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Known primarily as a poet, Isabella Valancy Crawford's short stories represent the best of early English-Canadian prose. In her stories, as in her poetry, her power lies in her use of imagery. In this collection, her fictional portrayals of Canadian life give us glimpses into our literary past.

Showcases twelve stories from the Canadian Short Story Library. These stories, are presented in a simple and straightforward manner. It also reveals authors characteristic technique of story-telling.

A fascinating biography of Pierre Jeanniot, the man who was at the helm of Air Canada, IATA, and the aviation industry. Taking Aviation to New Heights is a compelling case study of how a business man was born and went on to achieve financial success, social status, and political sway.

The English translation of the winner of the Victor Barbeau Prizeand finalist of the Governor General's Literary Award.

A challenging look at the state of sexual assault law, legal practice and activism in Canada.

The professional biography of influential Canadian educator and statesman, Tom Symons.

My Life is the most important primary document about Tolstoy to be published in many years and a unique and intimate portrait of one of the greatest literary minds of all time.

Using long-ignored constitutions of various Jewish organizations, this book uncovers the political history of Canadian Jewry since its beginning during the 1700s.

A collection of essays by some of Canada's foremost writers and thinkers, including John Ralston Saul and Margaret Atwood, who call for equilibrium among economics, culture, and technological change. While promoting the dynamism and change possible in Canadian society, they call for a re-examination of Canada's past in order to chart its future.

As questions concerning nationhood and national identity continue to preoccupy both Canada and Australia, this title brings together the work of Australian and Canadian scholars around five core themes: constitutionalism, colonialism, republicanism, national identity, and governance.

Discusses a variety of issues in Native studies including social exclusion, marginalization and identity; justice, equality and gender; self-help and empowerment in Aboriginal communities and in the cities; and, methodological and historiographical representations of social relationships.

Explores the social, structural, and environmental factors that shape the health of homeless persons in Canada. Covering a range of topics from youth homelessness to end-of-life care, this book outlines policy and practice recommendations to respond to the ongoing public health crisis.

Charles Garrad's unique work resurrects the memory of the Petun and traces their route from their creation myth to their living descendants scattered from southwestern Ontario to Kansas and Oklahoma.

The first multi-disciplinary collection of essays to focus exclusively on early Canadian literature with the aim of reassessing the field and proposing new approaches.

Oral traditions of the Piikani, together with textual records spanning centuries, reveal the enduring cultural significance of prehistoric intergroup trading and gaming grounds.

The first and most comprehensive analysis of the new Canadian Sport Policy adopted in 2012.

Focuses on the theme of education inside American and Canadian prisons. This title includes articles that focus on topics including the barriers to education faced by prisoners, the obstacles faced by those who wish to develop scholarly knowledge on imprisonment and the vital role prison writing plays in knowing inside in the contemporary context.

Includes articles that were presented in London, England in late July 2008 at the Colloquium on the Universal Carceral - part of the 12th International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA XII).

The expansion and intensification of coercive powers is a global phenomenon, reflecting the fragility of social order and the authority of ruling elites in the 21st century.Relationships of domination, powerlessness and resistance, still characterize the carceral experience.

This volume of the JPP looks at the aging process inside prisons, whereevery problem is amplified by the prisoner's age.

The writers in this volume expose the pre-September 11, 2001 context and its relevance to the present controversies over political internment, and the attendant mistreatment, torture, and destruction of the carceral subject.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.