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  • Snacks

    A Canadian Food History

    by Janis Thiessen ...
    Snacks is a history of Canadian snack foods, of the independent producers and workers who make them, and of the consumers who can’t put them down.Janis Thiessen profiles several iconic Canadian snack food companies, including Old Dutch Potato Chips, Hawkins Cheezies, and chocolate maker Ganong. These companies have developed in distinctive ways, reflecting the unique stories of their founders and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Not Talking Union

    An Oral History of North American Mennonites and Labour

    by Janis Thiessen ...
    How does one write a labour history of a people who have not been involved in the labour movement in significant numbers and, historically, have opposed union membership? While North American Mennonites have traditionally been associated with rural life, in light of the adjustments demanded by post-1945 urbanization and industrialization, they in fact became very involved in the workforce at a ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • mmm... Manitoba

    The Stories Behind the Foods We Eat

    by Kimberley Moore, Janis Thiessen ...
    A tasty oral historyIn 2018, Janis Thiessen, Kimberley Moore, and collaborator Kent Davies refashioned a used food truck into a mobile oral history lab. Together they embarked on a journey around Manitoba, gathering stories about the province’s food and the people who make, sell, and eat it. Along the way, they visited restaurant owners, beer brewers, grocers, farmers, scholars, and chefs in their ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Manufacturing Mennonites

    Work and Religion in Post-War Manitoba

    by Janis Lee Thiessen ...
    Series series Canadian Social History Series
    Manufacturing Mennonites examines the efforts of Mennonite intellectuals and business leaders to redefine the group's ethno-religious identity in response to changing economic and social conditions after 1945. As the industrial workplace was one of the most significant venues in which competing identity claims were contested during this period, Janis Thiessen explores how Mennonite workers ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

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    People and Ideas That Have Shaped Our Country

    by Charlotte Gray ...
    What does it mean to be a Canadian? What great ideas have changed our country? An award-winning writer casts her eye over our nation’s history, highlighting some of our most important stories.From the acclaimed historian Charlotte Gray comes a richly rewarding book about what it means to be Canadian. Readers already know Gray as an award-winning biographer, a writer who has brilliantly captured ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Knowing

    How the Oppression of Indigenous Peoples Continues to Echo Today

    by Tanya Talaga ...
    *****Winner of the Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book!******Shortlisted for the Toronto Book Awards!******Shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize!***“The Knowing is everything we’ve come to expect from a Tanya Talaga book – meticulous research, impassioned advocacy, searing prose."**—Duncan McCue, author of Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • This Place

    150 Years Retold

    by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette0, Chelsea Vowel1 ...
    A great read and teaching tool for National Indigenous History Month!Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unbroken

    My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

    by Angela Sterritt ...
    "A remarkable life story. . . Angela Sterritt is a formidable storyteller and a passionate advocate."—Cherie Dimaline, author of The Marrow Thieves"Sterritt's story is living proof of how courageous Indigenous women are."—Tanya Talaga, author of Seven Fallen Feathers and All Our RelationsUnbroken is an extraordinary work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indig ... Read more

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  • Speaking Our Truth

    A Journey of Reconciliation

    by Monique Gray Smith ...
    ★"Smith's book is an effort that returns, offering diverse voices that invite the world into the reconciliation experience. Absolutely necessary.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewCanada's relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the residential school system and the lack of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Maple Syrup

    A Short History of Canada's Sweetest Obsession

    by Peter Kuitenbrouwer ...
    The captivating story behind Canada’s beloved sweet treatFrom the quiet beauty of sugar maple forests to the high-tech, high-stakes world of syrup production, this book takes you on a remarkable journey into one of Canada’s most cherished traditions. Led by Peter Kuitenbrouwer, a forester with a deep appreciation for the land, this beautifully illustrated narrative uncovers the rich Indigenous ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • In This Together

    Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation

    Edited by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail ...
    What is real reconciliation? This collection of essays from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada welcomes readers into a timely, healing conversation—one we've longed for but, before now, have had a hard time approaching.These reflective and personal pieces come from journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, filmmakers, city planners, and lawyers, all of whom ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Medicine Unbundled

    A Journey through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care

    by Gary Geddes ...
    "We can no longer pretend we don't know about residential schools, murdered and missing Aboriginal women and 'Indian hospitals.' The only outstanding question is how we respond." —Tom Sandborn, Vancouver SunA shocking exposé of the dark history and legacy of segregated Indigenous health care in Canada.After the publication of his critically acclaimed 2011 book Drink the Bitter Root: A Writer’s ... Read more

    $12.99 USD