Church, college, and clergy

Church, College, and Clergy commemorates the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Knox College in Toronto. Founded in 1844, it is the oldest, largest, and most influential Presbyterian theological school in Canada. Brian Fraser traces the history of th

The reformation of canada's schools

The Reformation of Canada's Schools provides a much-needed look at the problems plaguing the educational system in Canada. Challenging the one-size-fits-all approach to educational policy, Mark Holmes argues that we need a broad range of schools to accommodate the wishes of parents and the goals ...

Creating carleton

Carleton College began in 1942 by offering evening courses for academic credit. It became a full-time college with the return of veterans from Europe. For the next decade it survived as a private non-sectarian institution, with the administration trying t

The lives of dalhousie university: volume ii

In the second volume of the history of Dalhousie University, P.B. Waite traces Dalhousie's development from a small privately funded college of about 700 students and four faculties to a large Canadian university of 9,000 students that includes many of the leading professional schools in Atlantic...

The lives of dalhousie university: volume i

In an engaging, often elegant style, this first volume of a two-volume narrative history of Dalhousie University chronicles the years from the founding of the university in 1818 by the ninth Earl of Dalhousie to the movement for university federation in 1921-25.

Making policy in turbulent times

Can higher education policy-making be imaginatively theorized?

Lying about the wolf

Addressing some of the major issues plaguing education, particularly the scandal of illiteracy and the growing mediocrity in academic performance, David Solway argues that the current state of affairs in education is the result not simply of poor training in elementary school or the disappearance...

W. stanford reid

W. Stanford Reid's career affected both university and religious life in Canada during the post-war period. Donald MacLeod traces Reid's career in the university, first at McGill, where Reid was a history professor for twenty-four years as well as dean of residences, and then at the University of...

Home feelings

A history of the Canadian reading camp movement and the meanings of literacy, literature, and citizenship in the early twentieth century.

The long road to reform

Although it has often been assumed that the Quiet Revolution represented the triumph of secularism over religion in Quebec, important vestiges of ecclesiastical influence have remained; among those which have proved to be particularly well entrenched are the structural foundations of the school s...

A catholic philosophy of education

Exploring a Catholic philosophy of education in the modern world.

Mcgill university thesis directory

Mcgill university thesis directory

The education of african canadian children

A crucial study of the education of African Canadian children as it reflects their citizenship and lives in their chosen country.

The man in the ivory tower

Frank Cyril James, Principal of McGill University from 1940-62, made important contributions not only to the growth and reputation of the university but also to the development of higher education in Canada.

As one who serves

Regina College, which was established by the Methodist Church in 1911, became the University of Regina in 1974. Formed amid the social movements and transformations of the sixties, the new campus grappled with questions about the nature of a liberal education, the balance between research and tea...

Comings and goings

Comings and Goings is the first book to connect the study of student life with both the history of the Canadian University as a whole and the role of the university as a career-training institution.

A long eclipse

At the turn of the century Protestantism permeated the cultural fabric of English-Canadian society. By 1970, however, universities were primarily secular. Was this change the result of the changing nature of Protestantism at the turn of the century or forces external to it? By examining the role ...

Canadian universities in china’s transformation

How Canada contributed to China’s remarkable transformation through university partnerships and knowledge diplomacy.

Coyote and raven go canoeing

A lyrical, epic narrative about Aboriginal knowledge and education.

Educating the neglected majority

A history of the heroic and sometimes abortive efforts to provide education for farmers and tradespeople in Victorian central Canada.

Idealism transformed

John Harold Putman, inspector of Ottawa public schools between 1910 and 1937, was a leading progressive educator. At that time the progressive education movement in Canada was composed of two major intellectual strands, neo-Hegelian idealism and new liberalism. By tracing the thought and practice...

The turtle hypodermic of sickenpods

David Solway's The Turtle Hypodermic of Sickenpods is an eye-opening polemic against technology in the classroom and pedagogical theory as furthered by current administrative policy. He dissects the way computers have affected the learning process and students' ability to understand material pres...

The lansdowne era

Demographic, economic, and social change between 1946 and 1963 affected all of Canadian society and profoundly shaped what was then Victoria College.

The idea of popular schooling in upper canada

A study of the popular movement and political agitation for educational reform in Upper Canada.

Reaching outward and upward

Teaching, research, community engagement, and explorations in ways of knowing - Uvic fifty years on.

Values in conflict

An impassioned defence of the liberal arts.

Teaching as activism

Weaving together concerns about environmental and social justice, Teaching as Activism brings together constructive demands for change and theoretical debate. Written by activists who also teach, the essays challenge the current pedagogical literature with proposals that would bring discussion of...

