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Book Colour Coded

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  • Author : Constance Backhouse
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 1999-11-20
  • ISBN : 1442690852
  • Pages : 505 pages

Download or read book Colour Coded written by Constance Backhouse and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1999-11-20 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically Canadians have considered themselves to be more or less free of racial prejudice. Although this conception has been challenged in recent years, it has not been completely dispelled. In Colour-Coded, Constance Backhouse illustrates the tenacious hold that white supremacy had on our legal system in the first half of this century, and underscores the damaging legacy of inequality that continues today. Backhouse presents detailed narratives of six court cases, each giving evidence of blatant racism created and enforced through law. The cases focus on Aboriginal, Inuit, Chinese-Canadian, and African-Canadian individuals, taking us from the criminal prosecution of traditional Aboriginal dance to the trial of members of the 'Ku Klux Klan of Kanada.' From thousands of possibilities, Backhouse has selected studies that constitute central moments in the legal history of race in Canada. Her selection also considers a wide range of legal forums, including administrative rulings by municipal councils, criminal trials before police magistrates, and criminal and civil cases heard by the highest courts in the provinces and by the Supreme Court of Canada. The extensive and detailed documentation presented here leaves no doubt that the Canadian legal system played a dominant role in creating and preserving racial discrimination. A central message of this book is that racism is deeply embedded in Canadian history despite Canada's reputation as a raceless society. Winner of the Joseph Brant Award, presented by the Ontario Historical Society

Book Fur Trade Canoe Routes Of Canada

Download or read book Fur Trade Canoe Routes Of Canada written by Eric W. Morse and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Recovering Canada

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  • Author : John Borrows
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2017-06-22
  • ISBN : 1487516754
  • Pages : 326 pages

Download or read book Recovering Canada written by John Borrows and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada is covered by a system of law and governance that largely obscures and ignores the presence of pre-existing Indigenous regimes. Indigenous law, however, has continuing relevance for both Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state. In his in-depth examination of the continued existence and application of Indigenous legal values, John Borrows suggests how First Nations laws could be applied by Canadian courts, and tempers this by pointing out the many difficulties that would occur if the courts attempted to follow such an approach. By contrasting and comparing Aboriginal stories and Canadian case law, and interweaving political commentary, Borrows argues that there is a better way to constitute Aboriginal / Crown relations in Canada. He suggests that the application of Indigenous legal perspectives to a broad spectrum of issues that confront us as humans will help Canada recover from its colonial past, and help Indigenous people recover their country. Borrows concludes by demonstrating how Indigenous peoples' law could be more fully and consciously integrated with Canadian law to produce a society where two world views can co-exist and a different vision of the Canadian constitution and citizenship can be created.

Book Romantic Canada

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  • Author : Victoria Hayward
  • Publisher : Macmillan Company of Canada
  • Release : 1922
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 362 pages

Download or read book Romantic Canada written by Victoria Hayward and published by Macmillan Company of Canada. This book was released on 1922 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Canadian Official Publications

Download or read book Canadian Official Publications written by Olga B. Bishop and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian Official Publications focuses on the various types of publications issued by the parliament, departments, and agencies of the federal government of Canada, including information contained in other documents. The publication first offers information on the structure of the Canadian parliamentary government. The discussions focus on the constitution; influence of the Crown in government functions; role of the Governor General; composition and functions of the Senate, House of Commons, and the Cabinet; and role of the prime minister. The text also elaborates on the classification and indexes of parliamentary or non-parliamentary documents, papers on parliamentary proceedings, and documents of the House of Commons and the Senate. The manuscript ponders on documents on parliamentary debates, bills, and acts. The book also takes a look at documents on commission of inquiry and task forces; delegated legislation and administrative tribunals; policy papers; and departmental commission and committee documents. The publication is a dependable reference for readers and researchers interested in the structure, functions, and roles of the different branches of the federal government of Canada.

