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-- Fifty Canadians who changed the world2013., Adult, HarperCollinsPublishersLtd Call No: 971.009 M146f Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Using the successful format of How the Scots Invented Canada, Ken McGoogan takes the reader on a compelling journey throughthe lives of fifty accomplished Canadians born in the 20th century who have changed<U+2014>and often continue to change<U+2014>the great wide world. He discovers an astonishing array of activists, humanitarians, visionaries, scientists and inventors, all of whom have made an impact internationally. From Tommy Douglas, Pierre Trudeau, John Kenneth Galbraith, Naomi Klein, Marshall McLuhan, Stephen Lewis and Roméo Dallaire to Glenn Gould, David Suzuki, Mike Lazaridis, Margaret Atwood, Oscar Peterson, Leonard Cohen and thirty-seven others, Ken McGoogan shows us why and how Canadians move in the wider world as influencers and agents of progressive change. Say hello to fifty Canadians who are shaping the future."--From publisher.
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1999., Guernica Call No: 818.54 S182a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Essay series Volume: 35
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By Zaremba, Eve2015., Insomniac Press Call No: Bio Z36b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In her long life, Eve Zaremba has picked tomatoes, driven a Bookmobile, researched Canadians' junk food preferences, and written lesbian-feminist detective novels. She reflects on those experiences, and the personalities and politics involved, in her memoir, The Broad Side. Eve spent her childhood in 1930s Warsaw, the daughter of a Polish army officer. When the Nazis invaded, she and her family took refuge in England, arriving in Canada in 1952. By the 1970s, Eve was an active part of Toronto's lesbian-feminist community and a founding collective member of Broadside newspaper. Sharply observant and fearlessly honest, Eve Zaremba's memories and insights will entertain and provoke readers, often simultaneously. She provides an inside look at a disappearing but hugely influential period in the Canadian women's movement and the people and ideas that shaped it. Illustrated with photos and ephemera from Eve's personal collection, The Broad Side makes a sparkling contribution to Canadian feminist history.
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-- Twenty leading voices imagine Canada's future.2008., Key Porter Books Call No: 971.07 C2122c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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By Dyer, Gwynne2014., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: 971.06 D996c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A serious contemplation of what it means to engage in major world conflicts, and the price we pay when we do. The First World War was Canada's baptism of fire. From 1914 to 1918, after a century of peace, Canadians were plunged back into the old world of great power rivalries and great wars. Canadians were volunteers. We didn't have to fight, but we chose to, out of loyalty to ideas and institutions that today many of us no longer believe in. And we have been doing the same thing ever since, although we haven't quite given up on the latest set of ideas and institutions yet. Gwynne Dyer moves back and forth between the seminal event, the First World War, and all the later conflicts that Canada chose to fight in. He draws parallels between these conflicts, with the same idealism among the young soldiers, and the same deeply conflicted emotions among the survivors, surfacing time and again in every war right down to Afghanistan. And in each case, the same arguments pro and con arise -- mostly from people who are a long, safe way from the killing grounds. Echoing throughout the book are the voices of the people who lived through the wars: the veterans, the politicians, the historians, the eyewitnesses. Dyer revisits the events and puts them in context, pausing to ask such questions as 'What if we hadn't fought Hitler?' and 'Is war written in our genes?' This book casts an unsparing eye over what happens when Canada and the great powers get in the war business. Gwynne Dyer holds a Ph.D. in war studies from the University of London and lives in London, UK"--Provided by publisher.
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c2011., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 778.9 L278c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2014., Adult, Little, Brown and company Call No: Bio A52s Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The twelve months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Martin Luther King, Jr. died in one of the most shocking assassinations the world has known, but little is remembered about the life he led in his final year. Tavis Smiley recounts the final 365 days of King's life, revealing the minister's trials and tribulations -- denunciations by the press, rejection from the president, dismissal by the country's Black middle class and militants, assaults on his character, ideology, and political tactics, to name a few -- all of which he had to rise above in order to lead and address the racism, poverty, and militarism that threatened to destroy our democracy. A portrait of a leader and visionary and an exceptional glimpse into King's life -- one that adds both nuance and gravitas to his legacy as an American hero"--Provided by publisher.
