Canadian Studies

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) this collection offers an overview of the state of the art in various disciplines in Canadian Studies, such as political science, history, geography, sociology, public policy, linguistics, literature, as well as media studies and cultural studies.

Provides an overview of the development and evolution of Canadian Studies as a field of research and teaching, from the landmark Symons Report in 1975 to current reflections on directions, relevance and challenges of the field. The collection includes key historical documents – which remain forward-looking and consequential and whose aims and challenges are reflected in present-day considerations of and commentaries on Canadian Studies – as well as new writings that examine the most important contemporary issues and practices in the field, such as its social relevance and political activism, its international dimension and its place in contemporary scholarship.-- Publisher's website.

In this sequence of essays, Ian Angus engages with themes of identity, power, and the nation as they emerge in contemporary English Canadian philosophical thought, seeking to prepare the groundwork for a critical theory of neoliberal globalization. The essays are organized into three parts. The opening part offers a nuanced critique of the Hegelian confidence and progressivism that has come to dominate Canadian intellectual life. Through an analysis of the work of several prominent Canadian thinkers, among them Charles Taylor and C. B. Macpherson, Angus suggests that Hegelian frames of reference are inadequate, failing as they do to accommodate the fact of English Canada's continuing indebtedness to empire. The second part focuses on national identity and political culture, including the role of Canadian studies as a discipline, adapting its critical method to Canadian political culture. The first two parts culminate in the positive articulation, in Part 3, of author's own conception, one that is at once more utopian and more tragic than that of the first two parts. Here, Angus develops the concept of locative thought--the thinking of a people who have undergone dispossession, "of a people seeking its place and therefore of a people that has not yet found its place."

The dictionary's 300,000 words, senses and definitions combine in one reference book information on English as it is used worldwide and as it is used particularly inCanada. Definitions, worded for ease of comprehension, are presented so that the meaning most familiar to Canadians appears first and foremost.

The Encyclopedia of British Columbia is the definitive reference work on British Columbia. With more than 4,000 entries and 1,500 accompanying photographs, maps, charts and tables, as well as sound and video clips, The EBC is the source of readable and authoritative information on all the significant British Columbian people, places and things.-- Website

Contains over 8500 biographies of Canadians who died or whose last-known activity occurred in the years 1000-1930. Biographies included for some individuals who died after 1930. Includes bibliographical references.

It the essential guide to the significant events, issues, institutions, people, and places that have shaped Canadian life from earliest times to the late twentieth century. In more than 1,700 entries, the country's leading historians describe and analyze events in political, military, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual history, drawing on the latest scholarship.

Addresses origins of Canada's peoples. Whether a First Nation, founding people, or subsequent arrival, all Canada's peoples are described in 119 individual entries that range from Acadians to Ukrainians, Hyderabadis to Vietnamese covering the origin of the group, the process of migration, arrival and settlement, economic and community life, family and kinship patterns, language and culture, education, religion, politics, intergroup relations, and the dynamics of group maintenance.

Useful for finding topic ideas, this bibliography of printed materials for Canadian history is arranged in chronological order and in by topic. Items have been selected based on their national relevance and include books, articles, manuscripts, and government documents. Topics include primary sources (guides to manuscript and archival collections, collections of printed documents, and government publications) and secondary works. Secondary work topics include agriculture, education, railways, Metis, science, mines, literature, provinces and regions.

Biographical information, selected discographies and further readings are provided.

Twenty years in the making, this comprehensive guide to Canadian recording artists, their music and their lives, and their hits, has been written for music afficionados and curious listeners alike.

The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada explores the nation's music in all its richness and variety, from school bands to rock superstar, from community music festivals to the great concert halls. It describes the development of music as it has been and is studied, performed, and composed throughout Canada.

"Canada's first biographical work of living and dead painters, engravers, sculptors, carvers, potters and ceramists." Includes bibliographies.

Organized by age and genre, this work examines Canadian board books, picture books, folk tales, poetry, books for beginning readers, novels for children ages 7 to 12 and novels for children older than 12. Each entry outlines the plot of the story, main characters, and setting of each story. Some works are identified as being "Highly Recommended" - as the authors consider these books to be the best in Canadian children's literature.

Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film is the most exhaustive and up-to-date reference book on Canadian film and filmmakers, combining 700 reviews and biographical listings with a detailed chronology of major events in Canadian film and television history.

Contains 6000 quotations by 2500 contributors. Includes keyword and subject index.

This work provides biographical and critical information on historical and contemporary Native American writers and orators from the United States and Canada. It is divided into two parts: Oral literature and Written literature.

This up-to-date reference book brings together 300 leading Canadianists to look at literature in Canada from a variety of perspectives.

This exciting new edition reflects this vivid flowering, adding more than 360 new entries as well as updating material from the original to reflect recent publications and changes in the biographies of writers previously included.

A new Canadian version of the highly successful and award-winning Contemporary Authors Series, this publication provides biographical information on 203 Canadian contemporary novelists, playwrights, journalists and scriptwriters.

