Blog — ...those who endure it are turned to stone.” She wrote these words in an essay on Homer’s Iliad, and to pursue the idea that violence dehumanizes both victims and perpetrators,...
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Blog — ...of research might be happening over the next century. Will grad students be writing dissertations on “reimagining water”? Will we be publishing books entitled “The Diaspora of Americans, 2017–2020: Where...
Contributor — Alvin Finkel is professor of Canadian history at Athabasca University, where he has taught since 1978. Best known as the co-author (with Margaret Conrad) of the two-volume History of the...
Book — Trail of Story examines the meaning of landscape, drawn from Leslie Main Johnson’s rich experience with diverse environments and peoples, including the Gitksan and Witsuwit’en of northwestern British Columbia, the...
Book — Working People in Alberta traces the history of labour in Alberta from the period of First Nations occupation to the present. Drawing on over two hundred interviews with labour leaders,...
Book — ...evolution of sociocultural systems? Why were some societies more technologically advanced than others? What is the origin of capitalism? What factors determine the allocation of goods and services within and...
Book — At the place known as Head-Smashed-In in southwestern Alberta, Aboriginal people practiced a form of group hunting for nearly 6,000 years before European contact. The large communal bison traps of...
Book — Sarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the “one man, one woman” model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western...
Blog — ...Chief. Arthur spoke to CBC Books about why he decided to write about his time at residential school and how he dealt with writer’s block. The Hill Times published their...
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