Canada category: 4109 books
William Lyon Mackenzie King, Volume II, 1924-1932
The Lonely Heights
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
This second volume of the official biography of Mackenzie King (the first, written by R. MacG. Dawson, was published in 1958) covers the years 1924 to 1932. At the opening of this period, King was still an inexperienced and untried leader but the next few years were to test his qualities as he dealt...
Rails to the Atlantic
Exploring the Railway Heritage of Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015
Follow Rails to the Atlantic through eastern Canada’s railway heritage. Visit preserved railway stations in various states of use, or take in the architecture of the grand era of station building in Quebec City, Halifax, and St. John’s. Board scenic railway excursions on the Orford Express or...
by Rudy Wiebe
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Big Bear (1825–1888) was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people...
Residential Schools and Reconciliation
Canada Confronts Its History
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Since the 1980s successive Canadian institutions, including the federal government and Christian churches, have attempted to grapple with the malignant legacy of residential schooling, including official apologies, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement...
Taming the Skies
A Celebration of Canadian Flight
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
It is a cruel irony of history that as we celebrate the centenary of flight on December 17, 2003, aviation is in a tailspin and airlines are disappearing in Canada. Yet flight itself remains one of humanity’s most spectacular triumphs, and Canada especially has much to be proud of. Contained within...
The Canadian Dream
Canadian Immigration from 1500 until Today
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Cultural Studies - Canada, grade: 2,0, University of Hannover (Department for Anglophone Studies), course: Canadian Pop-Culture, language: English, abstract: This research paper deals with the immirgration history of Canada from 1500 until today. It...
Canada Transformed
The Speeches of Sir John A. Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
To coincide with the bicentennial of Sir John A. Macdonald's birth, this is the first-ever selected collection of his most important and defining speeches. Published in collaboration with The Sir John A. Macdonald Bicentennial Commission, and endorsed by all of our living Prime Ministers, this is...
The Orillia Spirit
An Illustrated History of Orillia
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
2017 Orillia Museum of Art & History Award, Historical Publications and/or Research — Winner
**The history of Orillia, told through the stories of its people, bringing to life the community’s heritage and significance.
The Orillia Spirit:**
Muddling through Canada’s first, and...
by George M. Wrong, H.H. Langton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
IN VOLUME VIII THE GROWTH OF NATIONALITY - Part I The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion by A. H. U. Colquhoun - Part II The Day of Sir John Macdonald: A Chronicle of The First Prime Minister of The Dominion by Sir Joseph Pope - Part III The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of the 20th Century by Oscar D. Skelton.
by W. M. Tremblay
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
This is a fascinating collection of short pieces about Canadian firsts, ranging from Canada's first Potter's Field through technical developments and inventions like Sonar and the variable pitch aircraft propeller, to Canada's first female winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. The collection is presented...
The Green Horse
My Early Years in the Canadian Rockies – A Park Warden’s Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
An inspiring, humorous and adventure-packed mountain memoir that takes the reader on a journey into western Canada’s backcountry parks during the raucous 1960s and 1970s.
Born in the west but raised initially in the east, Dale Portman was eight years old when his family headed back to the...
The Right Relationship
Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
The relationship between Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government is one that has increasingly come to the fore. Numerous tragic incidents and a legacy of historical negligence combined with more vehement calls for action is forcing a reconsideration of the relationship between the...
by William Bennett Munro
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015
It was Samuel Champlain, a seaman of Brouage, who first secured for France and for Frenchmen a sure foothold in North America, and thus became the herald of Bourbon imperialism. After a youth spent at sea, Champlain engaged for some years in the armed conflicts with the Huguenots; then he returned to his old marine life once more.
Inside the Museums
Toronto's Heritage Sites and their Most Prized Objects
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2014
Heritage Toronto Book Award — Shortlisted, Non-Fiction Book
Illuminates Toronto’s early history through its small heritage museums.
A portrait of William Lyon Mackenzie stares from a mural at Queen subway station, his face as round and orange as a wheel of cheese. He served as Toronto’s...