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To Be Equals in Our Own Country chronicles the bitter struggle for women's suffrage in Quebec, the last province to grant Canadian women this fundamental human right.

Indigenous People and Dementia brings together research and Indigenous knowledge on memory loss and memory care in later life to assist students, practitioners, and educators to decolonize their work with Indigenous peoples.

The first major collection of its kind in thirty years, Made Modern explores the role of science and technology in shaping Canadians' experience of themselves and their place in the modern world.

A history of the activities and lives of undercover Canadian operatives in Europe and Asia during World War II.

Knowing the Past, Facing the Future offers a sweeping account of Indigenous education in Canada, from the first treaty promises and the failure of government-run schools to illuminating discussions of what needs to change now to work toward reconciliation.

Nested Federalism and Inuit Governance in the Canadian Arctic explores how three northern regions are reformulating the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state, and transforming Canadian federalism in the process.

In the Spirit of '68 tells the story of how a unique blend of local circumstance and global influence transformed Acadian New Brunswick's youth culture, spawning one of the most influential revolutionary student movements in Canada.

Crossing Law's Border offers a comprehensive account of Canada's refugee resettlement program, from the Indochinese crisis of the 1970s to the current era of controversy and flux in refugee and asylum policy.

The aims of evidence-based medicine cannot be reconciled with its outcomes, yet this impossible practice persists at the intersection of professional medical regulation and liberal governance strategies.

Good Governance in Economic Development examines what happens at the intersection of international and Chinese conceptions of transparency, accountability, and public participation.

Wide-ranging and theoretically sophisticated, Moments of Crisis offers a groundbreaking explanation for why religion continues to be implicated in national identity crises in Quebec.

Planning on the Edge explores the reality behind the rhetoric of Vancouver's reputation as a sustainable city and paves the way for developing Vancouver and its region into a place that is both economically sustainable and socially just.

By the Court is the first major study of unanimous and anonymous legal decisions: the unique "By the Court" format used by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Trustees at Work explores what is means to be considered a deserving debtor in under contemporary Canadian personal bankruptcy law.

This accessible but theoretically sophisticated volume reveals how neoliberalism - as both an economic project and a broader political approach - has come to govern our daily lives, our understanding of the world we live in, and even how we think about ourselves.

For Home and Empire compares home-front mobilization during the First World War in three British dominions, using a settler colonial framework to show that voluntary efforts strengthened communal bonds while reinforcing class, race, and gender boundaries.

Culture and the Soldier offers a long-overdue examination of how culture - defined as reproduced identities, values, and norms - both shapes the military and can be wielded by it, informing the way armed forces operate around the world.

The Good Fight is the insightful and entertaining biography of arguably the most important francophone diplomat and civil servant in Canadian history.

Identities and Interests examines the electoral behaviour of racialized Canadians: how they self-identify, why they support minority candidates, and what these patterns mean for Canadian politics.

In Caring for Eeyou Istchee, Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners reveal how protected area creation presents a powerful vehicle for Indigenous stewardship, biological conservation, and cultural heritage protection.

This revisionist account of Henri Bourassa's writings and times reshapes our understanding of why Quebec diverged from the rest of Canada when it came to war.

Crafted from memories, legends, and art, this powerful memoir tells the uplifting story of an Indigenous man's struggle to reconnect with his culture and walk in the footsteps of his father and the generations of Kwakwa ka 'wakw artists that came before him.

A World without Martha is an unflinching yet compassionate memoir of how one sister's institutionalization for intellectual disability in the 1960s affected the other, sending them both on separate but parallel journeys shaped initially by society's inability to accept difference and later by changing attitudes towards disability, identity, and inclusion.

This book, the second in the Landmark Cases in Canadian Law series, argues that in subsequent, post-Hunter v Southam decisions, the Supreme Court of Canada has strayed from the principles set out in that case, which were intended to protect the privacy of citizens from encroaching state power.

Putting Family First challenges the conventional view of settlement and integration as an individual process driven largely by the labour market, placing the family at the centre of the successful immigrant experience.

Almost four decades after the discovery of HIV/AIDS, Thinking Differently about HIV/AIDS: Contributions from Critical Social Science demonstrates the essential role of critical social science in helping us understand the complexity of the epidemic and develop appropriate solutions.

This timely book offers a novel, practical guide for understanding who the Metis are and the challenges they face on the path to self-government.

Unmooring the Komagata Maru challenges conventional historical accounts to consider the national and transnational colonial dimensions of the Komagata Maru incident.

This insightful collection untangles the paradox of mobilizing a Canadian contribution to Britain's imperial wars - and forging a national identity in the process.

This richly illustrated book offers a multifaceted account of one of the most successful but overlooked Canadian battles of the First World War.