Whose canada?

Questions and concerns regarding the scope and depth of Canada’s relationship with the United States loom larger than ever since 9/11. In Whose Canada?, contributors provide a comprehensive analysis of the legacy of free trade and examine the challenges that deepening bilateral integration – incl...

Queen's university, vol i

In this account of the first seventy-six years of Queen's University at Kingston, Hilda Neatby traces the development of Queen's from its inauspicious beginnings as a struggling Presbyterian "Bible college" to the period when the university had become a permanent national institution. The story i...

Serving diverse students in canadian higher education

Survey of a spectrum of non-traditional student groups enrolling in Canadian post-secondary education today.

St mary's

An invaluable collection of major thinkers for students and teachers of film and philosophy.

Autonomy and schooling

Autonomy and Schooling provides a philosophically rigorous defence of a moderate version of child-centred education. Since Rousseau, child-centred education has been advocated on the grounds that the ideals of freedom and individual autonomy require it, though the relation between educational pol...

Inventing secondary education

The received view is that secondary education in Ontario is a result of Egerton Ryerson's Education Act of 1871. But R.D. Gidney and W.P.J. Millar show that Ryerson and the Provincial Education Office responded to rather than directed policy in higher education. In fact, the system in place today...

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 meeting of the people

A study of the local school board as a key political and social institution in Protestant communities in Quebec.

Solitudes of the workplace

A consideration of workplace identities and the stresses women experience within the university system.

Queen's university, vol ii

This second volume in the history of Queen's University places the development of the university in the context of its relationships with a growing Canadian nation.

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...

Queen's university, volume iii, 1961-2004

How a national institution steeped in tradition adjusted to the momentous social, pedagogic, and cultural pressures of the late twentieth century.

Leadership under fire, second edition

An insightful commentary on the leadership challenges faced by university presidents and a comprehensive survey of the changing university landscape.

The handbook of canadian higher education law

A detailed look at of the laws that govern postsecondary education from inside and out.

Art, education, and cultural renewal

A call for solidarity and renewal in the arts and the academy.

Mcmaster university, volume 3: 1957-1987

A lively history of Canada's "Little Big U."

Ursula franklin speaks

A wide-ranging collection of talks by one of Canada's best-known and best-loved thinkers.

Border crossings

A provocative synthesis that challenges previous histories of Saskatchewan's early development and evolving education system.

Rethinking higher education

Reimagining post-secondary education to meet the times.

The future of action research in education

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

Mcgill in history

McGill in History broadens the historical frame of critical university studies, challenging previous siloed narratives and showing how the university can serve as a model for understanding power in modern society.

Hope circuits

How do we model abundance – in teaching, in learning, in leading organizations, particularly non-profits – when dealing with fiscal austerity and other forms of scarcity thinking? Hope Circuits explores this question, balancing sophisticated ideas with democratizing higher education for everybody.

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.

Learning outcomes, academic credit, and student mobility

There is increasing interest in the use of learning outcomes in postsecondary education, and deliberations have surfaced with regard to their potential to serve as a tool for advancing credit transfer. This book assesses the conceptual foundations and implications of using learning outcomes.

Sound and noise

A timely evaluation of the noise that surrounds us, how we hear it, and what we can do about it, Marcia Jenneth Epstein gives us the impetus and the tools to understand the sounds and noise that define our daily lives. This is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary study of how auditory stimuli impac...

Measuring the value of a postsecondary education

A comprehensive study of higher education practices and outcomes.

Creating complicated lives

The nearly forgotten history and complex career paths of the first Canadian women scientists.

University women

For the first generations of university women, higher education was a transformative experience, but these opportunities would narrow in the decades that followed. Examining the period between 1870 and 1930, University Women explores the processes of integration and separation that marked women’s...

Classroom and empire

The central challenge to imperial powers entering the modern era was the schooling of their peoples. How could they insure the literacy that modernity required without providing a foundation for nationalism among the colonized? In Russia's eastern empire in the late nineteenth century, Orthodox C...

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 ...

Youth, university, and canadian society

Paul Axelrod and John Reid take the reader through one hundred years of the complex and turbulent history of youth, university, and society. Contributors explore the question of how students have been affected by war and social change and discuss who was able to attend university and who was not,...

The founding moment

In The Founding Moment William Westfall details the founding of Trinity College, telling the story of an important group of Anglicans who tried to respond creatively to the powerful social forces reshaping English-speaking Canada in the middle of the nine

Humanism betrayed

In Humanism Betrayed Graham Good offers a defence of liberal humanism against the illiberal trends, political and intellectual, that dominate today's university. He uses the McEwen Report episode at the University of British Columbia to illustrate the current political climate in universities, sh...

