How ottawa spends, 1989-1990

This is the tenth edition of How Ottawa Spends. Like previous editions, it focuses on particular departments and policy initiatives of the federal government. Beyond evaluating past actions, the book is intended to offer informed comment on prospects for the future in the areas it explores.

Newfoundland in the north atlantic world, 1929-1949

The entry of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation has been the subject of many books. But, until now, the history of the British-appointed commission which governed Newfoundland from 1934 to 1949 has not been given much attention. Peter Neary surveys the history of the commission and weighs t...

Seven absolute rights

Redeeming the forgotten history of our rule of law and its categorical limits on executive power.

After the revival

Addressing broader questions about how religious movements organise, establish an identity, and develop a subculture that flourishes, After the Revival explores the fascinating history of Pentecostalism in Canada and the ways the church engages with Canadian society.

Moral reasoning in a pluralistic world

Bringing abstract moral theory to bear on the diversity of cultures and outlooks fundamental to today’s world.

Dominion over palm and pine

From the expansionist fervour of the late nineteenth century through the Cold War, dreamers campaigned for Canada’s union with the British Caribbean. Dominion over Palm and Pine traces the transnational ebb and flow of these campaigns, situating them in the global history of colonialism and white...

Science and social context

The first major product of agricultural biotechnology was recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH, also know as rbST), a drug produced by Monsanto to increase milk production in cows. Following worldwide debate about its safety, it was approved in the United States in 1993 but rejected in Canada ...

Yearbook of air and space law 1966/annuaire de droit aerien et spatial

A small town in modern times

Alexandria -- a town of about 3,500 people in Glengarry County in Eastern Ontario -- conforms in some respects to the stereotype of small towns as friendly communities without the strains of city life. Although David Rayside found Alexandria to be a pleasant town, in this penetrating study he rev...

Canada in sudan, sudan in canada

How immigration can be beneficial to the host society, the source country and the immigrants themselves.

The new labrador papers of captain george cartwright

An enterprising British merchant provides instructions for living in eighteenth-century Labrador.

Canadian policy toward khrushchev's soviet union

Based on extensive access to previously closed files in the National Archives of Canada, Canadian Policy toward Khrushchev's Soviet Union is the first comprehensive account of Canada's diplomacy toward the Soviet Union in the immediate post-Stalin era. Jamie Glazov reveals that the approach taken...

Raymond klibansky and the warburg library network

A new approach to the legacy of the Warburg Library and a companion to the pioneering work Saturn and Melancholy.

The invention of journalism ethics

Does objectivity in the news media exist? In The Invention of Journalism Ethics Stephen Ward argues that, given the current emphasis on interpretation, analysis, and perspective, journalists and the public need a new theory of objectivity. He explores the varied ethical assertions of journalists ...

Deep futures

Will the human lineage survive, reasonably happily, into the distant future? Will we survive the next millennium? Will the next 1,000 years be particularly difficult … or just plain difficult? Supposing that we survive the next 1,000 years, will we eventually become extinct (like most species) or...

Forced migration in/to canada

Covering a broad swathe of time, from colonization to the present day, Forced Migration in/to Canada examines human displacement in a variety of contexts: Indigenous dislocation and settler colonialism, Black enslavement, human trafficking, statelessness, climate migration, and newcomer settlement.

The dévotes

In The Dévotes Elizabeth Rapley provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the feminization of the Church in seventeenth-century France and as far abroad as New France.

Margaret mcwilliams

After the First World War, newly enfranchised women in Canada worked in a variety of ways to improve the situation of women in society. Mary Kinnear's study of the career of Margaret McWilliams (1875-1952) describes one woman's contribution to the largely undocumented story of interwar feminism.

The new era of global competition

The increasing globalization of production and the conservative agenda for market-led growth are dramatically affecting the life of the average Canadian and the choices made by social and economic policy makers. As Daniel Drache, Meric Gertler, and the contributing authors show, the worldwide reo...

The writings of david thompson, volume 1

A vivid account of life in the fur trade and a cornerstone of Canadian literature.

Wavelengths of your song

Intuitive environmentalism from the Canadian North is carried forth into creative global adventuring.

The practice of her profession

Florence Carlyle (1864-1923), born in Galt, Ontario, emerged as one of the most successful Canadian artists of her time. Trained in Paris, she lived and worked in New York City and in Canada, cultivating a career as a popular portrait and genre painter. Known for her masterful use of colour, Carl...

Capital formation in canada, 1896-1930

Through capital formation, the changes of the era are analysed: for instance, the boom in the wheat economy, the growth of the railways and the expansion of cities.

Ecological nation

Canada faces two existential threats: runaway climate change and the rising global tide of right-authoritarian imperialism. The inextricable relationship between the two highlights the need to safeguard Canada’s environmental and political sovereignty, requiring bold vision and sacrifice to build...

Trump, trudeau, tweets, truth

A consideration of the ways that technology has led to an irreversible transition in power distribution, political journalism, and public discourse. Discussing how the military-industrial complex of the 1950s gave way to today's celebrity-distribution complex, Bill Fox examines the amount of powe...

Charting northern waters

Charting Northern Waters celebrates the achievements and history of the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) and examines a wide range of topics relating to the origins of the CHS and to its subsequent development. Topics include the colonial heritage of hydrography in Canadians waters, the politi...

Corporate autonomy and institutional control

Douglas Stevens believes that the balance between corporate autonomy and institutional control is a central issue in the management of Crown corporations. In Corporate Autonomy and Institutional Control he investigates the effects of various organization designs on this balance, taking into accou...

General consent in jane austen

Readings of Jane Austen tend to be polarized: she is seen either as conformist - the prevalent view - or quietly subversive. In General Consent in Jane Austen Barbara Seeber overcomes this critical stalemate, arguing that general consent does not exist as a given in Austen's texts. Instead, her t...

Arctic clothing

Fear and temptation

In Fear and Temptation, Terry Goldie reveals the striking similarity of images of native peoples in the white literature of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Goldie shows this by examining more than 350 texts, from the narratives of early explorers to the fiction, poetry, and drama of later per...

Negotiating linguistic plurality

Grounded by the idea of language as lived experience, this collection assumes linguistic plurality to be a continuing human condition and offers a novel transnational and comparative perspective on it. The essays cover concepts and praxis in which linguistic plurality surfaces in the public spher...

Karl polanyi on ethics and economics

Breaking new ground in Polanyi scholarship, Gregory Baum explores the relation between ethics, culture, and economics in Karl Polanyi's writings. He identifies and analyses key concepts of Polanyi's thought and shows how they apply to the contemporary debate on ethics and economics.

How ottawa spends, 1988-1989

This is the ninth edition of How Ottawa Spends. As in years past, this volume focuses largely on national priorities, federal spending and taxing. However, it also deals with the less visible underside of federal regulatory law and non-discretionary expenditures, such as the federal share of the ...

Not like home

An intriguing account of American tourists and students in Britain during the 1950s and the influence, expectations, and realities of transatlantic encounters.

Passion and restraint

Western policymakers knew little about Poland in 1914, but by the end of the First World War were drawing the new country’s borders, sending humanitarian aid, and imposing minority protections. Passion and Restraint examines how British, French, and American foreign policymakers interacted with P...

Desiring a better country

Essays that explore the incoherencies of pluralistic secularism and pursue a Catholic alternative.

Jesuit relations and allied documents

This edition focuses on the Jesuit mission to the Hurons which culminated in the martyrdom of Fathers Brébeuf and Lalemant, and gives a fascinating glimpse of the Great Lakes Indian culture at the time the white man first came.

The state of the system

A provocative and revealing analysis of K-12 public education that will serve as catalyst for public policy debate and discussion.

Ancient greek

A complex fate

The first biography of one of the most provocative and influential American journalists and historians of the twentieth century.

Cree narrative, second edition

A vivid account of the values and world view of an indigenous society.

Making knowledge count

Largely due to the impact of human rights legislation, especially in Canada, the radical dissent of the 1960s has been replaced by the more co-operative framework of social advocacy. Political activity is no longer necessarily radical or rooted in social class but instead expresses broad themes o...

In the eye of the wind

The early married life of foreign nationals in Japan in the years leading up to the Second World War.

Beneath flanders fields

The story of Britain and Germany's cat-and-mouse mine warfare - one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented, and mystifying conflicts of the Great War.