Crisis in Canada's PolicingWhy change is so hard, and how we can get real reform in our police forcesBy John Sewell, With Christopher J. WilliamsWe all know policing is in crisis and requires real reform. Based on 40 years of work on this issue, John Sewell details the deep changes required to reverse the racism, sexism and violence embedded in police forces today. |
While the Beatles were breaking up, John Lennon and Yoko Ono headed to Canada to stage a bed-in for peace, play a peace concert, and meet prime minister Trudeau. |
The Avro ArrowThe story of the great Canadian Cold War interceptor jet in pictures and documentsBy Lawrence MillerThe story of the great Canadian Cold War combat jet — in pictures and documents |
Harry Livingstone's Forgotten MenCanadians and the Chinese Labour Corps in the First World WarBy Dan BlackAn untold story about the clandestine operation to transport 80,000 Chinese labourers from remote Chinese villages, across Canada and all the way to the European battlefront to aid in the war effort and the mistreatment and racism they faced along the way. |
Winnipeg 1919The Strikers' Own History of the General StrikeBy The Winnipeg Defence Committee, Introduction by Christo Aivalis, Edited by Norman PennerThe most important primary document from the Winnipeg General Strike now back in print with a new introduction on the occasion of the strike's 100th anniversary |
Homelessness can be ended in Canada, and in this book leading shelter operators share their experience and their proposals about how this can be done, city by city. |
Wartime in Canadian life; a new perspective on The First World War |
Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the ProvincesThe contentious history of the Canadian federationBy Ed WhitcombThis book provides a history of Canadian federalism and the various politicians over the years who have engaged in an ongoing push and pull over power between Ottawa and the provinces. Ed Whitcomb examines their past successes and failures and the ongoing challenges to the country's unity. |
Too Young to DieCanada's Boy Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen in the Second World WarBy John Boileau, By Dan Black, Foreword by John de ChastelainThe never-before-told story of underage youth in uniform |
Canada Since 1960: A People's HistoryA Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and CultureEdited by Cy GonickA critical perspective on the last five decades of Canadian life |