Urdu for children, book 1: volume 1

Urdu for Children is the first comprehensive instructional package for teaching children Urdu as a second language.

University governance in canada

Universities play essential roles within Canadian society. University Governance in Canada provides a vital foundation for understanding how decisions are made within and about them. It is an indispensable resource for policy-makers, leaders, faculty, staff, students, and others seeking to contri...

Truth matters

A pioneering study of why truth is important in philosophy, public culture, and everyday life.

Diversity leadership in education

Diversity Leadership in Education dives into the complexities and opportunities afforded by new models of diversity leadership. The volume explores how Indigenous, Black, racialized, and collaborative leadership contributes to decolonizing educational settings through advocacy, solidarity, spirit...

Violence interrupted

Addressing sexual violence on campus through advocacy, institutional change, and critical new research.

Achieving student success

In today's colleges and universities, whether students succeed depends in large part on access to effective services that can support and guide them in pursuit of their educational goals. Policy and practice in the field of student services has been largely based on professional literature from U...

Transforming medical education

Transforming Medical Education compiles twenty-one historical case studies that critically foreground processes of learning, teaching, and defining medical communities in educational contexts. As a collection, this book makes a powerful argument about the contextual diversity of instruction and i...

International education as public policy in canada

Unravelling the story of international education and its emergence as public policy in Canada.

Toward the health of a nation

An engaging account of one of the foundations of Canada's health system.

A social history of the cloister

A Social History of the Cloister is a study of life in teaching convents across France through two hundred years of history, a history that provided the beginnings and inspiration for most of today's institutions for the Catholic education of girls.

Schooling the system

As schools continue to grapple with creating diverse educational programs for all Canadians, Schooling the System is a timely excavation of the meaningful contributions of black women educators who helped create equitable policies and practices in schools and communities.

The development of postsecondary education systems in canada

How higher education policy affects educational outcomes.

Leading research universities in a competitive world

Comparative analyses of the elements that help research universities perform to world-class standards.

Between education and catastrophe

A detailed account of the educational debate that raged between progressives and traditionalists in postwar Manitoba.

Language classroom assessment, first edition

The day-to-day assessment of student learning is unquestionably one of the most demanding, complex, and important tasks that teachers face. Language Classroom Assessment is a comprehensive overview of different forms of language classroom assessment and practical applications that support studen...

Early childhood education for sustainability

Early Childhood Education for Sustainability offers an interdisciplinary perspective on early childhood education for sustainability, linking to research, practice and policy developments, in responding to the growing concerns about the environmental, economic, social and political crises in the ...

The role of leadership educators

The Role of Leadership Educators provides resources for leadership educators in three sections. This revised edition has been updated to include new topics such as program development and evaluation, as well as integration and application of generative Artificial Intelligence.

The blockbuster bible the teacher's cut

A teaching resource to accompany The Blockbuster Bible, an appealing and visual way to read and engage with the Bible through a fun, creative film-theme.

Detonate

A years worth of teaching material for 5-12's.

The lion bible encyclopedia

Second edition of this comprehensive, spread-by-spread introduction to the Bible and its world, with more than a hundred new illustrations.

Discovering christianity

Deeply thought-provoking but highly readable, Rowan Williams has written a book for anyone, whatever their beliefs, who wants to get to the heart of what Christianity is all about

Diddy disciples 1: september to december

Resources for leading fun and faith-filled Sunday schools for toddlers, Diddy Disciples helps you navigate children's early understanding of God.

It's nice to be a pika

With plenty of photographs to coo over and a gentle message of habitat conservation—it’s nice to be a pika on a snowy mountaintop—this book will charm children and parents alike.It’s nice to be a pika perching on a rock; eating flowers, munching leaves, going for a walk! This board book introduce...

Academic reform

Academic Reform provides realistic policy options for improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of undergraduate education in Ontario. The authors begin with the premise that the teacher-scholar ideal pursued by individual universities has led to a model for undergraduate education in Ontario ...

Transforming conversations

An accounting of feminism’s effect on Canadian education policy and practice since the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.

In defence of religious schools and colleges

It is often argued that religious schools and colleges promote intolerance, divisiveness, and fanaticism and that they violate the principle of academic freedom. Some writers also suggest that economic support for religious schools by the state violates the principle of the separation of church a...

Academic transformation

The large scale publicly funded system of postsecondary education in Ontario developed in the 1960s has been largely successful in fulfilling important societal needs in the areas of education, human resource development, and research. Existing approaches, however, are unlikely to be sufficient t...

Urdu for children, book 1: volume 2

Urdu for Children is the first comprehensive instructional package for teaching children Urdu as a second language.