Books – Titles A-Z
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A Culture’s Catalyst
Historical Encounters with Peyote and the Native American Church in Canada
Psychiatrists, peyote, and the Native American Church of Canada.
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A Great Restlessness
The Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen
Dorise Nielsen was a pioneering feminist, a radical politician, the first Communist elected to Canada’s House of Commons, and the only woman elected in 1940. But despite her remarkable career, until now little has been known about her.
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A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth
Islendinga Saga
The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.
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A Knock on the Door
The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
An essential introduction to one of the most pressing questions Canada faces.
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A Land Not Forgotten
Indigenous Food Security and Land-Based Practices in Northern Ontario
Reclaiming food security and community health.
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A National Crime
The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986
Using previously unreleased government documents, historian John S. Milloy provides a full picture of the history and reality of the residential school system. A National Crime shows that the residential system was chronically underfunded and often mismanaged, and documents in detail and how this affected the health, education, and well-being of entire generations of Aboriginal children.
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A National Crime (2017)
The Canadian Government and the Residential School System
The groundbreaking bestseller reissued.
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A Thousand Miles of Prairie
The Manitoba Historical Society and the History of Western Canada
A Thousand Miles of Prairie is a fascinating look at Manitoba’s early boom years (1880-1910) through the eyes and words of some of the most interesting personalities of early Winnipeg. This collection brings together fourteen pieces from the first decades of the Manitoba Historical Society, when its lectures were attended by the province’s political and cultural elite.
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A Two-Spirit Journey
The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder
A compelling, harrowing, but ultimately uplifting story of resilience and self-discovery.
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A Very Remarkable Sickness
Epidemics in the Petit Nord, 1670 to 1846
Although new diseases had first arrived in the New World in the 16th century, by the end of the 17th century shorter transoceanic travel time meant that a far greater number of diseases survived the journey from Europe and were still able to infect new communities. These acute, directly transmitted infectious diseases – including smallpox, influenza, and measles — would be responsible for a monumental loss of life and would forever transform North American Aboriginal communities. Historical geographer Paul Hackett meticulously traces the diffusion of these diseases from Europe through central Canada to the West.
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