Towards a godless dominion

A century ago Canada was considered to be a Christian nation and the vast majority of Canadians claimed they were devoutly religious. But some vigorously resisted the dominance of Christianity. Towards a Godless Dominion explores both anti-religious activism and the organized opposition religious...

A nation's navy

Bounded by three great oceans, Canada stands as a maritime nation with rich seafaring traditions. Born of both national and British imperial interests in 1910 and maturing in two world wars, its navy is a vital national institution that continues to evolve in response to new and complex challenge...

Canada: a middle-aged power

Deep disposal

High-level nuclear waste is the most hazardous byproduct of a useful energy source that is increasingly in demand. Finding the ideal place to store it permanently is an urgent policy crisis facing our country. Deep Disposal offers an essential primer to inform citizens about the nature of this cr...

Frontiers and sanctuaries

The life of Madzy Brender à Brandis (1910-1984) - her experiences in war, as an immigrant and pioneer, wife and mother, writer and painter, and an invalid - exemplifies the challenges faced by women in the twentieth century. In a vivid retelling of her mother's story, Marianne Brandis chronicles ...

For the people

In For The People James Cameron charts the institutional development of St Francis Xavier University from 1853 to 1970 and illustrates how the college has become an integral part of the region's history and culture through its tradition of service to the people of eastern Nova Scotia on both the ...

Chairman hua

Unsettling spirit

An unflinching examination of settler identity and its relationship to Christianity based on encounters with Indigenous traditions.

Canadian federalism and its future

An insightful account of Canadian federalism: its origins, its development, and where it is heading.

Ovid and masculinity in english renaissance literature

A comprehensive and nuanced analysis of how Ovid's poetry gave vigour and vitality to male voices in English Renaissance literature - how his works inspired English writers to reimagine the male authorial voice, the male body, desire, and love in fresh terms.

Inside politics

An illuminating collection of writings from one of Canada’s most recognized political columnists.

Mothers of heroes, mothers of martyrs

Maternal love is considered the most unconditional form of love, yet mothers have been prepared to sacrifice their children, or to see them sacrificed, for a "noble" cause. Mothers of Heroes, Mothers of Martyrs shows that, across cultures and historical eras, in times of great stress societies wi...

Logic

An text for introducing both formal and philosophical logic.

The best-laid plans

Remedies for the crisis in the Canadian health care system from a former deputy minister for health and a philosopher.

Emotional and interpersonal dimensions of health services

While technological and biomedical breakthroughs have provided a remarkable array of tests, equipment, drugs, and procedures for diagnosing and treating acute diseases, modern medicine and professional health practices have not taken the same strides in the more human aspects of care. Emotional a...

Hush little baby

Hush Little Baby details the transformation of infant sleep from an unremarkable event to a precarious stage of life that attracted interest from medical experts, artists, parents, and entrepreneurs. Ventura shows how ideas about babies’ sleep that circulated in nineteenth-century France created ...

Canadian economic history

This seminal collection contains formative articles on Canadian economic history by W.A. Mackintosh, Mel Watkins, and Harold Innis as well as thirteen more current contributions. These essays frame the classic staples thesis in terms of its significance and applications for the field while drawin...

Lost harvests

With a new introduction by the author

Passions for birds

Passions for Birds traces the transformation of human passions for wild birds during the twentieth century, detailing the ways in which people came into close encounters with wild birds in Britain and the wider North Atlantic world. Wide ranging in scope, this book sheds new light on how wild bir...

Managing the canadian mosaic in wartime

An account of the Canadian government's attempts to "Canadianize" immigrants during the Second World War.

Canadian expeditionary force, 1914-1919

An authoritative and extensively illustrated account of how the Canadian Army experienced the Great War.

Sécurité humaine et nouvelle diplomatie

With civilians around the world increasingly at risk from virulent internal conflicts within states, traditional foreign policy instruments have often failed to prevent violence, to protect civilians when conflict breaks out, or to encourage the rebuilding of war-torn societies. The human securit...

A voyage to newfoundland

Newfoundland, a former British colony, has historically been seen through English imperial eyes. In his entertaining travelogue, French geologist, cartographer, and oceanographer Julien Thoulet portrays the Newfoundland of 1886 from a French Enlightenment and Romantic perspective in which scienti...

Caregiving on the periphery

Fascinating stories of the unconventional work of nurses and midwives in Canada.

