Books – Titles A-Z

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  Winnipeg’s Great War

  A City Comes of Age

  Jim Blanchard (Author)

  Winnipeg’s Great War picks up in 1914, just as the city is regrouping after a brief economic downturn. War comes unexpectedly, thoughts of recovery are abandoned, and the city digs in for a hard-fought four years. Using letters, diaries, and newspaper reports, Jim Blanchard brings us into the homes and public offices of Winnipeg and its citizens to illustrate the profound effect the war had on every aspect of the city, from its politics and economy, to its men on the battlefield and its war-weary families fighting on the homefront.

  Published September 2010 | History, Letters & Correspondence, Military History, Social History, Urban Studies

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  Women of the First Nations

  Power, Wisdom, and Strength

  Christine Miller (Editor), Patricia Chuchryk (Editor)

  Women of the First Nations examines various aspects of Aboriginal women’s lives from a variety of theoretical and personal perspectives. The authors discuss standard media representations, as well as historical and current realities. They bring new perspectives to discussions on Aboriginal art, literature, historical, and cultural contributions, and they offer diverse viewpoints on present economic, environmental, and political issues. This collection counters the marginalization and silencing of First Nations women’s voices and reflects the power, strength, and wisdom inherent in their lives.

  Published August 1996 | Critical Studies in Native History, Gender Studies, Identity Studies, Indigenous Studies, Women’s Studies

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  Words of the Inuit

  A Semantic Stroll through a Northern Culture

  Louis-Jacques Dorais (Author)

  Words illuminating culture.

  Published September 2020 | Contemporary Studies on the North, Indigenous Studies, Inuit Studies, Linguistics

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  Writing Grief

  Margaret Laurence and the Work of Mourning

  Christian Riegel (Author)

  Margaret Laurence’s much admired Manawaka fiction — The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, The Fire-Dwellers, A Bird in the House, and The Diviners -– has achieved remarkable recognition for its compassionate portrayal of the attempt to find meaning and peace in ordinary life. In Writing Grief, Christian Riegel argues that the protagonists in these books achieve resolution through acts of mourning, placing this fiction within the larger tradition of writing that explores the nuances and strategies of mourning.

  Published September 2003 | Literary Criticism

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  Writings by Western Icelandic Women

  Kirsten Wolf (Translator)

  This collection of short stories and poems spans 75 years of writings. It includes translated work by little-known authors such as Undina, “a modest poet,” as well as works in English by prominent writers such as Laura Goodman Salverson, twice a winner of the Governor-General’s Award. From the hopefulness of the early immigration in the 1870s to the conflict of assimilation in the 1950s, the pieces reflect a range of experiences common to immigrant women from many cultures.

  Published January 1997 | Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Icelandic Studies, Literature, Translation, Women’s Studies

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  Young, Well-Educated, and Adaptable

  Chilean Exiles in Ontario and Quebec, 1973-2010

  Francis Peddie (Author)

  Chileans exiled following Pinochet’s coup make homes in Canada.

  Published September 2014 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration, Public Policy