Politics & Current Affairs

The Curiosity of School: Education and the Dark Side of Enlightenment

There is a lot about school that is curious, as Zander Sherman outlines in his provocative examination of the history of formal education. Finnish students, for instance, consistently rank at or near the top of ... Read More »

August 27, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Nasty, Brutish, and Short: The Lives of Gang Members in Canada

By Mark Totten

Initially, it might seem ill-advised to have purloined the title for this book from the most famous passage in Leviathan: a rather modest work on Canadian social policy is, after all, unlikely to share many ... Read More »

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Thieves of Bay Street: How Banks, Brokerages and the Wealthy Steal Billions from Canadians

By Bruce Livesey

During the global economic meltdown of 2008 and the subsequent recession, Canadians maintained an unusually triumphant mood. The apparent strength of the banking system and the absence of a collapse in real estate prices led ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile

By Taras Grescoe

With his talent for description and rhythmic prose, it is easy to appreciate the accolades Taras Grescoe has garnered in recent years. Grescoe is the author of four previous books, including Bottomfeeder, a bestseller and ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The End of Growth

By Jeff Rubin

In 1967, when Leonard Cohen sang that the mysterious Suzanne “feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China,” the distance those delicacies had travelled magnified their exoticism. You’re unlikely to find ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets and Successes Inside the CBC

By Richard Stursberg

In 2004, when Richard Stursberg accepted the position as head of CBC’s English-language television services (he took over radio and online responsibilities in 2008), he inherited a once venerable cultural institution in the late stages ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring

By Nahlah Ayed

In the Canadian media landscape, it’s a rare journalist who views reporting as a selfless calling that subjugates ego in favour of a well-reported story. That’s why Nahlah Ayed’s new memoir is a refreshing take ... Read More »

May 7, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Sweet Sixteen: The Journey That Inspired the Canadian Women’s Press Club

By Linda Kay

In 1904, when veteran newspaper correspondent Margaret Graham met with the Canadian Pacific Railway to request sponsorship for an all-women’s press junket to the World’s Fair in St. Louis, the company jumped at the chance. ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Committing Theatre: Theatre Radicalism and Political Intervention in Canada

By Alan Filewod

Alan Filewod, a renowned theatre historian at the University of Guelph in Ontario, is that rare breed of academic who has dedicated his career to studying Canadian theatrical history from a “radical” perspective while also ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Golden Age of Liberalism: A Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc

By Naomi E.S. Griffiths

This putative biography of Roméo LeBlanc is less a story about the man than a survey of the places, issues, and times through which he passed on his journey from rural poverty in New Brunswick ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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The Curiosity of School: Education and the Dark Side of Enlightenment

Nasty, Brutish, and Short: The Lives of Gang Members in Canada

Thieves of Bay Street: How Banks, Brokerages and the Wealthy Steal Billions from Canadians

Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile

The End of Growth

The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets and Successes Inside the CBC

★ A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring

The Sweet Sixteen: The Journey That Inspired the Canadian Women’s Press Club

Committing Theatre: Theatre Radicalism and Political Intervention in Canada

The Golden Age of Liberalism: A Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc

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