Books – Social History

Authorized Heritage

Place, Memory, and Historic Sites in Prairie Canada

Robert Coutts (Author)

What we commemorate and how.

Forthcoming March 2021 | History, Social History
The Politics of the Canoe

Bruce Erickson (Editor), Sarah Wylie Krotz (Editor)

A vessel of meaning.

Forthcoming March 2021 | Indigenous Studies, Social History, Sports and Recreation
Compelled to Act

Histories of Women’s Activism in Western Canada

Sarah Carter (Editor), Nanci Langford (Editor)

Prairie women mobilize for change.

Published September 2020 | Gender Studies, History, Social History, Women’s Studies
Pathways of Reconciliation

Indigenous and Settler Approaches to Implementing the TRC’s Calls to Action

Aimée Craft (Editor), Paulette Regan (Author)

How can we participate in reconciliation?

Published August 2020 | Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation, History, Indigenous Studies, Social History
Civilian Internment in Canada

Histories and Legacies

Rhonda L. Hinther (Editor), Jim Mochoruk (Editor)

Whose security? Whose greater good?

Published March 2020 | Human Rights and Social Justice Series, History, Human Rights, Social History
Settler City Limits

Indigenous Resurgence and Colonial Violence in the Urban Prairie West

Heather Dorries (Editor), Robert Henry (Editor), David Hugill (Editor), Tyler McCreary (Editor), Julie Tomiak (Editor)

Urban Indigenous resistance and resurgence.

Published October 2019 | Indigenous Studies, Social History, Urban Studies
A Diminished Roar

Winnipeg in the 1920s

Jim Blanchard (Author)

A lively and entertaining tour through an overlooked period in Winnipeg’s history.

Published August 2019 | History, Social History, Urban Studies
No Man’s Land

The Life and Art of Mary Riter Hamilton

Kathryn A. Young (Author), Sarah M. McKinnon (Author)

A life embracing new opportunities for women at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Published October 2017 | Art & Architecture, Social History, Women’s Studies
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, Business History, History, Social History