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  • Ontario Boys

    Masculinity and the Idea of Boyhood in Postwar Ontario, 1945--1960

    by Christopher J. Greig ...
    Series Book 19 - Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
    Ontario Boys explores the preoccupation with boyhood in Ontario during the immediate postwar period, 1945–1960. It argues that a traditional version of boyhood was being rejuvenated in response to a population fraught with uncertainty, and suffering from insecurity, instability, and gender anxiety brought on by depression-era and wartime disruptions in marital, familial, and labour relations, as ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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  • The Avro Arrow Story

    The Revolutionary Airplane and its Courageous Test Pilots

    by Bill Zuk ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    "These dedicated men and women gave blood, sweat, and tears as their contribution - And now, it really happened, our beloved bird was in the air." - Ray Boone, A.V. Roe Canada employee. In the 1950s, A. V. Roe Canada was at the forefront of aviation development worldwide. After building one of the first jet airliners and completing production of Canada's first jet fighter, the company was poised ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The United Church of Canada: A History

    A History

    by Don Schweitzer ...
    From its inception in the early 1900s, The United Church of Canada set out to become the national church of Canada. This book recounts and analyzes the history of the church of Canada’s largest Protestant denomination and its engagement with issues of social and private morality, evangelistic campaigns, and its response to the restructuring of religion in the 1960s.A chronological history is ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Raw Life

    Cameos of 1890s Justice from a Magistrate's Bench Book

    by J. Patrick Boyer ...
    Rare views of human lives in turmoil are revealed in several hundred trials conducted in 1890s Muskoka by Magistrate James Boyer of Bracebridge. The charges and evidence show how raw life really was in Canada's frontier towns, with cases ranging from nostalgic and humorous to pitiable and deeply disturbing.While dispensing speedy justice, Boyer, who was also town clerk and editor of the Northern ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Capturing Hill 70

    Canada’s Forgotten Battle of the First World War

    by Douglas E. Delaney, Serge Marc Durflinger ...
    Series series Studies in Canadian Military History
    In August 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Hill 70, a vital piece of ground just north of the French industrial town of Lens. The Canadians suffered some 5,400 casualties and defeated three days of determined German counter attacks. This spectacularly successful but shockingly costly battle was as innovative as Vimy, yet only a handful of Canadians have heard of it or of subsequent attempts to ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Inventing Academic Freedom

    The 1968 Strax Affair at the University of New Brunswick

    by Peter C. Kent ...
    In 1968, there was political ferment everywhere. In Paris, students were in the streets. In the U.S., civil rights, the Vietnam War, and protests against the draft brought out millions. In this atmosphere, a young Jewish-American professor in the quiet town of Fredericton, New Brunswick sparked a controversy that established the principles of academic freedom on Canadian campuses.Norman Strax was ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Creating Space

    My Life and Work in Indigenous Education

    by Verna J. Kirkness ...
    Verna J. Kirkness grew up on the Fisher River Indian reserve in Manitoba. Her childhood dream to be a teacher set her on a lifelong journey in education as a teacher, counsellor, consultant, and professor. Her simple quest to teach "in a Native way" revolutionized Canadian education policy and practice.Kirkness broke new ground at every turn. As the first cross-cultural consultant for the Manitoba ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Tides of Change on Grand Manan Island

    Culture and Belonging in a Fishing Community

    by Joan Marshall ...
    In less than a decade, the island community has faced the degradation of the wild fishery and rapid growth of aquaculture, an increasing presence of multinational corporations, new federal initiatives with respect to aboriginal policies, and widespread social dysfunction. Joan Marshall uses over twelve years of intensive ethnographic research to chart the nature and pace of social and cultural ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Not Just the Strap

    Discipline by Control in Ontario Schools: 1900-1960

    by Vera Pletsch ...
    Stern discipline, so prevalent in Ontario classrooms during the first half of the twentieth century, remained intact not only because elementary and secondary teachers wanted to keep their jobs, but also as a result of control exerted by higher authorities. During their training, teachers encountered this control, particularly during practice teaching. As educators, their mandate to "keep order" ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The University of Toronto

    A History, Second Edition

    by Martin L. Friedland ...
    The University of Toronto is Canada’s leading university and one of Canada’s most important cultural and scientific institutions. In this history of the University from its origin as King’s College in 1827 to the present, Martin Friedland brings personalities, events, and changing visions and ideas into a remarkable synthesis. His scholarly yet highly readable account presents colourful presidents ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Elgin House, Lake Joseph

    Past and Present

    by Ray Love ...
    Elgin House, Lake Joseph Past and Present is a history of an important and successful summer resort in the Muskoka Region of Ontario from 1885 to the present. It details the efforts of four generations of the Love family to create a world class summer resort from modest beginnings.The resort was unique in that it catered to the many well to do Canadians and Americans with strong religious beliefs ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Theorising Play in the Early Years

    by Marilyn Fleer ...
    Theorising Play in the Early Years is a theoretical and empirical exploration of the concept of pedagogy and play in early childhood education. The book provides an in-depth examination of classical and contemporary theories of play, with a focus on post-developmental perspectives and Vygotskian theory. In this book, Marilyn Fleer draws on a range of cross-cultural research in order to challenge ... Read more

    $41.89 USD