New Moon at Batoche: Reflections on the Urban Prairie

A valedictory quality pervades this collection of nine personal essays. In his preface, George Melnyk points out that New Moon at Batoche could be seen as the final chapter of his Western Canadian trilogy, one ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Muted Voice: Religion and the Media

By Michael W. Higgins

What is the difference between religion and spirituality? How does the media distinguish between the two? Or does it at all? In The Muted Voice: Religion and the Media, Michael W. Higgins takes an anecdotal ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

How We Got Here, the 1970s: The Decade That Brought You Modern Life (for Better or Worse)

By David Frum

Neo-conservative columnist David Frum announces his intentions at the outset of his latest book. Not only does he promise to provide a history of the 1970s, a decade that Frum feels is much maligned and ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

★ The Nature of Economies

By Jane Jacobs

Here at the city limits, we call ourselves rural. Young families on small acreages, seniors on larger and older parcels, work the fertile muck to grow organic-ish food or keep a favourite nag in oats. ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Pepper in Our Eyes: The Apec Affair

By W. Wesley Pue, ed.

It’s been over two years since the pepper-spraying of University of British Columbia students by the RCMP at a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation captured national attention. In an age of limited historical memory, ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Bread Not Bombs: A Political Agenda for Social Justice

By Douglas Roche

Fortunately, Douglas Roche seems to have missed the unspoken rule that an appointment to the Canadian Senate usually means well-compensated obscurity, little work, and the occasional fine if you never show up.Rather than fading into ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood

By Kim Anderson

Women, with few exceptions, once held a great deal of power in aboriginal society. They were in charge of the home, controlled food distribution (at a time when stored food was considered a form of ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Native Peoples

★ Citizens Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State

By Alan C. Cairns

Alan C. Cairns, a professor of political science at the University of Waterloo and a scholar of federalism, the Constitution, and the Charter, has completed a remarkable and well-researched study that adds a measure of ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Native Peoples

Sand Dance: By Camel Across Arabia’s Great Southern Desert

By Bruce Kirkby

Whatever our reasons for setting off on a trip, most of us discover new perspectives and explore our own identities while travelling. We do take ourselves with us, as Plato said, wherever we go. We ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference