situating it as resistance literature within and outside the postcolonial intellectual context.

Manitoba’s ninety-three species of fish give the province the third most diverse fish population in Canada. The province’s variety of geological features, with its major lakes, rivers, tributaries, and watersheds, is due in large part to its history as the basin for Glacial Lake Agassiz. This, combined with its access to the waters of Hudson Bay and large American river systems, has provided habitat for a wide diversity of freshwater fish.

At the start of the Second World War, Poland was invaded by both the German and the Soviet armies. The country was unable to withstand the assaults and thousands of Polish soldiers and civilians were shipped to labour camps and prisons, where starvation, disease, and mistreatment were their daily expectations. With the signing of an amnesty between the Polish and Soviet governments in 1942, many of these soldiers were engaged in rebuilding the Polish army, and travelled through the Mideast to fight in the Italian campaign.

Le beau-livre La Cathédrale de Saint-Boniface retrace l'histoire des six églises et cathédrales de Saint-Boniface au Manitoba depuis la fondation de la mission en 1818. Les photos contemporaines du photographe primé, Michel Grandmaison, viennent compléter les photos d'archives et les pans d'histoire présentés par l'auteure Joanne Therrien.

Description de la vie et des coutumes des voyageurs, accompagnées d’exercices pédagogiques. Illustrations de Réal Bérard.

The Discovering Canada series presents information, stories and activities to make Canadian history interesting to young people. Each of the eleven illustrated books focuses on a theme in Canadian history and includes primary source quotes, biographical details, vocabulary, activities and games. The Vikings deals with the earliest period of European exploration of Canada...Who were these adventurers? Where did they travel? What gods inspired them? Where did they live? How did they dress? What sports did they play?

Considéré comme la plus grande fête hivernale dans l'Ouest canadien, le Festival du Voyageur attire des dizaines de milliers de festivaliers qui viennent de partout dans le monde pour découvrir les coutumes de nos ancêtres-voyageurs qui ont jalonné à l'ouest du pays depuis le passage de La Vérendrye en 1734. C'est en 1969 que la communauté franco-manitobaine décide de jeter les bases d'une première fête d'hiver autour du thème historique, le voyageur.

L’auteur de cette étude aborde d’une façon systématique l’oeuvre de l’une des grandes figures des lettres canadiennes et son univers fascinant.

Un pays qui diffère de la plaine.Réalisé dans le cadre de la série Lieux et paysages du Manitoba, cet ouvrage présente des pans d’histoire de Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes depuis sa fondation en 1881. Les textes de Denis Bibault et Paul Cenerini sont accompagnés de photos d’archives et contemporaines.Situé dans les collines Pembina, environ 130 kilomètres au sud-ouest de Winnipeg au Manitoba, Lourdes est connu pour sa francophonie, pour son emplacement géographique, pour son influence dans le domaine de l’éducation, pour ses services de santé et pour son développement économique.