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Below you will find our most popular titles used for university courses. McGill-Queen's Press is pleased to provide examination copies (for books not yet adopted) or desk copies (for books adopted) to professors teaching at universities and colleges in appropriate fields, subject to availability. More information on course adoption is available here.
Anthropology / Archaeology | Art / Architecture | Economics | Environmental Studies | Gender / Women's Studies | Health | History | Indigenous Studies | Linguistics / Literature / Literary Studies | Musicology | Philosophy | Political Science / International Affairs | Religion | Sociology
Anthropology / Archaeology |
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Bennett/Rowley | Uqalurait | ||
An authoritative and comprehensive compilation of the ancient knowledge of Inuit elders. | |||
Flannery | Ellen Smallboy | ||
The intimate story of a Cree woman's life and of the old ways of the James Bay Cree. | |||
Phillips | Museum Pieces | ||
The politics of Canadian museums and the international impact of the innovations they have stimulated. | |||
Art / Architecture |
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Carney | Canadian Painters in a Modern World, 1925-1955 | ||
A window onto the perspectives of Canadian artists during three eventful decades of local and global history. | |||
Davis | Desire Change | ||
Bringing together contemporary Canadian feminist art through the entangled relations of desire and desire for change. | |||
O'Brian/White | Beyond Wilderness, Second Edition | ||
The legacy of the Group of Seven and the reinvention of Canadian landscape art since the 1960s. | |||
Phillips | Museum Pieces | ||
The politics of Canadian museums and the international impact of the innovations they have stimulated. | |||
Williams | Landscape Architecture in Canada | ||
A groundbreaking history of the development of designed landscapes in Canada. | |||
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Economics |
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Blustein | Laid Low | ||
The International Monetary Fund’s role in the euro-zone crisis. | |||
de Mestral | Second Thoughts | ||
International investment experts provide thoughts on investor-state arbitration between developed democracies. | |||
Green, et al | Income Inequality | ||
A comprehensive review of Canadian inequality trends. | |||
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Environmental Studies |
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Lipsig-Mummé/McBride | Work in a Warming World | ||
Addressing the dichotomy of competing public policies in a Canadian context. | |||
Mulgan | Ethics for a Broken World | ||
Imagining Philosophy after Catastrophe | |||
Riley/Cook | The Once and Future Great Lakes Country | ||
A passionate, wide-ranging history of the landscapes around the Great Lakes. | |||
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Gender / Women's studies |
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Craig | Putting Trials on Trial | ||
An interrogation of sexual assault law and a legal process that traumatizes complainants. | |||
Davis | Desire Change | ||
Bringing together contemporary Canadian feminist art through the entangled relations of desire and desire for change. | |||
Dorais | Don’t Tell, Second Edition | ||
First-hand accounts by male victims and insightful analysis and strategies for coping with sexual abuse. | |||
Dorais | Dead Boys Can't Dance | ||
A provocative, ground-breaking study of the tragic consequences of homophobia. | |||
Dorais/Corriveau | Gangs and Girls | ||
Understanding and preventing gang-organized juvenile prostitution. | |||
Dorais | Rent Boys | ||
From the acclaimed author of Don't Tell and Dead Boys Can't Dance. Candid interviews and personal stories highlight a provocative exploration of the lives of male street hustlers, strippers, and escorts. | |||
Doyle | Making Out in the Mainstream | ||
A behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of LGBT media activism during a period of rapid societal change. | |||
Light, et al | Bodily Subjects | ||
Historical understandings of gender and health that raise important questions about how health care works today. | |||
Nyeck/Epprecht | Sexual Diversity in Africa | ||
A comprehensive analysis of sexual diversity in Africa from a multidisciplinary perspective. | |||
Plaxton | Implied Consent and Sexual Assault | ||
Revisiting the doctrine of implied consent in Canadian sexual assault law. | |||
Sethna/Hewitt | Just Watch Us | ||
A remarkable investigation of state spying on women’s liberation during the Cold War. | |||
Sharp/Taylor | Feminist Philosophies of Life | ||
Exploring life's character, sex, and meaning, while calling attention to the most precarious among us. | |||
Smith-Prei/Stehle | Awkward Politics | ||
A cutting-edge study that shows how awkwardness uncovers feminist politics at work in the digital age. | |||
Stavro | Emancipatory Thinking | ||
A sustained defence of the political importance and ongoing relevance of the ideas of the French writer, feminist, and philosopher, Simone de Beauvoir. | |||
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Health |
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Armstrong/Day | Wash, Wear, and Care | ||
How clothing and laundry provide a window on to the structuring of care and work in nursing homes. | |||
Carson/Nossal | A Canadian Healthcare Innovation Agenda | ||
Exploring the prospects for a pan-Canadian healthcare innovation strategy. | |||
Duckett/Peetoom | Canadian Medicare | ||
A rousing call to continue Canada's public health insurance program rather than rely on private insurance. | |||
Duckett | Where to from Here? | ||
The importance of universal healthcare in Canada and possible areas for improvement. | |||
Julien | A Different Kind of Care | ||
An alternative and compassionate way to treat troubled children. | |||
Kenyon | Resilience and Contagion | ||
An in-depth study of why civil society advocacy groups working on HIV choose the language of rights. | |||
McCreary/Jones | Intellectual Disabilities and Dual Diagnosis | ||
An indispensable survey of the definitions, assessments, and treatments of individuals with developmental disabilities. | |||
Pluye, et al | Look It Up! | ||
A behind-the-scenes guide that reveals how online information affects both patients and clinicians. | |||
Stone, et al | Working Bodies | ||
An informative look at the experience of navigating the Canadian workplace while living with chronic illness. | |||
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History |
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Blake/Holman | The Same but Different | ||
Canada may be all about hockey, but how much does the rest of Canada know about the game in Quebec? | |||
Bond | War and Society in Europe, 1870-1970 | ||
A bold and trenchant survey showing the enormous influence war has exerted on European society since 1870. | |||
Brown | The Illustrated History of Canada, 25th Anniversary Edition | ||
The first comprehensive, authoritative one-volume history of the country, fully updated to bring readers into the twenty-first century. | |||
Cook | Watching Quebec | ||
Classic essays analysing the roots and growth of nationalism in Quebec. | |||
Crnobrnja | The Yugoslav Drama, Second Edition | ||
An examination of the circumstances that transformed a stable, prosperous country into a Balkan powder-keg. | |||
Dickinson/Young | A Short History of Quebec, Fourth Edition | ||
An updated version of a foundational study of Quebec history. | |||
Ducharme | The Idea of Liberty in Canada during the Age of Atlantic Revolutions, 1776-1838 | ||
An argument for competing ideals of liberty as a motivation for the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada. | |||
Friedland | Restoring the Spirit | ||
The untold story of early-twentieth-century women's role in developing an essential area of health care. | |||
Hale | War and Society in Renaissance Europe 1450-1620 | ||
A brilliant analysis of the relation between state, war, and society in early modern Europe. | |||
Holman | Canada's Game | ||
Hockey's ability to tell stories about Canada that reflect the country's uniqueness - its strengths and weaknesses. | |||
Hubbard/Grace | A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador | ||
A fresh look at an incredible journey through uncharted territory. | |||
Llewellyn, et al | The Canadian Oral History Reader | ||
An indispensable collection of state-of-the-art work in oral history by Canadian scholars | |||
Mann | A Dream of Nation, Second Edition | ||
A synthesis of Quebec history from New France to the first referendum on sovereignty in 1980. | |||
Mills | The Empire Within | ||
A compelling study of the global dimensions and local particularities of political activism in Sixties Montreal. | |||
Molloy, et al | Running on Empty | ||
A powerful history of how Canada rescued 70,000 Indochinese refugees between 1975 and 1980. | |||
Stranger-Ross/Sugiman | Witness to Loss | ||
A Japanese Canadian participated in the government’s destruction of his own community. How should he be remembered? | |||
Thompson/Randall | Canada and the United States, Fourth Edition | ||
An "impartial and authoritative" survey of Canadian-American relations - now in a new, completely updated edition. | |||
Weinfeld | Like Everyone Else but Different, Second Edition | ||
A timely analysis of the possibilities and challenges of multiculturalism as seen in the iconic case of Canada's Jewish community. | |||
Winks | The Blacks in Canada, Second Edition | ||
The definitive history of the African-Canadian experience. | |||
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Indigenous studies |
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Barman | Abenaki Daring | ||
The life and work of an Abenaki man illuminate the troubled history of Indigenous peoples. | |||
Beardy/Coutts | Voices from Hudson Bay, Second Edition | ||
A collection of stories of traditional Cree life and culture in northern Canada. | |||
Bennett/Rowley | Uqalurait | ||
An authoritative and comprehensive compilation of the ancient knowledge of Inuit elders. | |||
Bird | The Spirit Lives in the Mind | ||
Renowned storyteller Louis Bird shares the teachings and stories about Swampy Cree culture collected over three decades. | |||
Courchene | Indigenous Nationals, Canadian Citizens | ||
A new paradigm for the relationship of Indigenous peoples with the settler societies in Canada. | |||
Flanagan | First Nations? Second Thoughts, Second Edition | ||
A bold and penetrating look at the ideology that has dominated Canadian Aboriginal policy. | |||
Flanagan, et al | Beyond the Indian Act | ||
Should Canada's First Nations have full ownership of reservation lands? | |||
Flannery | Ellen Smallboy | ||
The intimate story of a Cree woman's life and of the old ways of the James Bay Cree. | |||
Hall | From Treaties to Reserves | ||
How divergent understandings of treaties contributed to a heritage of distrust. | |||
Hall | The American Empire and the Fourth World | ||
In a book that Naomi Klein says could "change the world," Anthony Hall shows that the globalization debate actually began in 1492. | |||
Hall | Earth into Property | ||
A broad exploration of the colonial roots of global capitalism and the worldwide quest of Indigenous people for liberation through decolonization. | |||
Ignace/Ignace | Sewépemc People, Land, and Laws | ||
An exploration of Secwépemc history told through Indigenous knowledge and oral traditions. | |||
Long | Treaty No. 9 | ||
The complete story behind the signing of one of North America's largest land treaties. | |||
Long/Brown | Together We Survive | ||
Essays exemplifying collaborative research, respectful advocacy, and a deep appreciation of continuity within changing Aboriginal identity and expression. | |||
Moore | Trickster Chases the Tail of Education | ||
How Indigenous knowledge and pedagogies can turn teaching and learning upside down and inside out. | |||
Nabigon | The Hollow Tree | ||
Fighting Addiction with Traditional Native Healing. | |||
Phillips | Museum Pieces | ||
The politics of Canadian museums - the controversies, boycotts, and debates - and the international impact of the innovations they have stimulated. | |||
Ray | Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History | ||
How research into Indigenous rights claims is influenced by, and in turn changes, Indigenous law and claims legislation. | |||
Sioui | For an Amerindian Autohistory | ||
An insightful proposal for a reinterpretation of Native history. | |||
Treaty 7 Elders, et al | The True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7 | ||
Gathering the "collective memory" of the elders to provide unique insights into a crucial historical event. | |||
Wachowich | Saqiyuq | ||
A moving examination of the lives of three generations of Inuit women from Canada's Eastern High Arctic. | |||
Walker, et al | Reclaiming Indigenous Planning | ||
How Indigenous peoples are reclaiming community planning practices and ideologies. | |||
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Linguistics / Literature / Literary Studies |
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Batt/Zitner | Flowering of Modern Chinese Poetry | ||
A collection of early twentieth-century vernacular poetry that foreshadows the emergence of the modern Chinese nation. | |||
De Mille/Parks | A Strange Manuscript found in a Copper Cylinder | ||
With its curious mixture of adventure, natural history and satire this early Canadian novel has become a landmark work of fantasy and science fiction. | |||
Fellion/Inglis | Censored | ||
A provocative history of literary censorship uncovers the limits of free speech in the United Kingdom and the United States. | |||
Hertwig | Slow War | ||
At once an account of contemporary warfare and a personal journey of loss and the search for healing. | |||
Jacobi | The Main Philosophical Writings and the Novel Allwill | ||
The first extensive English translation of Jacobi's major literary and philosophical classics. | |||
MacLennan | Each Man's Son | ||
The Precipice | |||
The Return of the Sphinx | |||
Two Solitudes | |||
Voices in Time | |||
The Watch that Ends the Night | |||
Marechal | Adam Buenosayres | ||
The first-ever English translation of "Argentina's Ulysses." | |||
Oman | The Epic of Qayaq | ||
A splendid presentation of an ancient northern story cycle, brought to life by Lela Kiana Oman and richly illustrated from the Priscilla Tyler and Maree Brooks Collection of Inuit Art. | |||
Pollard | Dread Talk, Revised Edition | ||
A penetrating work in the socio-linguistics of Rasta culture. | |||
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Musicology |
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Hoefnagels/Diamond | Aboriginal Music in Contemporary Canada | ||
Contemporary Aboriginal music from powwow to hip hop, the people that make it, and the issues that shape it. | |||
Keillor | Music in Canada | ||
The history of Canadian music from the First Peoples to contemporary artists, from classical to pop. | |||
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Philosophy |
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Bourg | From Revolution to Ethics, Second Edition | ||
A bold history of French intellectual life and the legacies of 1960's radicalism. | |||
Brock/Mares | Realism and Anti-Realism | ||
An introduction to realism and anti-realism - a major subject in contemporary metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of language. | |||
Cormier | War as Paradox | ||
The origin and continued importance of dialectical war theory in the works of Clausewitz and Hegel. | |||
Dainton | Time and Space, Second Edition | ||
A fully revised and expanded edition of this essential course material for students and teachers dealing with the philosophy of time and space. | |||
Del Noce | Crisis of Modernity | ||
A selection of essays on modernity and secularization by one of the most distinguished Italian thinkers of the mid-twentieth century. | |||
Dunham, et al | Idealism | ||
A comprehensive portrait of the major arguments and philosophers in the Idealist tradition. | |||
Girle | Modal Logics and Philosophy, Second Edition | ||
A new edition of this widely used and respected textbook. | |||
Grant | Lament for a Nation, 40th Anniversary Edition | ||
The classic masterpiece of political meditation. | |||
Jacobi | The Main Philosophical Writings and the Novel Allwill | ||
The first extensive English translation of Jacobi's major literary and philosophical classics. | |||
Maxwell | In Praise of Natural Philosophy | ||
Science and philosophy need to be put together to recreate natural philosophy in order to serve the best interests of humanity. | |||
Miller | Philosophy of Language, Second Edition | ||
A comprehensive perspective on the philosophy of language. | |||
Mulgan | Ethics for a Broken World | ||
Imagining Philosophy after Catastrophe. | |||
Murray | Morals and Consent | ||
An evolutionary defence of contractarian ethics as applied to social norms. | |||
Restall | Logic | ||
A concise introduction to formal logic with elementary and advanced exercises. | |||
Seymour | Liberal Theory of Collective Rights | ||
An original contribution to the politics of recognition and the theory of collective rights. | |||
Sharp/Taylor | Feminist Philosophies of Life | ||
Exploring life's character, sex, and meaning, while calling attention to the most precarious among us. | |||
Somerville | Bird on an Ethics Wire | ||
An exploration of the urgent need to rebalance individuals' unfettered freedom to choose, especially regarding birth and death. | |||
Stout | Action | ||
A lucid and lively introduction to philosophy of action that focuses on the nature of the will, practical rationality, and moral psychology. | |||
Underwood | Experience of Beauty | ||
An original answer to a question of permanent interest: the place of beauty in our lives. | |||
Zwicky | Alkibiades' Love | ||
A highly original series of essays on the nature and practice of philosophy. | |||
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Political Science / international affairs |
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Canada: The State of the Federation Series | |||
Canada Among Nations Series | |||
How Ottawa Spends Series | |||
Abelson | Do Think Tanks Matter?, Third Edition | ||
Assessing the evolution and influence of public policy institutes. | |||
Abelson | Northern Lights | ||
An exploration of the rise of think tanks in Canada and the position they occupy in the country’s political landscape. | |||
Aall/Crocker | Fabric of Peace in Africa | ||
An examination of critical social institutions and groups and the role they play in aiding or impeding the peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa. | |||
Aall/Crocker | Minding the Gap | ||
Conflicts in Africa are diverse and complex, but there have been a number of cases of successful conflict management and resolution. | |||
Bezanson/Luxton | Social Reproduction | ||
How the unaccounted costs of neo-liberal policies fall on Canadian women. | |||
Biles, et al | Immigration and Integration in Canada in the Twenty-first Century | ||
Looking at successful integration in Canada. | |||
Bourgon | A New Synthesis of Public Administration | ||
A study of how public service has changed in this new era of interconnectedness. | |||
Buckingham | Fighting over God | ||
Untangling the legal and political history of religion from the cultural fabric of Canada. | |||
Chalk, et al | Mobilizing the Will to Intervene | ||
Provocative and practical counsel to make governments care about humanitarian crises. | |||
Clement | Understanding Canada | ||
An innovative examination of the current economic and political forces affecting Canadian society. | |||
Crocker, et al | Managing Conflict in a World Adrift | ||
Forty of the world’s leading international affairs analysts examine the relationship between political, social or economic change and the outbreak and spread of conflict. | |||
Duckett | Where to from Here? | ||
The importance of universal healthcare in Canada and possible areas for improvement. | |||
Duckett/Peetoom | Canadian Medicare | ||
A rousing call to continue Canada's public health insurance program rather than rely on private insurance. | |||
Flanagan | Harper's Team, Second Edition | ||
The four campaigns that made Stephen Harper prime minister of Canada - an insider's account. | |||
Flanagan, et al | Beyond the Indian Act | ||
Should Canada's First Nations have full ownership of reservation lands? | |||
Graham | Canadian Public Sector Financial Management, Second Edition | ||
A primer on managing public funds and a sophisticated presentation of how governments actually work. | |||
Grant | Lament for a Nation, 40th Anniversary Edition | ||
The classic masterpiece of political meditation. | |||
Hall | The American Empire and the Fourth World | ||
In a book that Naomi Klein says could "change the world," Anthony Hall shows that the globalization debate actually began in 1492. | |||
Hall | Earth into Property | ||
A broad exploration of the colonial roots of global capitalism and the worldwide quest of Indigenous people for liberation through decolonization. | |||
Inwood, et al | Intergovernmental Policy Capacity in Canada | ||
A comparative analysis of what prevents governments in Canada from working together on today's major policy challenges. | |||
Molloy, et al | Running on Empty | ||
A powerful history of how Canada rescued 70,000 Indochinese refugees between 1975 and 1980. | |||
Nossal, et al | Politics of Canadian Foreign Policy, Fourth Edition | ||
An analyses of the deeply political context of how foreign policy is made in Canada. | |||
Powell/Leiss | Mad Cows and Mother's Milk, Second Edition | ||
An evaluation of the crucial role of risk communication in dealing with public controversies. | |||
Savoie | Power | ||
Has power moved out of institutions into the hands of powerful individuals? | |||
Savoie | Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? | ||
An insightful account of the forces that shape Ottawa's expenditure budget and the relations between politicians and public servants. | |||
Showler | Refugee Sandwich | ||
Thirteen stories that tell more about Canada's refugee system than any academic treatise. | |||
Smith | The Democratic Dilemma | ||
An in-depth examination of the Tory Senate reform proposal and what it means for government. | |||
Smith-Prei/Stehle | Awkward Politics | ||
A cutting-edge study that shows how awkwardness uncovers feminist politics at work in the digital age. | |||
Stevenson | Unfulfilled Union, Fifth Edition | ||
A comprehensive examination of Canadian federalism and its evolution from 1867 to the present. | |||
Suttor | Still Renovating | ||
A necessary look at how public, non-profit, and co-operative housing flourished and faded. | |||
Verrelli | The Democratic Dilemma | ||
An overview of the Supreme Court of Canada and the changes that need to be made. | |||
Walker, et al | Reclaiming Indigenous Planning | ||
