Books – History

Sounding Thunder

The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow

Brian D. McInnes (Author)

The stories of Canada’s most decorated Indigenous soldier.

Published September 2016 | Critical Studies in Native History, Autobiography, History, Indigenous Studies, Military History
Horse-and-Buggy Genius

Listening to Mennonites Contest the Modern World

Royden Loewen (Author)

A simple life in the modern world.

Published May 2016 | History, Immigration, Religion
A Knock on the Door

The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Phil Fontaine (Author), Aimée Craft (Author), The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (Author)

An essential introduction to one of the most pressing questions Canada faces.

Published December 2015 | Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation, History, Human Rights, Indigenous Studies
Those Who Belong

Identity, Family, Blood, and Citizenship among the White Earth Anishinaabeg

Jill Doerfler (Author)

The battle against blood quantum and a new vision of tribal citizenship.

Published October 2015 | History, Indigenous Studies
Pauline Boutal

An Artist’s Destiny, 1894-1992

Louise Duguay (Author), S.E. Stewart (Translator)

A rich artistic talent beautifully presented in this full-colour study.

Published October 2015 | Art & Architecture, History
Holocaust Survivors in Canada

Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947-1955

Adara Goldberg (Author)

A watershed period in Canadian Jewish history.

Published September 2015 | History, Immigration
This Benevolent Experiment

Indigenous Boarding Schools, Genocide, and Redress in Canada and the United States

Andrew Woolford (Author)

Comparative analysis of residential schools in the United States and Canada.

Published September 2015 | History, Indigenous Studies
Rekindling the Sacred Fire

Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality

Chantal Fiola (Author)

A study of Métis and Anishinaabe spirituality.

Published April 2015 | History, Indigenous Studies, Religion
Transnational Radicals

Italian Anarchists in Canada and the U.S., 1915–1940

Travis Tomchuk (Author)

Fleeing repression at home and abroad, Italian anarchists established strength through transnationalism.

Published March 2015 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration
Invisible Immigrants

The English in Canada since 1945

Marilyn Barber (Author), Murray Watson (Author)

Giving voice to the English immigrant.

Published March 2015 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration