Canadian History & CultureKeeping the Public in Public EducationRick Salutin • Linda Leith PublishingIn his trenchant essay, Salutin explores and defends public education at a time when the public sector“dares not utter its name for fear of derision and worse.” He simplifies complex issues with the observationthat “almost anything can work” if educators are genuinely committed and teachers are respected ratherthan demonized.Rick Salutin has written award-winning drama (Les Canadiens, 1837), fiction (A Man of Little Faith), andjournalism (op-ed columnist for the Globe and Mail from 1991–2010 and the Toronto Star since then).Key words: Education in Canada, Public education policyISBN-13: 9780987831729paperback / 64 pp5 x 8 / $14.95March 2012The Lookout: A History of Signal HillJames E. Candow • Creative Book PublishingFor centuries, Signal Hill has dominated both the skyline of St. John’s, Newfoundland, and the heartsand minds of its residents. The Lookout traces the hill’s remarkable history as a military site andcommunications centre, with special attention to its most famous building, the former signalingstation Cabot Tower.A graduate of Memorial and Dalhousie universities, James E. Candow has worked in Parks Canada’sAtlantic Service Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia since 1977. His books include Of Men and Seals: A Historyof the Newfoundland Seal Hunt (1989) and Lomond: The Life and Death of a Newfoundland Woods Town(1998).ISBN-13: 9781897174715paperback / 250 pp5.5 x 8.5 / $18.95July 2011Key words: Regional identity – Newfoundland & Atlantic CanadaEugenics and the Firewall: Canada’s Nasty Little SecretJane Harris-Zsovan • J.G. ShillingfordIn 1928, the non-partisan United Farmers of Alberta passed the first Sexual Sterilization Act in theBritish Empire in 1928. The UFA’s successor, Social Credit governments, led by a radio evangelist WilliamAberhart, and later his protégé Ernest Manning, removed the need for obtaining consent to sterilize mentaldefectives or Huntington’s Chorea patients with dementia. Between 1928 and 1972 nearly three thousandcitizens were sterilized, lied to, experimented on, and subjected to daily abuse at the hands of provincialstaff in Alberta. Most Albertans have forgotten the victims whose names made headlines in the 1990s, andpoliticians and pundits have shown little empathy.ISBN-13: 9781897289518paperback / 288 pp6 x 9 / $24.95October 2010Writer and researcher Jane Harris-Zsovan’s articles have appeared in more than a dozen publications,including National Post, Alberta Views, Alberta Venture, Lethbridge Living, and The Anglican Planet. Shecurrently lives in Lethbridge, Alberta.Key words: Political studies, Canadian political history – Prairies, Sexual Sterilization Act,Mental health history40 <strong>Literary</strong> <strong>Press</strong> <strong>Group</strong> / Congress 2013
Canadian History & CultureNow is the Winter: Thinking about HockeyJamie Dopp & Richard Harrison • Wolsak & WynnEditors Jamie Dopp and Richard Harrison have put together a wide-ranging collection of essays thatexamine all aspects of Canada’s beloved sport. From its mythical beginning on a frozen northern pond toits evolution into a sport for mass consumption, with many fascinating stops along the way, this collectioncelebrates hockey while acknowledging that there is more to it than a lone figure skating on an outdoorrinkJamie Dopp is the author of two novels and one poetry collection. He is also a professor of CanadianLiterature at the University of Victoria.Richard Harrison is the author of five books of poetry and one book of non-fiction. He teaches Englishand creative writing at Mount Royal College in Calgary.Key words: Essays, National identity, Sports – hockey, Hockey culture, Indigenous identities,Social criticismISBN-13: 9781894987349paperback / 214 pp6 x 9 / $25.00June 2009Indigenous StudiesHe Moved a Mountain:The Life of Frank Calder and the Nisga’a Land Claims AccordJoan Harper • Ronsdale <strong>Press</strong>NEWDr. Frank Arthur Calder of British Columbia’s Nisga’a First Nation was the first Aboriginal person tobe elected to any Canadian governing body. He was the driving force behind Canada’s decision to grantrecognition of Aboriginal land title to First Nations people throughout the country. He accomplishedthis goal by guiding the controversial request through a series of court cases, finally to the Supreme Courtof Canada, achieving success when Parliament, in an all-party resolution, passed a measure recognizingindigenous title.Joan Harper’s career began in library education at the Vancouver school board and the University ofBritish Columbia. A long-time admirer of the work of Frank Calder, Joan met Frank’s wife shortly afterFrank’s death and gained access to much private material, augmenting it with extensive research throughinterviews and in the archives.Key words: Biography, Political studies, First Nations land rights, Indigenous law, Indigenous studies,Canadian justice system, Colonization & decolonizationISBN-13: 9781553802273paperback / 220 pp6 x 9 / $21.95May 2013Walk With My ShadowGeorge Gregoire • Creative Book PublishingMeet George Gregoire, an Innu man who was born in the Labrador bush in the middle of the last century,yet mustered enough education to write his memoirs. In the authentic voice of a storyteller, George invitesthe reader to see Innu society and culture from the inside. He shares stories from his earliest childhoodmemories, of being a husband and a father, and of his wondrous life of as a hunter. Walk With My Shadowis a story of resistance and resilience, of a personal life and death struggle with alcoholism, as well as thedesperate, brazen, and occasionally triumphant struggles of a people to reclaim their culture and regaincontrol over their lives and their homeland.George Gregoire (Shuash Kanikuen) was born in 1946 in the Meshikamau area of Nitassinan. He hasserved as addictions program director, Band Manager, Band Councilor, land rights negotiator, interpreter,actor, and now works for the Healing lodge in Natuashish, organizing sweats and providing support forinmates at the Correctional Centre in Happy Valley, Labrador.Key words: Autobiography, Indigenous studies, Regional identity – Labrador, Innu culture & society,Indigenous identities & resistanceISBN-13: 9781771030007paperback / 200 pp5.5 x 8.5 / $19.95November 2012<strong>Literary</strong> <strong>Press</strong> <strong>Group</strong> / Congress 2013 41
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