Outposts of empire

Following World War II the United States, determined to prevent the extension of Soviet and Communist Chinese influence, took the lead in organizing the defence of Western interests in Asia. Steven Lee explores the foreign policy objectives of the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, and exa...

Constant struggle

Constant Struggle examines how Canadian democracy has been understood by its advocates and resistors, exploring key historical realities that have shaped it. Scholars from a range of disciplines tackle the methodological issues of this elusive concept, offering a renewed, sometimes unsettling dep...

Profiting the crown

Born in the crucible of the Second World War, the Polymer Corporation - Canada's sole producer of synthetic rubber - played a critical role in the Canadian economy for over fifty years. Blending innovative science and technology with expert business and managerial strategies, Polymer kept Canada ...

Getting on track

New Democratic Party governments in Canada have always been strongly committed to redistributing wealth and stabilizing the economy, but present conditions require that they broaden their perspective. They must also find ways of generating wealth if they expect to finance new social programs or p...

There's always something to do

Peter Cundill, a philanthropist and investor whose work has been praised by the likes of Warren Buffett, found his life changed forever when he discovered the value investment principles of Benjamin Graham and began to put them into action. There's Always Something to Do tells the story of Cundil...

Home and the world in slovak writing

Home and the World in Slovak Writing brings Slovak literature out of isolation and tells the story of how a nation’s literature can survive and thrive despite a small domestic audience and limited circulation in English translation.

Flora's fieldworkers

This collection employs biography, botanical data, herbaria specimens, archival sources, letters, institutional records, book history, and artwork to reconstruct plant work by figures ranging from elite women involved in imperial botanical projects in British North America to settler-colonial wom...

Is it possible to live this way? volume 1: faith

A compilation of Giussani's conversations with young people who have chosen the path of the consecrated life in the Church

Queen of versailles

The rise to power of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719), a queen in all but name, was nothing short of extraordinary. Born into poverty and ignominy, she used her intellect, charisma, and connections to join the ranks of fashionable society, eventually establishing herself at ...

Mcgill medicine, volume 1

Joseph Hanaway and Richard Cruess describe the origins and development of Canada's first medical school and the extraordinary staff whose progressive ideas made it one of the best medical teaching and research centres in North America.

Beyond the finish line

A fascinating journey through the history of the photo-finish in sports, and a lively biography of a critical technology, this book illuminates the cultural role of the photo-finish in win-at-all-costs culture and warns that in our pursuit for precision we may threaten the human element of sport ...

Does money matter?

Does Money Matter provides a useful summary of previous studies and government schemes to promote accessibility, and evaluates present policy in light of its analysis of the effect of social class, sex, money and other factors on the educational aspirations of young people.

Objectively engaged journalism

A timely call for a new ethic of journalism engagement for today's troubled media sphere, Objectively Engaged Journalism argues that media should be neither neutral nor partisan but engaged in protecting egalitarian democracy. It shows how journalists, professional or citizen, can be both objecti...

Capital punishment in canada

Chandler has thoroughly researched the Canadian context of the recurring and often emotional discussion of capital punishment.

Mainstreaming porn

Mainstreaming Porn reveals how sexual norms, practices, and desires are shaped by corporate platforms such as Pornhub in the same way that social media has affected society at large. It is a powerful argument for law and policy responses to the impact of monopolistic, corporate porn platforms on ...

Assessing quality in postsecondary education

For many years the benefits conferred by a higher education went undisputed. But students, employers, governments, and taxpayers are now demanding evidence of educational quality and value. At the same time, fiscally strapped governments are raising questions about how institutions are funded and...

A kingdom of the mind

Many Canadians with a Scottish background still feel the pull of their Gaelic origins. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scots dominated Montreal and, by extension, the rest of the country. Their habits and attitudes influenced business, education, science and medicine, the military,...

Diagnosing genius

Beethoven's extraordinary ability to compose great music despite severe health problems, including deafness and depression, has puzzled and inspired. In Diagnosing Genius François Martin Mai looks at the relationship between Beethoven's health and creativity to show how the composer was able to t...

Night voices

It is the story of Poland in the years leading up to the war, the horrors Polish Jews faced during the Nazi occupation, the brief period of hope when they believed they were building a better society, and their gradual disillusionment as state sponsored corruption, brutality, Stalinist paranoia, ...

The social cost of cheap food

How labour exploitation in the British distribution system was key to cheaper food between 1830 and 1914.