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Read the amazing true stories of five pioneers who helped shape our country: Louis Hébert, Marie-Anne Gaboury, John Crysler, Susanna Moodie, and Wasyl Eleniak.
With contributions from 35 poets, this diverse compilation features the spectrum of Canadian poetry from the last hundred years. Representing various styles and traditions, it explores a lineage of modernist, multilingual, and culturally pluralist perspectives. Writers from the F...
Based on the true story of Clyde Barrow, a charismatic convicted armed robber who sweeps Bonnie Parker, an impressionable, petite, small-town waitress, off her feet. The two embark on one of the most infamous bank-robbing sprees in history.
Cactus swing: A fanciful sunset jamboree is staged by dancing cacti and assorted desert critters. Log driver's waltz: Kate and Anna McGarrigle sing about a young girl's love for a log driver. Get a job: Bob Dog finds himself out of work. The ride: A tycoon and his chauffeur ta...
Presents research that helped inspire education recommendations of a report by Canada's Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Examines findings of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers in case studies, literature reviews, interpretations, and analyses. Focuses on empow...
"A Modern History of Curling tells the story of competitive curling in Canada, starting with the beer-soaked Briers of the 1980s and following its evolution into the current, borderline-professional game. Forty-eight of the biggest names in the sport sat down and shared their mem...
As early as the end of the 19th century, anarchists such as Peter Kropotkin and Élisée Reclus became interested in indigenous peoples, many of whom they saw as societies without a state or private property, living a form of communism. Contemporary thinkers such as David Graeber...
Read the amazing true stories of five pioneers who helped shape our country: Louis Hébert, Marie-Anne Gaboury, John Crysler, Susanna Moodie, and Wasyl Eleniak.
Leonard Maltin, animation aficionado of Entertainment Tonight fame, selects some of his favorite animation from the National Film Board of Canada's vast library.