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Book cover of INNOCENT HEROES - STORIES OF ANIMALS IN
INNOCENT HEROES - STORIES OF ANIMALS IN
By: sigmund brouwer | Published: May 2020

A unique celebration of the important role animals play in war, and an insightful look at the taking of Vimy Ridge from the perspective of 3 men in a...

A unique celebration of the important role animals play in war, and an insightful look at the taking of Vimy Ridge from the perspective of 3 men in a Canadian platoon. Never before have the stories of animal war heroes been collected in such a special way. This book consists of eight connected fictional stories about a Canadian platoon in WW1. The Storming Normans have help from some very memorable animals: we meet a dog who warns soldiers in the trench of a gas attack, a donkey whose stubbornness saves the day, a cat who saves soldiers from rat bites, and many more. Each story is followed by nonfiction sections that tell the true story of these animals from around the world and of the Canadian soldiers who took Vimy Ridge. Through the friendship that grows between three of these soldiers in particular, we get a close-up look at life in the trenches, the taking of Vimy Ridge, the bonds between soldiers and their animals and what it meant to be Canadian in WW1.

  • ISBN
    9780735267978
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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Book cover of JACQUES CARTIER
JACQUES CARTIER
By: cynthia obrien | Published: August 2019

  • ISBN
    9781773085890
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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JACQUES CARTIER
By: cynthia obrien | Published: August 2019

  • ISBN
    9781773086286
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    Paperback Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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JOHN & JANE FRANKLIN
By: natalie hyde | Published: August 2019

  • ISBN
    9781773085906
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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JOHN & JANE FRANKLIN
By: natalie hyde | Published: August 2019

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    9781773086293
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    Paperback Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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LETTER HOME
By: timothy decker | Published: September 2005

A medic is sent to the front lines in the trenches of World War I. There he writes a letter to his young son describing in careful words what he...

A medic is sent to the front lines in the trenches of World War I. There he writes a letter to his young son describing in careful words what he does, the people he meets, and what he sees. Stark and beautiful drawings depict more fully what the letter only hints at. The Letter Home is a fable of war for all time. It marks the debut of a startling new talent.

Theme: Advanced Picture Book

  • ISBN
    9781932425505
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Category
    Social Studies - Canadian History
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NEW FRANCE
By: robert livesey | Published: May 1990

Meet some of the brave men and women who first settled the New World and helped found the colony of New France - Cartier, Marie La Tour, La Salle and...

Meet some of the brave men and women who first settled the New World and helped found the colony of New France - Cartier, Marie La Tour, La Salle and Madeleine de Vercheres. Find out how they worked, dressed, ate and survived in their adopted land. Read about the King's Daughters, who came over from Europe on Bride's Ships, and about the powerful seigneurs, who ruled vast domains along the St. Lawrence River.

  • ISBN
    9780773753419
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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Book cover of PIONEER DICT
PIONEER DICT
By: bobbie kalman | Published: October 2005

Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again Includes all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events. Cram101 Just the FACTS101 studyguides gives all of...

Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again Includes all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events. Cram101 Just the FACTS101 studyguides gives all of the outlines, highlights, and quizzes for your textbook with optional online comprehensive practice tests. Only Cram101 is Textbook Specific. Accompanies: 9780865420298. This item is printed on demand.

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    9780865054202
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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Book cover of PIONEER LIFE FROM A TO Z
PIONEER LIFE FROM A TO Z
By: bobbie kalman | Published: October 2005

An alphabetical introduction to various aspects of the pioneer lifestyle in North America, including toys, clothing, school, home crafts, and special...

An alphabetical introduction to various aspects of the pioneer lifestyle in North America, including toys, clothing, school, home crafts, and special occasions Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.: Taken from Chapter 8: H is for home The first home a pioneer family built was a rough, one-room cabin. It was made from logs, mud and tree bark. Once a town had a sawmill, logs could be cut easily into boards. With boards, a family was able to build a bigger home with two stories and several rooms. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

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    9780865054066
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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Book cover of RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - AFRICVILLE
RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - AFRICVILLE
By: gloria wesley | Published: September 2021

Beginning in the 18th century, Black men and women arrived from the U.S. and settled in various parts of Nova Scotia. In the 1800s, a small Black...

Beginning in the 18th century, Black men and women arrived from the U.S. and settled in various parts of Nova Scotia. In the 1800s, a small Black community had developed just north of Halifax on the shores of the Bedford Basin. The community became known as Africville and grew to about 400 people. Its residents fished, farmed, operated small retail stores and found work in the city. Jobs for Black people were hard to find, with many occupations blocked by racist practices. Women often worked as domestics and many men were train porters. A school and a church were the community’s key institutions. The City of Halifax located a number of undesirable industries in Africville but refused residents’ demands for basic services such as running water, sewage disposal, paved roads, street lights, a cemetery, public transit, garbage collection and adequate police protection. City planners developed urban renewal plans and city politicians agreed to demolish the community. Residents strongly opposed relocation, but city officials ignored their protests and began to seize and bulldoze the homes. In 1967, the church was demolished — in the middle of the night. This was a blow that signaled the end of Africville. In the 1970s, some community members organized and began working for an apology and compensation. In 2010, Halifax’s mayor made a public apology for the community’s suffering and mistreatment. Some former residents accepted this; others continued to campaign for restitution. This new edition documents the continued fight for compensation by community members and their descendants. The spirit and resilience of Africville lives on in new generations of African Nova Scotians.

