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Andreas Schroeder is a Canadian novelist, poet, andnonfiction writer.

Alex Marland is a leading researcher of political communication and marketing in Canada and an associate professor of political science and an associate dean of arts at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has worked in the communications division of a federal government department, held a public opinion analysis position with a major polling firm, and been employed as a research manager with public relations and advertising agencies. He la...

The Iconic North explores how the "modern" South crafted cultural images of a "primitive" North that reflected its own preconceived notions and social, political, and economic interests.

Justin Page is an environmental social scientist at ERM Rescan, an environmental consulting company based in Vancouver. He has over ten years of environmental social sciences research experience in the academic and private sectors.

Increasingly, Indigenous people are being drawn into global networks. In the long term, cultural isolation is unlikely to be a viable option, so how can Indigenous people protect and advance their cultural values in the face of pressure from an interconnected world?Indigenous Cultures in an Interconnected World is a comprehensive, thought-provoking discussion of the challenges that globalization presents for Indigenous peoples everywhere. It o...

An inspiring book that argues for Van Gogh's letters to be placed alongside the literary work of Blake and Eliot.

The Zina Ordinance is part of the Hadood Ordinances that were promulgated in 1979 by the military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq a self-proclaimed president of Pakistan. This work argues that the zina laws help situate morality within the individual, thus de-emphasizing the prevalence of societal immorality.

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Shannon Stettner is a post-doctoral visitor in theDepartment of Political Science at York University and teaches in theDepartment of Women¿s Studies at the University of Waterloo. Sheis the co-founder of the Reproductive Activism and Abortion ResearchNetwork.

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Deeply researched and eloquently written, Settlers on the Edge ... makes an important and long-overdue contribution to our understanding of who belongs in the North.- Farley Mowat

A two-edged sword of reconciliation and betrayal, Chinook Jargon (or Wawa) arose at the interface of "Indian" and "White" societies in the Pacific Northwest. With the arrival of the fur trade, French trappers provided additional vocabulary and a set of viable cultural practices, a key element of which was marital bonding with Indian and m tisse women. These women and their children were the first fluent speakers of Wawa. After several decades ...

Caroline Andrew is a professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. John Biles is the Director of Partnerships and Knowledge Transfer for Metropolis. Myer Siemiatycki is a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University. Erin Tolley is the Director of International Projects for Metropolis. Contributors: Caroline Andrew, John Biles, Karen Bird, Jerome H. Black, Irene Bloemraad, ...

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The first history of the battered women's shelter movement in Canada, this book traces the development of transition houses and services for abused women and the campaign that made wife battering a political issue.

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Scholarly depictions of the history of Aboriginal people in Canada have changed dramatically since Arthur J Ray entered the field in the early 1970s. This collection of essays examines this transformation, and extends the scholarship on Canada's Aboriginal history in different directions.

Daniel Madar is a professor of political science atBrock University and author of Heavy Traffic: Deregulation, Trade, and Transformation in North American Trucking.