"Roughly 68 million North American women currently grapple with the challenges of midlife, faced with a culture that tells them their 'best-before date' has long passed. ... Ann Douglas pushes back against this toxic narrative, providing a fierce and unapologetic book for and about midlife women. [She] interviews well over one hundred women of different backgrounds and identities, sharing their diverse conversations about the complex and intertwined issues that women must grapple with at midlife: from family responsibilities to career pivots, health concerns to building community"--
"From the winner of the 2021 Governor General's Award for literature, a revelatory look into an obscured piece of Canadian history: what was then called the Eskimo Identification Tag System. In 2001, Dr. Norma Dunning applied to the Nunavut Beneficiary program, requesting enrolment to legally solidify her existence as an Inuk woman. But in the process, she was faced with a question she could not answer, tied to a colonial institution retired decades ago: "What was your disc number?" Still haunted by this question years later, Dunning took it upon herself to reach out to Inuit community members who experienced the Eskimo Identification Tag System first-hand, providing vital perspective and nuance to the scant records available on the subject. Written with incisive detail and passion, Dunning provides readers with a comprehensive look into a bureaucracy sustained by the Canadian government for over thirty years, neglected by history books but with lasting echoes revealed in Dunning's intimate interviews with affected community members. Not one government has taken responsibility or apologized for the E-number system to date -- a symbol of the blatant dehumanizing treatment of the smallest Indigenous population in Canada. A necessary and timely offering, Kinauvit provides a critical record and response to a significant piece of Canadian history, collecting years of research, interviews."--
"A thought-provoking and provocative challenge to consumerism (with plenty of name-dropping and celebrity antics). Sassy and satirical, Shopomania is an economic, environmental and social study. This light-hearted, dark-souled dictionary of coined words, or "shoponyms," takes readers on a roller-coaster ride of avaricious antics and outrageous profligacy. Shopping in one form or another has existed for millennia but, aside from a few slumps, each generation has outdone the previous one. In the past fifty years, shopping--and its associated carbon footprint-- has grown exponentially. Berton argues that if we invented today's consumer culture, then we can invent something to replace it. We can do a better job of making the cycle of stuff truly circular rather than linear. We can be more environmentally, socially and politically conscious of what we buy and how it comes to us--and where it will go after we are finished with it. A species that has made shopping ubiquitous can figure all these things out with little more than co-operation and creativity, and by asking if it is really necessary to "own it now" as we have been told--endlessly-- since childhood. Must we possess a thing to enjoy it? Do we really need all that stuff?"--
Part intimate family memoir, part robust social history, The Cowkeeper's Wish is a genealogical excursion through an era of astonishing change.
A posthumous volume of stories and ceremonies¿and a fitting tribute to Richard Wagamese¿s spiritual and literary legacy.
Over 900 maps plus 300 illustrations and photographs tell the story of the planners, schemers, gold seekers and fur traders who built Canada's westernmost province.
Forty fathers, from the Canadian prime minister to prominent athletes and artists, reflect on their unique parenting challenges and accomplishments.
Following the success of her bestselling 2015 gift book The Wild in You: Voices from the Forest and the Sea, renowned poet Lorna Crozier offers another masterful collection of poems inspired by nature, this time set in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve in Southeastern Ontario.
Based on the true story of the Donnellys of Lucan Township, this epic novel is the iconic tale of the Old World and its sins visited upon the new.
An intimate selection of letters between Tim Gidal, a pioneering force in photojournalism, and scholar and art collector Yosef Wosk. ¿Although four decades separated us, Tim and I were inexorably drawn together through the magnetic forces of art and culture; travel; history; exile and war; loves and loves lost; writing, teaching and forgetting; collecting and letting it all go."¿Yosef Wosk, from the Preface Nachum Tim Gidal, Jewish pioneer of modern photojournalism, was born in Munich in 1909 and died in Jerusalem in 1996. He began taking photographs in the late 1920s, at a time when technological advances made photography equipment more compact and affordable than ever before. With his handheld Leica, Gidal was able to travel in interwar Europe, capturing rare images of Polish Jews prior to the annihilation of WWII.Yosef Wosk is a rabbi, philanthropist, educator, author, scholar, community leader and prominent figure in the BC arts scene. Wosk first encountered Gidal¿s work in the photo ¿Night of the Kabbalist¿ in a magazine in 1991 and, captivated, was determined to meet the photographer on an upcoming sabbatical in Israel. However, most of the trip passed without any signs that his search would be successful. One day, Wosk saw a small poster on a lamppost showcasing Israeli photography in a local gallery, and through the proprietor, finally met the person who he would later consider his close friend, teacher, and confidant¿Nachum Tim Gidal.On one level, the letters¿selected from the hundreds the correspondents exchanged over two decades¿memorialize Gidal as an artist, scholar, historian of photography and ¿hero among the Jewish people." However, they also capture the essence of Gidal and Wosk¿s friendship. Readers will be drawn into a rich conversation touching on philosophy, advice, personal issues, reading recommendations and more, with Gidal always brilliant, witty and cantankerous and Wosk curious, appreciative and intelligent. This fascinating and beautifully designed volume will appeal to those with an interest in modern Jewish history as well as anyone interested in early 20th-century photography.
An autistic writer¿s memoir of the detrimental effects of pretending to be normal, and her impassioned call to redefine what is considered a successful life.
Finding happiness at 80+, from the perspective of an octogenarian.Author Ralph Milton wants readers to know that old age is not a disease circling the world ready to pounce on anyone over eighty. Many¿maybe even most¿old people say they are happier and more contented than they have ever been. And that¿s good news because we are living much, much longer than we used to. In fact, seniors are North Americäs fastest growing demographic. To quote the author, ¿Society has never had to deal with such a huge bunch of old people.¿To address this societal shift, Well Aged offers a candid, useful and entertaining insider¿s take on life among the old-old. Not the recently retired who are enjoying Arizona winters and unlimited golf, but those in their last years, usually in the eighty- to one-hundred-year-old bracket. This book is a lively and candid look at what it¿s really like to be old, written by someone living the experience, and sprinkled liberally with humour.Topics include:Identity and independenceChoosing where to livePersonal health needs and prioritiesCommunity support, friendships and recreationSpirituality and religionIntimacy, companionship and sexualityLoneliness, depression and frailtyLeaving a legacy and end-of-life arrangementsWhen the subject of the elderly does get public attention, as it has during the covid-19 pandemic, the focus is usually on what can go wrong. Well Aged expands this conversation around aging, and it is a must-read for anyone who needs to put out their birthday cake with a fire extinguisher¿as well as those who love and care for them.
Children will laugh out loud at this silly illustrated book where animals teach people a lesson about respect for nature. After all the campers and hikers return to the city at the end of summer, a group of animals from the forest decide to pay them a visit. When Raccoon, Moose, Bear, Otter and their friends arrive in the big city, everyone is so excited to see them that they shout and run away with joy. The animals have a fun-filled day rampaging through the city and learning about human customs, until some new friends with large nets give them a ride back home.Featuring humorous and charming illustrations, City Day will make young readers laugh while educating them about the importance of treating animals¿ wilderness home with care and respect.
The unlikely and riveting story of how a left-wing activist became one of BC¿s most accomplished business leaders and philanthropists, championing projects in the visual arts and innovation in Canadian wildlife protection and sustainability. Freedom rider. Student radical. Academic. Social activist. Residential developer. Museum builder. Grizzly bear protector. Michael Audain has been all of these things and more in a colourful life spanning eight decades, three continents and five careers. Born into a branch of the legendary BC Dunsmuir clan that had lost its wealth and social status, little was expected of Audain. A lonely teenager plagued by insecurities, he was a dismal failure in the classroom and on the playing field. Yet Audain would become one of the most prominent home builders in British Columbia and a well-known philanthropist in support of the visual arts and wildlife causes.Along the way, Audain did time in a Mississippi prison for participating in the Freedom Rider movement. He started the Nuclear Disarmament Club at the University of British Columbia and was a founder of the BC Civil Liberties Association. He advocated for the radical Sons of Freedom Doukhobor sect on their protest march from the Kootenays to Vancouver. He proudly displayed a photograph of the communist revolutionary Fidel Castro at the founding convention of the New Democratic Party until Tommy Douglas persuaded him to take it down. Audain worked for an airline in the Arctic, became a probation officer and a farm appraiser, was arrested in Ireland under suspicion of terrorism, and sought wisdom from a Buddhist monk in Thailand. In 1980, he took the most unexpected turn of all and became a developer in Greater Vancouver¿s volatile housing market. As chairman of Polygon Homes Ltd., he has been responsible for the construction of over 30,000 homes.¿My life never had a business plan,¿ muses Audain. One Man in His Time¿ is a story of life¿s unplanned twists and turns, victories and defeats, recounted with characteristic wit and candour. It is a tale of adventure and perseverance that will inspire many seeking to find their place in the world.
When Jane Munro¿s husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer¿s, the Griffin-award-winning poet must chart a path through the depths of grief, learning to live with loss and to take solace and find freedom in the restorative powers of writing.Open Every Window is a genre-bending prose account of the unravelling of a life¿two lives¿when Munro¿s husband, Bob, twenty years her senior, is diagnosed with Alzheimer¿s. Evoking Lorna Crozier's Through the Garden, this memoir charts a path through sorrow¿the pain of seeing a partner age and approach death, the exhaustion of caretaking and the regret in seeing life¿s scope narrow and diminish. Writing with courage and love, Munro grapples with what it means to care for a husband who is gradually but devastatingly deteriorating. Her identity as a writer, yoga practitioner, mother and grandmother is eclipsed by a single word¿caregiver. When a doctor admonishes, ¿What job could be more important than caring for your husband?¿ Munro wonders if the same question would be asked if the roles were reversed and her husband was asked to put aside all his own needs in order to care for a wife with dementia. Ultimately, Munro finds respite in the power of writing, Iyengar yoga and the rhythms of the moon¿not to heal but to allow her to face grief without breaking.A poignant affirmation for anyone who has experienced loss, Open Every Window reveals the pain and power inherent in loving and being loved. Framed with short observations of the moon¿from a new moon in Pune, India, to the following new moon in Vancouver, Canadäthis memoir will entrance with its lyricism and comfort with the writer¿s hard-won warmth and wisdom.
CBC journalist Ian Hanomansing profiles Canadian infectious disease doctors who stepped up to guide the nation through its worst medical crisis in a century. Canadians who have followed the news about the COVID-19 pandemic will recognize the names of doctors Lisa Barrett, Isaac Bogoch, Zain Chagla, Sumon Chakrabarti, Susy Hota, Fatima Kakkar, Srinivas Murthy, Lynora Saxinger and Alexander Wong¿nine remarkable Canadians who found themselves in the spotlight during a remarkably challenging year.While dealing with their own personal concerns about the worsening pandemic and their busy medical practices, the doctors profiled in Pandemic Spotlight volunteered their time and offered their expertise in hundreds of media interviews, providing calm, clear and independent analysis. Hanomansing talks to them about what inspired them to become doctors and what led them to specialize in infectious diseases and then take on this very public role.The doctors discuss the moment the pandemic became very real to them and speak candidly about what it was like when infections raged out of control in Italy and then New York City, leaving doctors at Canadian hospitals to wonder what might be next. And they explain the sense of duty they felt to step into the media glare, even as public anxiety and skepticism sometimes turned into hostility and social media made them easy to contact and, sometimes, easy targets. And for anyone whös been asked to offer their expertise to the media, they have advice on how to answer the call.There are a few silver linings in the COVID storm. One of them is how these doctors put science front and centre and became public symbols of trust and hope. As they prepare to return to their private careers, they respond to Hanomansing¿s invitation to reflect on lessons learned and their concerns about the next pandemic. All author royalties from sales of the book will go to UBC¿s Centre for Health Education Scholarship.
A new collection of short stories that illuminate Inuit experience in the Canadian South.
A colourful children's book written in a rhyming combination of English and Ojibwe.
A fast-paced, behind-the-scenes look at thirty years of Canadian journalism from veteran CBC correspondent Reg Sherren.
A graceful and compelling first novel that pays tribute to the magic and unfathomable mystery of the natural world.
A compendium of career-affirming moments from a diverse group of doctors across Canada.
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