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    9781459416512
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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Book cover of RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - ITALIAN CANAD
RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - ITALIAN CANAD
By: pamela hickman | Published: December 2021

  • ISBN
    9781459416628
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - JAPANESE CANA
By: pamela hickman | Published: March 2012

This book is an illustrated history of the wartime internment of Japanese Canadian residents of British Columbia. At the time when Japan attacked...

This book is an illustrated history of the wartime internment of Japanese Canadian residents of British Columbia. At the time when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese Canadians numbered well over 20,000. From the first arrivals in the late nineteenth century, they had taken up work in many parts of BC, established communities, and become part of the Canadian society even though they faced racism and prejudice in many forms. With war came wartime hysteria. Japanese Canadian residents of BC were rounded up, their homes and property seized, and forced to move to internment camps with inadequate housing, water, and food. Men and older boys went to road camps while some families ended up on farms where they were essentially slave labour. Eventually, after years of pressure, the Canadian government admitted that the internment was wrong and apologized for it. This book uses a wide range of historical photographs, documents, and images of museum artefacts to tell the story of the internment. The impact of these events is underscored by first-person narrative from five Japanese Canadians who were themselves youths at the time their families were forced to move to the camps.

Theme: Gr. 7-12

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    9781552778531
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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Book cover of RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - KOMAGATA MARU
RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - KOMAGATA MARU
By: gola taraschi-carr | Published: May 2014

In 1914, Canada was a very British society with anti-Asian attitudes. Although Great Britain had declared that all people from India were officially...

In 1914, Canada was a very British society with anti-Asian attitudes. Although Great Britain had declared that all people from India were officially British citizens and could live anywhere in the British Commonwealth, Canada refused to accept them. This racist policy was challenged by Gurdit Singh, a Sikh businessman, who chartered a ship, the Komagata Maru, and sailed to Vancouver with over 300 fellow Indians wishing to immigrate to Canada. They were turned back, tragically. Over the years, the Canadian government gradually changed its immigration policies, first allowing entry to wives and children of Indian immigrants and later to many more immigrants from India. The Indo-Canadian community has grown throughout Canada, especially in British Columbia. Many in the community continue to celebrate their Indian heritage which enriches Canadian culture.

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    9781459404373
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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Book cover of RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - LGBT PURGE
RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - LGBT PURGE
By: ken setterington | Published: October 2022

From the 1950s to 1980s, the Canadian government persecuted LGBTQ+ employees and tried to erase them from the military, the RCMP and the civil...

From the 1950s to 1980s, the Canadian government persecuted LGBTQ+ employees and tried to erase them from the military, the RCMP and the civil service under the guise that they were a “security risk,” an event that became known as the LGBT Purge. Those who were suspected of being homosexual were put under government surveillance, interrogated and intimidated. They were fired from their jobs. Many quit to avoid being exposed. Some committed suicide as a result. In the 1980s, victims of the Purge fought back with a class-action suit against the government that helped shed light on the systemic discrimination that members of the LGBTQ+ community faced from the government and the rest of society. In 2017, the federal government issued a formal apology on behalf of the government and Canadian society for the treatment of members of the LGBTQ+ community. In this highly visual book, author Ken Setterington presents the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights using photographs, first-person accounts and excerpts from archival documents. Significant events in the struggle include the establishment of Pride parades, the Bathhouse Raids, the decriminalization of homosexuality, the passing of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the LGBT Purge and the legalization of same-sex marriage. While the government’s formal acknowledgement of past injustices started Canada on a better path toward equality, there is still work to be done. This book would be a welcome addition to any classroom or library’s social justice collection and will appeal to adults interested in LGBTQ+ rights in Canada.

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    9781459416192
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    Hardcover Canadian
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    Social Studies - Canadian History
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Book cover of RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - MS ST LOUIS
RIGHTING CANADA'S WRONGS - MS ST LOUIS
By: rona arato | Published: January 2021

Prior to the Second World War, Canada's Jewish community was well established in many cities, including Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg. As war grew...

Prior to the Second World War, Canada's Jewish community was well established in many cities, including Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg. As war grew closer, anti-Semitism across Europe was increasing. Hitler's Nazis were spreading hatred and violence towards Jews across Germany. At first, Jews were allowed to leave Germany and thousands escaped to save themselves and their families. Then countries around the world closed their doors to Jewish refugees. In 1939, the MS St. Louis sailed for Cuba with nearly a thousand Jewish men, women, and children looking for safety. They were turned away by Cuba, then the US. The ship sailed on to Canada. Despite pleas from the Canadian Jewish community, the government refused to allow the passengers to land in Canada. After war broke out, Canada continued to refuse Jewish refugees entry. When Britain forced Canada to take some refugees in, Canada imprisoned them in internment camps — alongside Nazis. Some of these Jewish refugees were only teenagers. Three years after the war ended and after the horrors of the Holocaust were universally known, Canada finally changed immigration policies and begin to accept Jews equally with other immigrants. Canada's long history of anti-Semitic immigration policies was deemed shameful. In November 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an official apology to the Jewish community for Canada's refusal to accept the passengers of the MS St. Louis, as well as for its historical anti-Semitic policies.

  • ISBN
    9781459415669
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
  • Category
    Social Studies - Canadian History
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