This elegantly written and insightful book provides a geographical history of the Indian reserve in British Columbia. Cole Harris analyzes the impact of reserves on Native lives and livelihoods and co
This volume contains contributions from twenty-four scholars concerning the significance and implications of the world’s borderlands in economic, political, and socio-cultural contexts. Together these
Since 1980, the Canadian women's movement has been an active participant in consitutional politics and Charter litigation. This book, through its focus on the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (
Case studies from Australia and Canada explore the social strand of sustainable development's three imperatives (ecological, economic, social). The contributors, 20 social science and technology exper
Little is known of the internment of German prisoners of war, civilians and merchant seamen on Canadian soil during the Second World War. In the midst of the most destructive conflict in human history
In the 1980s, Canada witnessed a public outcry over child sexual abuse cases that were being reported in the media. Elected officials sought a remedy not through policy changes or other social mechani
How did one act like a modern man in postwar Canada? With a great deal of difficulty. During the Great Depression and Second World War, many men were first out of work and then away from their familie
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Canadian national identity underwent a transformation. Whereas Canadians once viewed themselves as British citizens, a new, independent sense of self emerged
Birds are among the most successful vertebrates on Earth. An important part of our natural environment and deeply embedded in our culture, birds are studied by more professional ornithologists and enj
The domestic processing of human rights complaints attracts a great deal of public attention and interest. Yet despite this scrutiny, there is still much below the surface that we don’t know. When peo
In the late nineteenth century, to the alarm of government conservationists, the North American plains bison population collapsed. Yet large herds of other big game animals still roamed the Northwest
Armitage (geography and environmental studies, Wilfrid Laurier U., Canada) et al. assemble 15 essays drawn from a symposium, "Moving Beyond the Critiques of Co-Management: Theory and Practice of Adapt
Pension funds own significant shares of the world’s largest corporations. However, the beneficiaries of pensions often have little or no say in corporate governance issues – in spite of their status a
Growing recognition of transnational practices and identities is changing the way scholars and activists ask questions about migration. Organizing the Transnational articulates a multi-level cultural
Combining intellectual history and political theory, the contributors to Bringing the Passions Back In illuminate the place of emotions in modern liberal and democratic politics.These essays will inte
Binnema (history, U. of Northern British Columbia) and Neylan (history, Wilfrid Laurier U.) present 11 essays examining the transformation of scholarly depictions of the Aboriginal people in Canada si
Canadian political scientists describe how their has field deepened its engagement with the theory and practice of comparative politics, especially in the areas of multiculturalism, diversity, and rig
Harding, a former lawyer, now holds a chair in the contextualization of religion in a diverse Canada at the University of Ottawa. She draws on her legal background in this use of a single case to igni
This innovative, interdisciplinary work explores key institutional fault lines between the tectonic plates of globalization and the insistent demands for individual and collective autonomy.Despite myr
Setting the Standard chronicles the emergence and implications of an ambitious experiment in civil-society-led global governance: the Forest Stewardship Council. The FSC was born in 1993 as a grassroo
