Canada category: 4109 books
Blitzkrieg and Jitterbugs
College Life in Wartime, 1939-1942
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Elizabeth Hillman enrolled at McGill University the week World War II began. As a freshman writing for the McGill Daily, she covered torchlight football parades and dances at the Ritz Carleton hotel while elsewhere the paper reported U-boats torpedoing convoys and war planes plummeting into the British...
Roughing it in the Suburbs
Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the Fifties and Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2000
Originally launched in 1928, by the 1950s and 1960s nearly two million readers every month sampled "Chatelaine" magazine's eclectic mixture of traditional and surprisingly unconventional articles and editorials. At a time when the American women's magazine market began to flounder thanks...
by Frank Kunz
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1965
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1965
The role of the senate has changed much in recent years and—judging by the amount of recent public discussion on its role—might change even more in the future. This new study, the theoretical framework and theoretical discussion of which lift it out of the merely descriptive, contains a great...
Our Voices Must Be Heard
Women and the Vote in Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
On Election Day 1844, seven widows cast ballots in Canada West, a display of feminist effrontery that was quickly punished: the government struck a law excluding women from the vote. It would be seven decades before women regained voting rights in Ontario.
Our Voices Must Be Heard asks why...
Riel's Defence
Perspectives on His Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
In 1885, Louis Riel was charged with high treason, found guilty, and consequently executed for his role in Saskatchewan's North-West Rebellion. During his trial, the Métis leader gave two speeches, passionately defending the interests of the Métis in western Canada as well as his own life. Riel's Defence...
Elles étaient les Filles de La Rochelle
(Les Mères de la nation québécoise)
Language: French
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Pendant dix ans, entre 1663 et 1673, près de neuf cents filles quitteront la France pour aller chercher un mari au Canada. Beaucoup d’entre elles seront mariées moins de trois mois après leur arrivée dans ce pays neuf où les attendaient cinq garçons pour une fille.
Les filles de La...
Ontario
Toronto, Ottawa, Niagara Falls et plus encore...
Language: French
Release Date: May 27, 2019
Envie de découvrir des villes dynamiques et une nature préservée?
Bienvenue au Canada, découvrez la Province de l'Ontario!
Vous voulez vous étonner devant des paysages époustouflants, des animaux et des villes modernes et dynamiques?
Alors n'hésitez plus: l'Ontario est pour vous!
Notre...
Empire from the Margins
Religious Minorities in Canada and the South African War
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were a number of smaller religious bodies that sought to develop religious and national identity on the margins--something especially difficult when the nation was at war in South Africa. This book examines rich and varied extant sources that provide...
Undiplomatic History
The New Study of Canada and the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
When the field of Canadian history underwent major shifts in the 1990s, international history became marginalized and the focus turned away from foreign affairs. Over the past decade, however, the study of Canada and the world has been revitalized. Undiplomatic History charts these changes, bringing...
by Collectif Ulysse
Language: French
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Voici le chapitre consacré à Edmonton, tiré du guide Ulysse Ouest canadien. Ce chapitre numérique très complet sur Edmonton vous entraînera dans les dédales du fameux West Edmonton Mall, mais vous révélera aussi les trésors plus méconnus de la capitale de l’Alberta - le Fort Edmonton...
by Collectif Ulysse
Language: French
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Ce chapitre numérique consacré à la province du Saskatchewan est extrait du guide Ulysse Ouest canadien. Ce guide numérique très complet vous révèle tous les secrets de ce « grenier du Canada ». Il vous permettra entre autres d’en apprendre davantage sur les étonnants Tunnels of Moose...
by Collectif Ulysse
Language: French
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Amérique du Nord – 50 itinéraires de rêve vous fera voyager dès la première page! Ce magnifique album se présente comme une splendide source d’inspiration et une boîte à outils pour imaginer et préparer son futur voyage en Amérique du Nord, sur les plus belles routes du Canada et des...
by Guy Lajoie
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
This is the story of a small village called Bluewater that grew in the shadow of a large industrtial complex. In 1942 Canada was deeply involved in World War II. The Canadian government decided to build a plant to supply synthetic rubber for the war effort. The port city of Sarnia was selected because...
by Annie Savoie, Benoit Prieur, Isabelle Chagnon
Language: French
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Language: French
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Fabuleux Ouest Canadien, à la fois guide et beau livre, vous propose une odyssée visuelle au cœur des grandioses paysages des provinces de l’ouest du Canada, depuis la majestueuse côte Pacifique jusqu’aux vastes Prairies, en passant par les inoubliables glaciers des Rocheuses. Fabuleux Ouest...