A Number of Things: Stories of Canada Told Through Fifty Objects

Canada’s sesquicentennial in 2017 no doubt will prompt much soul-searching around the subject of how to define our country. Is it easier or harder, 150 years after Confederation, to explain who we are? And how ... Read More »

December 12, 2016 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reference

The Promise of Canada: 150 Years – People and Ideas That Have Shaped Our Country

By Charlotte Gray

December 8, 2016 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Reference

Reluctant Readers

By Ron Jobe and Mary Dayton-Sakari

This book is for teachers of young students who scrupulously try to avoid books. The authors, teachers at the faculty of education at UBC, mention students with learning disabilities, but that’s not the focus of ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Reference

America, but Better: The Canada Party Manifesto

By Chris Cannon and Brian Calvert

In the latest issue of the recently reanimated magazine The Baffler, Steve Almond takes aim at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for, among other things, being “parasites of the dysfunction they mock” and “remaining careful ... Read More »

December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Reference

A Nation Worth Ranting About

By Rick Mercer

December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Reference

Walking Backwards: Grand Tours, Minor Visitations, Miraculous Journeys, and a Few Good Meals

By Mark Frutkin

A rite of passage for many is to sling a backpack over one’s shoulder and tramp around Europe and Asia for months at a time, with only a few dollars and a phrase book. Friendships ... Read More »

August 22, 2011 | Filed under: Reference

Far and Away: A Prize Every Time

By Neil Peart

As the drummer and lyricist for seminal Canadian rock band Rush, Neil Peart has earned the respect and admiration of legions of musicians and fans. That he is also a successful author may come as ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Reference

On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed My Life

By Rupinder Gill

Rupinder Gill is the daughter of immigrant Punjabi parents who were masters at saying no. No sleepovers. No tennis lessons. No fun. Instead, she and her four siblings had two options for after-school activities: clean ... Read More »

May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Reference

Breakfast at the Exit Café: Travels Through America

By Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds

In December 2006, husband and wife Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds decided to take the long way home from Vancouver to Ontario. Anxious to avoid winter driving, and eager to experience America – a nation ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

The Voyage of the Matthew: John Cabot and the Discovery of North America

By Peter Firstbrook

Would North America be the same without the lives of two boys, both born in the same walled city in 1451? Cristoforo Colombo and Giovanni Caboto left Genoa separately as young men, went on to ... Read More »

August 20, 2010 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

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