Books

Managing Madness

Weyburn Mental Hospital and the Transformation of Psychiatric Care in Canada

Erika Dyck (Author), Alex Deighton (Author)

Seeing beyond an asylum’s walls.

Published September 2017 | History, Medical History
The North End Revisited

Photographs by John Paskievich

John Paskievich (Author)

Revisiting an iconic neighbourhood.

Published September 2017 | Art & Architecture, History, Social History
Snacks

A Canadian Food History

Janis Thiessen (Author)

A book with bite.

Published September 2017 | Agriculture & Food, History, Social History
Gambling on Authenticity

Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-So-New Indian

Becca Gercken (Editor), Julie Pelletier (Editor)

Indigenous gaming and identity in North America.

Published September 2017 | Gambling, Indigenous Studies
Propaganda and Persuasion

The Cold War and the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society

Jennifer Anderson (Author)

A Cold War struggle for the hearts and minds of Canadians.

Published April 2017 | History, Military History
Two Years Below the Horn

Operation Tabarin, Field Science, and Antarctic Sovereignty

Andrew Taylor (Author), Daniel Heidt (Editor), P. Whitney Lackenbauer (Editor)

Invited to participate, asked to lead: this is Taylor’s account of his Antarctic adventure.

Published April 2017 | History, Military History
The Clay We Are Made Of

Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River

Susan M. Hill (Author)

A Haudenosaunee telling of Haudenosaunee history.

Published April 2017 | Critical Studies in Native History, History, Indigenous Studies
Defining Métis

Catholic Missionaries and the Idea of Civilization in Northwestern Saskatchewan, 1845–1898

Timothy P. Foran (Author)

A thorough examination of the Oblates’ evolving definition of Métis.

Published April 2017 | History, Indigenous Studies, Religion
A National Crime (2017)

The Canadian Government and the Residential School System

John S. Milloy (Author)

The groundbreaking bestseller reissued.

Published March 2017 | Critical Studies in Native History, History, Indigenous Studies, Social History
Farmland Preservation, second edition

Land for Future Generations

Wayne J. Caldwell (Editor), Stew Hilts (Editor), Bronwynne Wilton (Editor)

Protecting an essential resource.

Published March 2017 | Agriculture & Food