Politics & Current Affairs

The Battle of London: Trudeau, Thatcher, and the Fight for Canada’s Constitution

A book about the struggle to repatriate Canada’s Constitution in the 1980s has no right to be as entertaining as Frédéric Bastien’s The Battle of London. The journalist and Dawson College history professor created a ... Read More »

February 5, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History

By Andrew Cohen

The life of John F. Kennedy has been examined from so many angles it would seem hard to conjure a fresh perspective on the man. Yet in Two Days in June, author and journalist Andrew ... Read More »

February 5, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Harperism: How Stephen Harper and His Think Tank Colleagues Have Transformed Canada

By Donald Gutstein

For many readers, Donald Gutstein’s new book will only serve to fuel fear and loathing for the current prime minister and the way he governs. It describes, in great detail, Harper’s links to the philosophies ... Read More »

December 4, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age

By Cory Doctorow

Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free is a book that’s very clear about what it is and what it isn’t. What it is: a toolkit for anyone with a stake in making a “creative wage” ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment

The Morning After: The 1995 Quebec Referendum and the Day That Almost Was

By Chantal Hébert with Jean Lapierre

On October 30, 1995, Quebec voters headed to the polls to answer a convoluted question about their future relationship with the rest of Canada. While the political rhetoric cast the vote as a decisive choice ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Beautiful West and the Beloved of God

By Michael Springate

The first novel by Vancouver-based playwright Michael Springate is the latest in a small wave of fiction focusing on the fraught relations between the West and the Middle East. A small wave, not because the ... Read More »

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Politics & Current Affairs

Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters

By Alfred Hermida

When an unarmed black teen by the name of Michael Brown was gunned down by police in the Missouri suburb of Ferguson in August, Twitter erupted with outrage over what many saw as an unjustified, ... Read More »

October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment

Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy and the Capitalization of Intimacy

By Thomas P. Keenan

We live in an age where the spread of information technology has far outstripped our understanding or control over it. We face the daunting prospect of a reality where privacy is increasingly rare and the ... Read More »

October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment

A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice

By Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis; eds.

The essay collection A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice is variously a manual, a call to action, and a series of first-hand accounts of a movement. While the struggle over mining ... Read More »

October 9, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Who We Are: Reflections on My Life and Canada

By Elizabeth May

With the Canadian federal election coming next year, it’s no surprise that politicians and pundits are flooding bookstores with new tomes. Into the fray steps Green Party leader Elizabeth May with a volume billed as ... Read More »

October 2, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs

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