How Indigenous peoples are reclaiming community planning practices and ideologies. | |||
Watts | Comparing Federal Systems, Third Edition | ||
In this updated third edition Ronald Watts provides a clear analysis of the design and operation of a wide range of federations. | |||
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Religion |
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Beyer/Ramji | Growing Up Canadian | ||
A ground-breaking, comparative study of how second-generation young adults from immigrant families relate to the religions of their backgrounds. | |||
D'Souza | A Catholic Philosophy of Education | ||
Exploring a Catholic philosophy of education in the modern world. | |||
Giussani | Is It Possible To Live This Way? Volume 1: Faith | ||
A compilation of Giussani's conversations with young people who have chosen the path of the consecrated life in the Church | |||
Giussani | Is It Possible To Live This Way? Volume 2: Hope | ||
Unusual yet reasonable approaches to living life as a Christian. | |||
Giussani | Is It Possible to Live This Way? Volume 3: Charity | ||
Unusual yet reasonable approaches to living life as a Christian. | |||
Giussani | At the Origin of the Christian Claim | ||
The first English translation of Giussani's inquiry into Christ's Incarnation. | |||
Giussani | The Religious Sense | ||
A new translation of one of Giussani's seminal works. | |||
Giussani | Why the Church? | ||
An examination of how the Church has defined itself through the centuries. | |||
Izutsu | Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur'an | ||
A revelation of the guiding spirit of the Islamic moral code. | |||
Neusner | A Rabbi Talks with Jesus, Revised Edition | ||
"By far the most important book for the Jewish-Christian dialogue in the last decade." Pope Benedict XVI | |||
Reimer/Wilkinson | A Culture of Faith | ||
A comprehensive overview of evangelical Protestant congregations in Canada. | |||
Thiessen | The Meaning of Sunday | ||
Explaining varying levels of religiosity and church attendance in Canada. | |||
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Sociology |
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Armstrong/Day | Wash, Wear, and Care | ||
How clothing and laundry provide a window on to the structuring of care and work in nursing homes. | |||
Clement | Understanding Canada | ||
An innovative examination of the current economic and political forces affecting Canadian society. | |||
Dorais/Corriveau | Gangs and Girls | ||
Understanding and preventing gang-organized juvenile prostitution. | |||
Dorais | Dead Boys Can't Dance | ||
A provocative, ground-breaking study of the tragic consequences of homophobia. | |||
Dorais | Don't Tell, Second Edition | ||
First-hand accounts by male victims and insightful analysis and strategies for coping with sexual abuse | |||
Dorais | Rent Boys | ||
From the acclaimed author of Don't Tell and Dead Boys Can't Dance. Candid interviews and personal stories highlight a provocative exploration of the lives of male street hustlers, strippers, and escorts. | |||
Dunk | It's a Working Man's Town, Second Edition | ||
An examination of the ordinary weekend pursuits of working-class males in Thunder Bay, Ontario. | |||
Halseth, et al | Doing Community-Based Research | ||
Guidance on the community-researcher relationship, to support further scholarship and positive community change. | |||
Holman | Canada's Game | ||
Hockey's ability to tell stories about Canada that reflect the country's uniqueness - its strengths and weaknesses. | |||
Jedwab | The Multiculturalism Question | ||
A detailed analysis of the meaning of multiculturalism in Canada. | |||
Nayar | The Punjabis in British Columbia | ||
Contrasting immigrant experiences in remote regions and metropolitan centres of Canada. | |||
Polzer/Power | Neoliberal Governance and Health | ||
A critical dissection of the politics of health in neoliberal society. | |||
Reimer/Wilkinson | A Culture of Faith | ||
A comprehensive overview of evangelical Protestant congregations in Canada. | |||
Smith-Prei/Stehle | Awkward Politics | ||
A cutting-edge study that shows how awkwardness uncovers feminist politics at work in the digital age. | |||
Thiessen | The Meaning of Sunday | ||
Explaining varying levels of religiosity and church attendance in Canada. | |||
Wilson-Forsberg | Getting Used to the Quiet | ||
How citizens in small town New Brunswick mobilize community resources to encourage improved integration of young immigrants. | |||
Woo | Getting a Life | ||
What the "triumph of the nerds" can tell us about the place of media in people's lives. | |||
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