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Reason and self-enactment in history and politics
F.M. Barnard goes beyond the seventeenth-century understanding of the social contract by making national self-enactment contingent on public reasons for individual liberty within civic mutuality. He examines the possibilities and limits for a self-enacting, principled politics, acknowledging reas...
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While the women only wept
In While the Women Only Wept Janice Potter-MacKinnon traces the story of Loyalist women from their experiences in the American colonies as antagonism toward the British Crown increased, through their forced exodus from the colonies in the late 1770s and early 1780s, to their eventual settlement i...
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Becoming green gables
In 1909 Myrtle and Ernest Webb took possession of a farm in Cavendish, PEI, already becoming known as inspiration for Anne of Green Gables. Myrtle kept a diary, describing life on the farm as it became a major tourist attraction. Becoming Green Gables tells the story of Myrtle and her family, and...
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Badiou's deleuze
"An outstanding piece of original argument and scholarship, it makes a definitive intervention into an important debate." James Williams, University of Dundee
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Truth commissions and state building
Truth Commissions and State Building demonstrates that the work of both institutions is interlinked and intrinsic to reform in post-conflict and post-authoritarian settings. Chapters examine truth commissions as transitional justice mechanisms for civic inclusion, identity formation, institutiona...
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Bethune in spain
The Spanish experience of a dedicated "doctor without borders."
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Bearing witness
Artists and humanists reflect upon the paradox of war.
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The language of the inuit
A historical and anthropological overview of Inuit peoples through the study of language.
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Turning to the world
From lofty ideals to the complex realities of the Catholic Church's commitment to justice and peace-building since Vatican II.
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Unintended nations
Unintended Nations tracks the history of a concept of civilization that emerged in nineteenth-century France and reveals the network of dynamic interactions that helped shape modernity and national identity in Southeast Europe and beyond.
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The holy spirit and the eagle feather
The Holy Spirit and the Eagle Feather traces the history of Indigenous Pentecostalism in Canada. It tells the story of how Indigenous Pentecostals overcame the entrenched colonialism of the mission-led church to become religious leaders in their own communities, as well as agents for decolonizati...
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The decline and fall of the chatty empire
Chatty Cathy, while not the first talking doll, was certainly the most widely known, and the only one elevated to idiom. The Decline and Fall of the Chatty Empire chronicles her later career and luridly illustrates the perils of reaching such linguistic heights with so very little to say.
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Tides of change on grand manan island
Grand Manan Island, a 200-year old fishing village in the Bay of Fundy, has been overwhelmed by globalization, technology, and changing government policies. Changes on the island call into question the myth of the rural idyll and point to an urgent need for reconsideration of urban-rural divides.
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The english fact in quebec, second edition
"Few who read The English Fact in Quebec will be surprised to learn that its authors, both accomplished journalists, won a Governor-General's Award for their efforts. They have produced a stimulating, important piece of work full of original insights, and characterized by the kind of analysis tha...
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The public sector in an age of austerity
Challenging conventional wisdom on austerity in Canada after the global financial crisis.
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Cultural change among the algonquin in the nineteenth century
The nineteenth century was a time of upheaval for the Algonquin people. Focusing on those living around Lake Timiskaming and Lake Abitibi along the Ontario-Quebec border over a century, this book reveals the agency behind cultural change and shows how and why the Algonquin made certain deliberate...
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Rethinking higher education
Reimagining post-secondary education to meet the times.
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L'homme blessé
Robert Payne guides readers through the powerfully erotic underworld of L’Homme blessé, giving the cinematic milestone the critical attention it deserves. Combining formal analysis, historical research, and original interviews, this book cements L’Homme blessé in its rightful place within queer c...
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Speaking out on human rights
A critical analysis of the rhetoric and reality surrounding human rights commissions and tribunals, Canada's most contested administrative agencies.
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The four quarters of the night
Tara Singh Bains is one of those rare people who sees the hand of God in every facet of his life. A man of strong convictions, he has consistently refused to compromise his beliefs. The Four Quarters of the Night is as much the story of his faith as of hi
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Sorrow's rigging
An exploration of three of the most brilliant American novelists and their country's myths, dreams, outrages, innocence, and heartbreak.
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Gender and the global land grab
Since the year 2000, millions of hectares of land in the Global South have been acquired by foreign investors, displacing rural communities and disproportionately impacting women. Gender and the Global Land Grab introduces a feminist framework to analyze global land governance policy and offers t...
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State of disappearance
State of Disappearance brings together abstract artistic testimony and witnessing with critical voices to ask deeper questions about extreme violence, the normalization of human vanishing, state and ideological complicity, and memorialization, along with wider concerns about what it means to be h...
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Flora!
In Flora!, co-authored by Geoffrey Stevens, the politician and humanitarian Flora Isabel MacDonald tells her amazing journey, from her childhood in Cape Breton through her years in backroom politics and elected office, ending with her exceptional humanitarian work in war-torn Afghanistan and othe...
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Canada and the ethics of constitutionalism
A new perspective on the Canadian Constitution that focuses on Canada's distinctive contribution to constitutional ethics.
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The covenanters in canada
A sensitive and nuanced narrative of a dissenting religious minority in a pluralistic society.
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Natural allies
Over the past century and a half, no two nations have exchanged natural resources, produced transborder environmental agreements, or cooperatively altered ecosystems on the same scale as Canada and the United States. Natural Allies offers a reinterpretation of the history of US-Canada relations b...
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By authority of parliament
The tension between parliamentary sovereignty and constitutional rights exposes a misconception: that Canadian legislators can abolish all fundamental rights with ordinary law. Ryan Alford demonstrates that they do not have this power, nor did they ever.
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Mcgill university, vol. ii
James McGill is an important figure in Canada's history in his own right. The bequest made in 1813 for the founding of a university of which one college was to bear his name only increased that significance. The political tensions of Lower Canada delayed implementation of his plans for sixteen ye...
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A land of dreams
A comparative history of Irish community and identity in St John’s, Halifax, and Portland.
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The multiculturalism question
A detailed analysis of the meaning of multiculturalism in Canada.
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West coast mission
This ethnographic study considers where Christianity in Vancouver is headed now that it is a minority belief system in the broader culture. Ross Lockhart describes how Christians are organizing their communities, shaping their beliefs, and expressing themselves in mission in their mostly secular ...
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The age of consequence
An insider’s account of the evolution of Canada’s political and policy environment over the last fifty years, with a specific focus on the personalities, leaders, and national political parties. McMillan sheds light on how public policy is made, the conflicts facing senior members of the governme...
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Nuremberg forty years later
An international human rights conference held in Montreal in 1987 marked the fortieth anniversary of the Nuremberg trials; this collection of its papers and proceedings invites the reader to share in stimulating discussions by some of the leading human rights scholars and advocates of our day.
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The little yellow house
Silent echoes of memories forgotten.
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Write to return
The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 led to over 200,000 Huguenots fleeing France. Bryan Banks directs our attention to four authors who advocated for the Huguenots’ right to return. Write to Return shows that by presenting themselves as loyal French subjects, Huguenots were at the foref...
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Frontier boosters
A social history of boosterism, class, and race on the North American frontier.
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Justice, rights, and toleration
The political theory of Richard Vernon has made major contributions to the many complex dimensions of political morality, democratic dialogue, justice, and toleration. Justice, Rights, and Toleration offers critical engagement with the central ideas of his work on the perennial political challeng...
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Do think tanks matter? first edition
Assessing the evolution and influence of public policy institutes.
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Creating complicated lives
The nearly forgotten history and complex career paths of the first Canadian women scientists.
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Dirty money
“Dirty Money offers valuable insight into this vexing and important topic. The expert perspectives of its contributors shed light on money laundering, financial crime, and the ever-present shadow of corruption – all real concerns for today’s governments and the public at large.” The Hon. Austin C...
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For blood and soil
Canada is no stranger to homegrown hate. For Blood and Soil shows how Canadian hate movements – far from an imported problem – have evolved historically and been rebranded, with extremist ideas moving seamlessly between online spaces and real-world violence.
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Intercommunal warfare and ethnic peacemaking
Intercommunal Warfare and Ethnic Peacemaking offers an analysis of communal violence and armed conflict in urban Central Asia. Drawing from Joldon Kutmanaliev’s fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan, the book assesses local-level differences in communal violence across neighbourhoods and the role of local comm...
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Canadian crusoes
This absorbing story about three children of Scottish and French origin who become lost on the Rice Lake Plains in the late eighteenth century provides the author with an opportunity to contemplate important themes of Canadian literature and identity.
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