Profiles in Canadian Literature 2is an interesting collection of essays about such infamous Canadian writers as Robertson Davies, Al Purdy, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, and Rudy Wiebe to name a few. Each entry describes the Canadian author in four sections: a brief essay about the writer's work; a chronology of the works; comments by the writer, and comments by other critics. At the end of each entry, a list of the author's primary works and criticisms are presented.

Annotated entries include books, exhibition catalogues, theses, journal articles and association reports.

This catalogue of the works in the National Gallery of Canada is still being published (the TRU Library has volumes 1 and 2). The works included in this set focus on paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, decorative arts and diploma works of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

This extensive bibliography and reference guide is an invaluable resource for researchers, practitioners, students, and anyone with an interest in Canadian film and video.

A revision and complete updating of the editors' previous bibliography of Canadian theatre history and its supplement, this volume contains more than 8,000 new entries. Topically arranged, with author and keyword indexes it includes contributions from Patrick O'Neill, Jean Cléo Godin, Leonard Doucette, David Gardner, Anton Wagner, and Malcolm Page.

Multi-volume reference work on Indigenous Peoples of North America.
Volume 12 – Plateau - describes the prehistory, history, and cultures of the Secwepemc (Shuswap), Nlaka’pamux (Thompson), Lil’wat (Lillooet), Syilx (Okanagan), and others.

Provides estimated statistics for population, households, retail sales, language, labour force, occupations, schooling, housing, income, marital status. Includes data on 76 economic regions, 288 census divisions, 33 metropolitan areas, 111 census agglomerations, 692 census subdivisions, plus Canada, the provinces and territories.

Provides detailed information on the founding, development, key events, significant people, historical performance and future direction of 80 of Canada's most important companies.

"Financial and operational information on publicly traded Canadian mining and energy resource companies."

Directory of Canadian businesses with annual sales or revenue exceeding $50 million. Also includes chief executive biographies.

"Financial and operational information on publicly traded Canadian manufacturing and service companies."

This book summarizes the major waves of change in Canadian society for the last 40 years. Each chapter documents the following trends: age, community, women, labour, management, stratification, social relations, the state, mobilizing institutions, social forces, ideologies, households, lifestyle, leisure, education, integration, and attitudes and values.

Women in Canada at a Glance is designed to serve as both a quick source of up-to-date statistical data on women and girls in Canada and a guide to the comprehensive report from Statistics Canada and Status of Women Canada, Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, Sixth Edition (2012).

This comprehensive bibliography provides complete coverage of the English-language literature on contemporary Canadian childhood and youth. It covers scholarly, professional, and other writings, including books, monographs, the reports of government commissions, scholarly and professional articles, and magistral and doctoral dissertations.

Over 500 articles covering all aspects of the field of Canadian Social Work practice. Topics include Aboriginal Issues, Codes of Ethics, Human Rights, Sexual Minorities, Suicide and more. Some entries have bibliographic references.

The Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America is a unique reference book that provides readers with basic information about the history of social welfare in North America, including Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Since many themes and issues are similar in the three nations, entries provide comparative information about common as well as distinctive concerns and developments. Significant events, influential people, legislation, social problems, and societal responses are described in detail. Editors include specialists in the social welfare history of each nation, and they have collaborated with scholars from a variety of academic disciplines to prepare entries of varying length addressing these issues. Included in each entry are suggestions for further reading that will guide readers to the rich resources available for learning about the history of North American social welfare. The Encyclopedia also provides cross-references for important topics.

Contains almost 600 cross-referenced brief essay entries on the many facets of the Canadian political system, including institutions, events, laws, concepts, and public policies.

Now in its tenth edition, Canadian Family Law provides information on recent developments in family law, such as same-sex marriage, alternative dispute resolution and child support.

Contains narrative and tabular data to assist amateur astronomers. Emphasizes the sky over Canada and the northern United States.

Ten years in preparation, this is the most comprehensive book on the trees of Canada and the northern United States ever published. Aids in tree identification by organizing tree species into 12 groups, based primarily on leaf shape and arrangement. Includes sections on the meaning of tree names, maps of forest regions of Canada, plant hardiness zones in Canada, an index of English and Latin Names, and an index of French common names.

The main section of Volume I comprises in-depth accounts of twenty-nine snake species, from Leptotyphlopidae (blind snakes) to Opheodrys (green snakes). Volume II includes species accounts of nineteen species, from Oxybelis (pike-headed tree snakes) to Sistrurus (ground rattlesnakes, pigmy rattlesnakes, and massasaugas), as well as a glossary and an index for both volumes

The only guide to include paintings and photographs of the animals as well as photographs of mammal skulls, it has 80 color plates, plus 46 additional color illustrations and black-and-white drawings, nearly 400 range maps, and more than 100 color photographs.

This resource lists commonly used pharmaceuticals in Canada. It provides full colour reproduction of products, a therapeutic guide,
directories and a comprehensive index of generic and brand names

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“Includes the description [uses, propagation and cultivation] and correct botanical name with its author or authors for 281 families, 3301 genera and 20, 397 species.” Includes index of common names.