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c1999., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 347.71 P876c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2015., Dundurn Press Call No: QWF SC 356.1094 A438d Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The remarkable story of the men of the 78th Fraserœs Highlanders moves from the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland, through the Seven Yearsœ War and the American Revolution, to the War of 1812.Simon Fraser, chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat, raised the 78th High- landers, a regiment that played a major role in defeating the French on the Plains of Abraham. Drivœn by Fortune tackles the myths embedded in nationalistic history and in fictional accounts of these Highland soldier- settlers who brought the Scottish Enlightenment to North America.The impact of the 78th Fraserœs Highlanders, which extended far beyond Scotland and the Canada of their times, is finally being told.
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[2014], Adult, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Call No: QWF 347.7103 P872m Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Canada has a rich and complex history. Our constitution was provided to us by the British Parliament, three and a quarter centuries after Canada was first inhabited by people largely of European descent. That feature of our history was the result of a treaty between Britain and France signed in 1763, wherein France ceded all its claims to North America save for two tiny islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to be used as victualing ports for its fishing fleet.Canada's constitution reflected this complex history and with the additional complication of having been superimposed over whatever legal rights to the territory were possessed by Canada's aboriginal peoples. Our constitution contemplated a federal state, with powers distributed between the federal and provincial governments. Until 1949, the British Privy Council maintained and exercised an avuncular power, with final disposition of appeals originating in Canada, a jurisdiction now exercised solely in Canada by our own Supreme Court.Fifty supreme court cases demonstrate how Canada's Supreme Court has effectively shaped much of what Canadian society is today. The court's role has evolved dramatically since the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was adopted in 1982 as part of our Canadian constitution, with which all Canadian legislation must comply. Thus our Canadian Supreme Court must rule on such diverse and contentious issues as assisted suicide, possible secession of Quebec, the exercise of religious freedom, and aboriginal claims. Right or wrong, the Court's decisions have a significant impact on the lives of all Canadians.
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2013., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: 082 P872q Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Richard Pound has spent half a lifetime identifying, collecting, and organizing thousands of quotations. Quotations for the Fast Lane is the result of that effort, selected by someone with an impressive range of local, national, and international experience, and arranged alphabetically by theme to be easily accessible for all readers and all occasions. Words from personalities ranging from William Blake to Warren Buffett on all topics imaginable, serve to elevate and inspire. The great majority of the quotations in this book are pithy, often humorous and sardonic, but always containing an interesting perspective on life, conduct, and achievement. Quotations for the Fast Lane: "I have great faith in fools - my friends call it self-confidence." Edgar Allan Poe "It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong." Warren Buffett "The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world." Leonard Cohen.
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c2008., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF Bio R6514p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Rocke Robertson: Surgeon and Shepherd of Change is a compelling portrait of a remarkable man who handled the greatest challenge of his career - running a primarily English-speaking university in Quebec during the Quiet Revolution - with courage, wisdom, and success."--BOOK JACKET.
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c2012., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: 340.06 P872s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In its sixty-year existence, the Stikeman Elliott firm has played a role in many of the most significant transactions in Canadian business history, appearing before the major courts of the country in precendent-setting litigation. Its members are at the top of the legal profession and its reach is global. Clients include major foreign investors requiring advice for entry into Canada, as well as for investments in many other parts of the world. In Stikeman Elliott: The First Fifty Years, Richard Pound recounted how Heward Stikeman and Fraser Elliott developed their small tax boutique into a national and global organization. Here Pound details the firmœs global expansion at a time of worldwide economic uncertainty. Embracing both diversity and corporate social responsibility, the organizationœs unwavering commitment to client confidentiality, knowledge management, and recruiting and retaining lawyers and staff of the highest quality has helped Stikeman Elliott retain its place as one of the preeminent business law firms in the country.An insightful look at recent innovations put into practice, Stikeman Elliott: New Millenium, New Paradigms offers an insiderœs view of a firm which has carved out an important role in Canadian legal and business history.
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c2002., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 340.06 S855p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2007., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 364.3 G191p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
