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In light of the recent prorogation of parliament, we’ve compiled a reading list to tide you over until March 24th.

The Adaptable Country
How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century
By Alasdair Roberts

The Adaptable Country outlines straightforward policy reforms to improve adaptability – the capacity to anticipate and manage danger. In a turbulent world, authoritarian rule … Read More >

As we enter the final month of the 43rd Canadian federal election campaign, we have compiled a Canadian political science reading list. Whether exploring how Canadian government functions, providing historical context, or dissecting specific policy issues, each of the titles offer a unique perspective on Canada’s current democratic system.

Democracy in Canada
The … Read More >

In Donald J. Savoie’s new book, Democracy in Canada: The Disintegration of Our Institutions, he investigates the forces shaping the workings of Canadian federalism and the country’s national political and bureaucratic institutions.

As a lead up to the book’s publication in September 2019 and the upcoming Canadian federal election, we have … Read More >

John Stewart, director of policy and research at the Canadian Nuclear Association, spent twenty years as an economist and manager inside the US embassy in Ottawa. His latest book, Strangers with Memories: The United States and Canada from Free Trade to Baghdad, describes the apogee and decline of Canada’s relationship with the … Read More >

This Saturday, 7 April marks 150 years since the death of Thomas D’Arcy McGee, the youngest of the Fathers of Confederation. A brilliant writer, outstanding orator, and charismatic politician, McGee is best known for his prominent role in Irish-Canadian politics, his inspirational speeches in support of Canadian Confederation, and his assassination by an Irish … Read More >

Four months after McGill-Queen’s University Press published Omar Khadr, Oh Canada, Khadr, then twenty-six years old, was returned to Canada on 29 September 2012 after being imprisoned for ten years at the US-run detention camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Nearly five years later, the current Canadian government has … Read More >

Warren Buffett Invests in Canada, but Should You?
By Gretchen Morgenson

When Warren Buffett acts, investors notice. And after he took a roughly $300 million position last month in Home Capital Group, a troubled Canadian mortgage underwriter, some investors saw it as a vote of confidence not only in that company, but also in Canadian … Read More >

The Book: A Backstory
by Christopher Dummitt

Why would anyone ever write a book? I first started thinking about the book that would become Unbuttoned in 2003. And yet it is only this spring, fourteen years later, that the book was published. I’m inclined to agree that delayed gratification increases pleasure, but that is one heck of … Read More >

Author Christopher Dummitt’s new book Unbuttoned: A History of Mackenzie King’s Secret Life has been receiving substantial attention in the press.  Below is a list of some of Dummitt’s recent media appearances, along with reviews and news pieces related to the book.

Excerpt in the Toronto Star

Piece by Jim Bronskill in The Globe … Read More >

Swingback: Getting Along in the World with Harper and Trudeau, the new book from journalist and author Mike Blanchfield, continues to receive considerable attention in the press.  Read more reviews of the book here:

Review from Quill & Quire

Review from Bob Rae for The Globe and Mail

To … Read More >