Studying arctic fields

A study of social and cultural life at a scientific research station in the Arctic.

Freshwater pollution, canadian style

My vancouver dance history

A compelling personal account of the artists and works that have established Vancouver as a dance-making capital.

Psychological activity in homer

This work focuses upon one word among several that make up Homer's psychological terminology. By its wide range of meaning, phren illustrates many aspects of psychic activity in Homer, including emotion, volition, and different forms of thought. Psychological terminology poses a challenge for exa...

The irish in ontario, second edition

For most of the nineteenth century, the Irish formed the largest non-French ethnic group in central Canada and their presence was particularly significant in Ontario. This study presents a general discussion of the Irish in Ontario during the nineteenth

Evolutionary intuitionism

It seems impossible that organisms selected to maximize their genetic legacy could also be moral agents in a world in which taking risks for strangers is sometimes morally laudable. Brian Zamulinski argues that it is possible if morality is an evolutionary by-product rather than an adaptation.

West/border/road

A captivating look at how recent Canadian fiction, film, and television appropriate and redefine American genres.

Prelude to quebec's quiet revolution

In this study of the intellectual origins of Quebec's Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, Michael Behiels has provided the most comprehensive account to date of the two competing ideological movements which emerged after World War II to challenge the tenets of traditional French-Canadian nationalism.

The catholicisms of coutances

How religious belief and practice shaped daily life in early modern France.

Ellen smallboy

Ellen Smallboy's life spanned a period of immense change among the Cree of northern Ontario. Born in about 1853 near James Bay, for most of her lifetime Smallboy led a semi-nomadic life that revolved around seasonal hunting. By the time she was an old woman, however, Cree lifestyle and culture we...

Protecting canadian democracy

This first in-depth analysis of Canada's Senate in 40 years.

Farewell the ivory tower

Creating this place

The women of St John's and the making of Newfoundland society.

Death talk

Death Talk asks why, when our society has rejected euthanasia for over two thousand years, are we now considering legalizing it? Has euthanasia been promoted by deliberately confusing it with other ethically acceptable acts? What is the relation between pain relief treatments that could shorten l...

The complete plays of frances burney

This two-volume set of the comedies and tragedies of Frances Burney (1752-1840) reveals her remarkable, yet little-known, talent as a dramatist. Compiled from the original manuscripts, it includes a substantial general introduction, headnotes to each play, explanatory notes, and variant readings.

Eastward to empire

Capitalism xxl

Capitalism XXL calls for changing the rules of capitalism in order to tame giant corporations and restore the individual to the world economy. Noels proposes an approach that considers human dimensions and describes a sustainable future economy that will not burden subsequent generations with deb...

After the terror

Coleridge and the inspired word

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was the central figure in the dissemination of higher criticism, the analytical and historical study of the Bible begun in Germany in the late eighteenth century by Lessing, Herder, and Eichorn.

Migration governance in north america

Migration Governance in North America engages the complex dynamics of mobilities across the continent. Situating North America within the global migration landscape, it unpacks such issues as temporary labour mobility, border security, asylum governance, refugee resettlement, and the role of loca...

St petersburg dialogues

A classic renowned for both its content and its French literary style that today still influences the direction of far-right conservatism in Western political thought.

The allied arts

Considering a wide range of craftspeople, materials, and forms, The Allied Arts investigates the history of the complex relationship between craft and architecture by examining the intersection of these two areas in Canadian public buildings.

Quotations for the fast lane

A indispensable reference for finding the right thing to say at the right time.

A history of photography in canada, volume 2

In this history of photography as a cultural, social, and political force Martha Langford shows how photography at mid-century moved beyond merely recording events to actively participating in their construction, reshaping how Canadians came to imagine themselves and their country.

Unreal country

This diverse yet distinctive Canadian modernity is explored in Unreal Country. Referring to a wide range of novels and drawing on scholarship in geography, history, and cultural studies, Glenn Willmott argues that the postcolonial rhetoric of youth coincided with - and influenced - Canadian moder...

Renegade in power

Between dispersion and belonging

Revisiting diaspora theory with illuminating global case studies.

Partita for glenn gould

A privileged look into the life of a solitary artist with an extraordinary gift for communicating art to everyone.

This unfriendly soil

Following the American Revolution, more than 20,000 loyalists fled to Nova Scotia, doubling the population in a single year. Neil MacKinnon provides the first detailed account of this great wave of immigrants, their exodus and settlement, their adjustment to the new land, and their effect upon it...

The art of the city

A consideration of both how the “soul” of a city is expressed through architectural forms and how the age of globalization threatens its survival.

The children's senator

An inspiring account of Landon Pearson's powerful and transformative vision for an architecture of children's rights through sixty years of advocacy, leadership, and mentorship.

Loyalist land ownership in upper canada’s norfolk county, 1792–1851

Loyalist Land Ownership in Upper Canada’s Norfolk County, 1792–1851 is a comparative study of landholding among Loyalist and non-Loyalist settlers in Upper Canada.

Credo

The elegance, verbal felicitousness, and subtle crafting that were the signature qualities of Carmine Starnino's debut, The New World, are once again on display in his second book, Credo. Whether the subject is a passport, a clothesline, an antique goblet, prayer, or archaic English words, Starni...

Crown and nobility, 1450-1509

With scarcely a ripple

Much of the development of regions and communities on both sides of the United States-Canada border resulted from migration. With Scarcely a Ripple, the first study to link persistence, immigration, internal migration, and return migration, looks beyond

Double lives

A compelling and intimate exploration of the unique juggling act of mother/writer.

Scottish common sense in germany, 1768-1800

Proponents of Scottish common-sense philosophy, especially Thomas Reid, James Oswald, and James Beattie, had a substantial influence on late enlightenment German philosophy. In this illuminating study Manfred Kuehn explores the nature and extent of that influence. He finds that the work of these ...

The perils of pedagogy

The first book to examine the works of controversial film and video-maker, queer activist, and agent provocateur, John Greyson.

The politics of collegiality

Declining enrolment, retrenchment (cutback) strategies, and demands from the public for increased accountability have forced university administrators to re-examine the efficiency of the university and adopt managerial techniques that advocate increased accountability, centralized authority, and ...

The adaptable country

The Adaptable Country outlines straightforward policy reforms to improve adaptability – the capacity to anticipate and manage danger. In a turbulent world, authoritarian rule is a tempting path to security. Canada’s challenge is to show how political systems built to respect diversity and human r...

Whiplash and other useful illnesses

Whiplash, first described in a medical journal in 1953, now occurs so frequently that in the U.S. alone its annual cost is estimated at between $13 and $18 billion dollars. In Whiplash and the Exploitation of Victimhood Andrew Malleson contends that whiplash is nothing more than a strain of the n...

Changing structure of the western economy

The future of action research in education

A provocative analysis of the legacy and direction of action research in Canada and beyond.

Becoming inummarik

A critical look at how Inuit men balance traditional values and social circumstances to find their place in the contemporary Arctic.