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"As a physical object, it is one of beauty… As an act of sustained editorial ingenuity… it is impeccable… As a work of interdisciplinary research, it is simply outstanding… [This work] can scarcely be praised too highly." Sir John A. Macdonald Prize Jury
The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas, … Read More >
In 2002 a fifteen-year-old Canadian citizen was captured in Afghanistan for allegedly killing an American soldier. A badly wounded Omar Khadr was transferred to the US Bagram Air Force base and then Guantánamo Bay detention camp. He would remain there without trial until October 2010. In Omar Khadr, Oh Canada, over thirty contributors analyze … Read More >
Walter W. Igersheimer, the author of Blatant Injustice, will be featured in Enemy Aliens: The Internment of Jewish Refugees in Canada, 1940-1943, a new exhibit opening at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre on June 11.
Through eyewitness testimony and artefacts, the exhibit recounts the experience of Dr. Walter W. Igersheimer and other internment survivors during … Read More >
Singing from the Darktime has won the 2012 Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award in the Poetry category.
The following is excerpted from The Canadian Jewish News:
S. Weilbach, an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor in Vancouver, has won the 2012 Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award … Read More >
The following is excerpted from Quill & Quire's review of In Search of R.B. Bennett.
Canadian politics was a different beast in the early 20th century, and Richard Bedford Bennett (friends and associates called him “R.B.”) was very much a man of … Read More >
McGill-Queen's University Press has released its Fall 2012 catalogue.
Click to view the virtual catalogue to browse MQUP's upcoming releases.
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The following is excerpted from the Ottawa Magazine article Q&A with writer Linda Kay on being a female journalist and a local reporter’s impact on history.
Linda Kay is the author of The Sweet Sixteen: The Journey that Inspired the Canadian Women’s Press Club. Her … Read More >
The following is excerpted from Linda Kay's The Sweet Sixteen: The Journey That Inspired the Canadian Women's Press Club.
Once underwritten by political entities or religious groups that espoused their own causes, most daily newspapers by the late 1800s were mass circulation journals attempting to appeal to a large audience. … Read More >
Florida's Snowbirds by Godefroy Desrosiers-Lauzon has earned both the Charlton Tebeau Award for general interest book and the Rembert Patrick Award for a scholarly book from the Florida Historical Society.
Florida's Snowbirds examines the effects of the seasonal migration, not only for travellers but also for local Floridians. Developing numerous themes, including … Read More >