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  • Crisis in Canada's Policing

    Why change is so hard, and how we can get real reform in our police forces

    par John Sewell ...
    In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic surged, millions gathered across Canada and the United States to protest violence and racism in policing sparked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. In the days and weeks following, the deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet in Toronto and Chantel Moore in New Brunswick showed that police violence is also a Canadian ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Police in Canada

    The Real Story

    par John Sewell ...
    What's going on with Canada's police? Once an institution that commanded respect and trust, the police are now widely regarded with skepticism and even suspicion. The dramatic death of Robert Dziekanski at the hands of the RCMP at Vancouver's airport, accusations of racial profiling, and the resistance of police to independent civilian oversight have created the impression of organizations and ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • How We Changed Toronto

    The inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980

    par John Sewell ...
    By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada's largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, high-rise apartments, and skyscraping downtown office towers were transforming the city. City officials were cheerleaders for unrestricted growth.All this "progress" had a price. Heritage buildings were ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Shape of the Suburbs

    Understanding Toronto's Sprawl

    par John Sewell ...
    It is now impossible to understand major North American cities without considering the seemingly never-ending and ever-growing sprawl of their surrounding suburbs. In The Shape of the Suburbs, activist, urban affairs columnist, and former Toronto mayor John Sewell examines the relationship between the development of suburbs, water and sewage systems, highways, and the decision-making of Toronto ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Shape of the City

    Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning

    par John Sewell ...
    Collections series Heritage
    Critics have long voiced concerns about the wisdom of living in cities and the effects of city life on physical and mental health. For a century, planners have tried to meet these issues. John Sewell traces changes in urban planning, from the pre-Depression garden cities to postwar modernism and a revival of interest in the streetscape grid.In this far-ranging review, Sewell recounts the arrival ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

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  • Canada Lives Here

    The Case for Public Broadcasting

    par Wade Rowland ...
    Canada Lives Here tells the tumultuous story of public broadcasting in Canada, from its inception in 1933 to the CBC’s current, controversial attempts to adapt to collapsing revenues and new technologies. It explores in detail the struggle to preserve public space and foster community in an environment devoted to profit-making, arguing that the ideals of public service broadcasting are more ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Comeback

    How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power And Influence

    par John Ralston Saul ...
    Once again, John Ralston Saul presents the story of Canada’s past so that we may better understand its present – and imagine a better future.Historic moments are always uncomfortable, Saul writes in this impassioned argument, calling on all of us to embrace and support the comeback of Aboriginal peoples. This, he says, is the great issue of our time – the most important missing piece in the ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $17.99 CAD Maintenant $14.99 CAD

  • The Art of Belonging

    par Hugh Mackay ...
    The eternal question 'Who am I?' must be weighed against an even deeper question: 'Who are we?' We are writing each other's stories as much as we are writing our own.In his bestselling book, The Good Life, Hugh Mackay argued that kindness and respect for others are the hallmarks of a life well lived. Now in The Art of Belonging Mackay shows how strong communities develop our moral sense and build ... En savoir plus

    $8.17 CAD

  • Kwe

    Standing With Our Sisters

    par Joseph Boyden ...
    Driven by deep frustration, anger, and sorrow in the wake of yet another violent assault upon a First Nations woman in November 2014, dozens of acclaimed writers and artists have come together to add their voices to a call for action addressing the deep-rooted and horrific crimes that continue to fester in our country.Kwe means woman in Ojibwe. More specifically, kwe means life-giver or life ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD

  • Open Heart, Open Mind

    par Clara Hughes ...
    The long-awaited memoir by Canada’s most celebrated Olympian and advocate for mental health.From one of Canada’s most decorated Olympians comes a raw but life-affirming story of one woman’s struggle with depression.In 2006, when Clara Hughes stepped onto the Olympic podium in Torino, Italy, she became the first and only athlete ever to win multiple medals in both Summer and Winter Games. Four ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

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    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • The Inconvenient Indian

    A Curious Account of Native People in North America

    par Thomas King ...
    WINNER of the 2014 RBC Taylor PrizeThe Inconvenient Indian is at once a “history” and the complete subversion of a history—in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be “Indian” in North America.Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, this book distills the insights gleaned from that meditation, weaving ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • The Imposter Bride

    A Novel

    par Nancy Richler ...
    A NATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEA young, enigmatic woman—Lily Azerov—arrives in post-war Montreal expecting to meet her betrothed, Sol Kramer. When Sol sees Lily at the train station, however, he turns her down. His brother, Nathan, sees Lily and instantly decides to marry her.But Lily is not who she claims to be, and her attempt to live a quiet life as Nathan ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD