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The Montreal Gazette posted an excerpt this week from You’re Not Dead until You’re Forgotten: A Memoir by John Dunning and Bill Brownstein, where the late film pioneer recalls working at his family’s movie theatre in Ville Émard.
Richard J. Grace’s Opium and Empire offers a close look at the lives and careers of two controversial Scottish capitalists, William Jardine and James Matheson. Recognized as giants on the scene at Macao, Canton, and Hong Kong, Jardine and Matheson have often been depicted as one-dimensional villains whose opium commerce was ruthless and whose … Read More >
In Our Ice is Vanishing, Shelley Wright follows the history of the Canadian presence in the Arctic and shares her own journey in recollections and photographs, presenting the far North as few people have seen it. The following is an excerpt about her motivations for writing the book.
There are many books and articles dealing with climate … Read More >
Derek H. Burney and Fen Osler Hampson were on CBC News’ Power and Politics yesterday for an exclusive interview with Evan Solomon to discuss their new book, Brave New Canada.
In Brave New Canada, Burney and Hampson identify the key trends that are reshaping the world’s geopolitics and economics … Read More >
Globalization and the shifting tectonic plates of the international system have led to an increasingly competitive world. If Canada hopes to gain advantage from the dramatic developments underway, Derek Burney and Fen Hampson argue it will have to aggressively adapt its foreign and domestic policies or accept being left behind.
In Brave New Canada, … Read More >
REMINDER: This Saturday! Aug 2 at 7pm
John Dunning Book Launch & Screening
Concordia’s J.A. De Sève Cinema (View map)
John Dunning (1927-2011):
“The unacknowledged godfather of an entire generation of Canadian filmmakers.”
–David Cronenberg
Join us for an evening honouring the late John Dunning and the publication of his memoir, You’re Not Dead until … Read More >
In this excerpt from First Among Unequals, edited by Alex Marland and Matthew Kerby, Marland provides an extensive and fascinating overview of the branding strategies during provincial election campaigns in Canada.
An emerging area of practice and study looks at political parties as “brands”. Branding is concerned with the overall psychological impression conveyed through … Read More >
Nancy Turner has studied Indigenous peoples’ knowledge of plants and environments in northwestern North America for over forty years. In Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge, she integrates her research into a two-volume ethnobotanical tour-de-force. The following is an excerpt. More images are available on our Tumblr.
These two volumes began literally decades … Read More >
Expect Miracles is a recently released memoir by one of Canada’s best-known business leaders, David M. Culver, former chairman and CEO of Alcan. A man of many interests and talents, Culver reflects on his long love affair with architecture – and his efforts to restore and preserve Montreal’s heritage by creating Maison Alcan – and how music … Read More >
ST JOHN’S BOOK LAUNCH:
Newfoundland Rhapsody: Frederick R. Emerson and the Musical Culture of the Island
By Glenn David Colton
Thursday, June 26th, 7-9 pm
Bally Haly Country Club
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In Newfoundland Rhapsody, Glenn David Colton explores the life and career of Frederick Rennie Emerson (1895-1972), … Read More >