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For 25 years, the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (JPP) has been a prisoner written, academically oriented and peer reviewed, non-profit journal, based on the tradition of the penal press. It brings the knowledge produced by prison writers together with academic arguments to enlighten public discourse about the current state of carceral institutions.

A flavourful and fascinating collection of 42 brilliantly written short stories by 22 Latino North American writers.

Flora Lyndsay, a prequel to Susanna Moodie's Roughing it in the Bush and Life in the Clearings, presents a fictionalized record of her family's experiences in planning their emigration and crossing the Atlantic.

The first comprehensive analysis of the July 2012 Supreme Court of Canada rulings on five copyright cases, this indispensible volume, edited by Michael Geist identifies the key aspects of the Court's decisions and considers the implications for the future of copyright law in Canada.

A philosophical history of the body and a work of recovery, bringing to light many aspects of this history that have been lost or forgotten in the West after the Scientific Revolution.

The first scholarly edition of the only play banned in Canada for political reasons.

A work that underscores the need to examine history from a philosophical perspective.

The widest-ranging exploration to date of the interaction between English Canadian literature and film.

A practical guide to evaluating and managing identity theft and fraud risks for Canadian businesses, organizations and individuals.

Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot's travel diary of his 1887 trip to Morocco, which presents his personal reflections on the "Orient" and its inhabitants.

In the fight against zombies, our most important weapons are our brains. It's time to unleash them.

Canadian and Chinese experts examine the importance of Sino-Canadian relations and their impact on foreign and domestic policy in Canada.

Presents the history of Canadian postmodernism. This title explores the development of the idea of the postmodern and debates about its meaning and its applicability to various genres of Canadian writing, and charting its decline in recent years as a favoured critical trope.

A provocative reimagining of the Canadian public service.

Reveals an underlying paradox of risk management: the better we become at assessing risks, the more we feel comfortable taking them. This title recommends international cooperation to manage black hole risks.

Canadian public administration has provided a rich ground for examining the changing nature of the state. This volume brings together some of the leading Canadian and international scholars of public administration to focus on these changes and their significance.

Engages the disparate elements of Russian northern policy and illustrates how the centralized, relatively economically strong and politically assertive Russia of today defines and addresses northern spaces, opportunities, and challenges.

Criticizes the practices of the social sciences on the basis of their inadequate concepts of knowledge, evidence and inquiry. This title describes the policy development process in Canada in terms of its weak information infrastructure, poor accountability, and inflexible organization design.

Bertram Brooker won the country's first Governor General's Award for literature in 1936 for his novel Think of the Earth, and his explosive, experimental paintings hang in every major gallery in the country. He was Canada's first multidisciplinary avantgardist, successfully experimenting in literature, visual arts, film, and theatre. Brooker brought all of his experimental ambitions to his short fiction and prose. The Wrong World presents a rich sampling of his prose work, much of it previously unpublished, which adds new insight into his aesthetic ambitions. Working during an incredible period of transition in Canadian society, Brooker's stories document Canada's evolution from a provincial colony into a modern, urban country. His essays participated in that evolution by advocating a passionate awakening of the arts, the end of prudish sentiment and censorship, and a radical rethinking of the nature of war. They capture the limitations and hypocrisies of the Canadian social contract and argue for a more just and spiritual society. His stories humanize his social vision by dramatizing the psychological and emotional cost of Canada's transition into a modern civilization. In turn devastating, penetrating and poignant, Brooker's prose works offer a sharply focussed window into the turbulent interwar years in Canada.

Explores and contextualizes the contributions of Gilles Paquet as a social scientist. This book reveals how his assessments of economics, politics, public administration, and education have stirred their minds and helped them make sense of the world around them.

In 1908 the Canadian parliament decided that public servants would be selected on the basis of merit, through a system administered by an independent agency: the Public Service Commission of Canada. This history recounts its unique contribution to the development of an independent public service.

Exploring a variety of topics - including health, politics, education, art, literature, media, and film, this title draws a portrait of the political and cultural position of Canada's Aboriginal people.

The global political situation is increasingly volatile, and Hera and her sisters are sealed off from the rest of the world in southern Nevada. She is still tormented by her parents' decision to genetically modify the brains of their 12 daughters - and by her own agreement to allow a similar procedure to be used on a larger group of human embryos.

Dry Water tells the story of Donald Strand, from the time of his arrival as a ten-year-old orphan at his relatives' Manitoba farm in 1890 to his apogee as a successful farmer. It recounts the crises he faces during a troubled marriage and the great stock market crash of 1929. His life parallels the growth and development of Manitoba during the same period.Stead considered Dry Water, written in 1934-1935, to be his crowning achievement. He was unable to find a publisher for it during his lifetime, although an abridged edition was published by Tecumseh Press in 1983. This new edition includes the complete typescript, a critical introduction, and explanatory notes that place this novel in its proper literary and historical context.

Examines the benefits and drawbacks of Canada's multiculturalism policy. This book articulates a model for Canadian transculturalism, an understanding of multiculturalism based on the philosophy of cosmopolitanism which would strengthen moral contracts and encourage the social engagement of the Canadians.

Examines the translation of Canadian English-language fiction in France. This book considers the history of this practice, the reasons for the move away from Quebec translators as well as the process and perils involved in this detour. It also considers the historical, theoretical, and concrete aspects of this practice.

Offers an exposition of the theses of Kant, Hegel, and Marx, on the dynamics and the ends of history. This title reasserts the task of the speculative philosophy of history as it had been understood by German philosophy: the articulation and understanding the historical process as a developmental whole.

Canada is a prosperous country, but this prosperity is being stressed by demographics, pressures on the public purse, and low productivity growth. This title articulates a strategy for moving the Canadian economy towards higher-value products, describing the steps to improve things in the short term and prepare strategically for the long term.

If one poet can be said to be the Canadian poet, that poet is Al Purdy (1918-2000). This title explores: Purdy's significance to contemporary writers; the life he dedicated to literature and the persona he crafted; the influences acting on his development as a poet; and, the larger themes in his work, such as "The Canadian North".

Focusing on prisons in West Africa, this book presents the realities of imprisonment in Nigeria while contextualizing the colonial legacies that have resulted in the inhumane brutalities that are endured on a daily basis.