Book The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North west Territories

Download or read book The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North west Territories written by Alexander Morris and published by Belfords, Clarke. This book was released on 1880 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Sheguiandah Site

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  • Author : Archaeological Survey of Canada
  • Publisher : Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book The Sheguiandah Site written by Archaeological Survey of Canada and published by Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization. This book was released on 2002 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sheguiandah site on Manitoulin Island is a rare upper Great Lakes stratified Paleoindian & Archaic site, with alleged earlier cultural materials at the base of the site. The site was discovered & first excavated in the early 1950s but work was never completed and the site remained enigmatic and controversial. Reinvestigation of existing collections of site material and renewed field investigations began in 1989-1990. This book brings together available information on the site, including the re-investigations and subsequent research on the site's geological and paleoenvironmental history. It begins with a history of the initial investigations of the 1950s and continues with chapters on the role of heritage planning in the re-investigations, geoarchaeology, projectile point artefacts, Quaternary geology & stratigraphy & sedimentology of the site, upper Great Lakes climate & water level changes since 11,000 years ago and their effects on the site, the geological history of the site, and the characteristics of quartzite & other potential sources of raw material for the artefacts. The final chapter synthesizes archaeological conclusions regarding the Sheguiandah site and its contribution to the understanding of Paleoindian & subsequent occupations in the upper Great Lakes.

Book Ogimaag

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  • Author : Cary Miller
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2010-11-01
  • ISBN : 0803234511
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Ogimaag written by Cary Miller and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cary Miller's Ogimaag: Anishinaabeg Leadership, 17601845 reexamines Ojibwe leadership practices and processes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. At the end of the nineteenth century, anthropologists who had studied Ojibwe leadership practices developed theories about human societies and cultures derived from the perceived Ojibwe model. Scholars believed that the Ojibwes typified an anthropological "type" of Native society, one characterized by weak social structures and political institutions. Miller counters those assumptions by looking at the historical record and examining how leadership was distributed and enacted long before scholars arrived on the scene. Miller uses research produced by Ojibwes themselves, American and British officials, and individuals who dealt with the Ojibwes, both in official and unofficial capacities. By examining the hereditary position of leaders who served as civil authorities over land and resources and handled relations with outsiders, the warriors, and the respected religious leaders of the Midewiwin society, Miller provides an important new perspective on Ojibwe history.

Book Report of the Royal Commission on the Mineral Resources of Ontario  and Measures for Their Development

Download or read book Report of the Royal Commission on the Mineral Resources of Ontario and Measures for Their Development written by Ontario. Royal Commission on the Mineral Resources and Measures for their Development and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stacking the Deck

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  • Author : Bruce Curtis
  • Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
  • Release : 1992-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780921908111
  • Pages : 154 pages

Download or read book Stacking the Deck written by Bruce Curtis and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction Chapter One "So Many People": Ways of Seeing Class Differences in Schooling Chapter Two The Origins of Educational Inequality in Ontario Chapter Three Streaming in the Elementary School Chapter Four Streaming in the Secondary School Chapter Five Unstacking the Deck: A New Deal for Our Schools Abstract Bibliography

Book The Discovery of the Great West

Download or read book The Discovery of the Great West written by Francis Parkman and published by Boston : Little, Brown. This book was released on 1869 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerns Robert La Salle's explorations in North America.

Book The Fry Site

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  • Author : David M. Stothers
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2006-12-01
  • ISBN : 1430304294
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book The Fry Site written by David M. Stothers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fry site (33Lu165) was an Ottawa (Odawa) farmstead on the lower Maumee River of Ohio that existed A.D. 1814-1832. Excavations revealed an Ottawa bark burial with trade goods, a cabin or shack, and an animal pen or compound. The material culture consisted of a wide variety of Native and Euro-American manufactured artifacts, including trade silver. The bark burial with trade goods is dated A.D. 1780-1809, slightly earlier than the farmstead occupation. The farmstead is connected with the Roche de Boeuf and Wolf Rapids bands of Ottawa that were removed to Kansas Territory in 1832. The Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma are the descendants of these Maumee River Ottawa.

Book Petticoats and Prejudice   Women s Press Classics

Download or read book Petticoats and Prejudice Women s Press Classics written by Constance Backhouse and published by Canadian Scholars’ Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on historical records of women’s varying experiences as litigants, accused criminals, or witnesses, this book offers critical insight into women’s legal status in nineteenth-century Canada. In an effort to recover the social and political conditions under which women lobbied, rebelled, and in some cases influenced change, Petticoats and Prejudice weaves together forgotten stories of achievement and defeat in the Canadian legal system. Expanding the concept of “heroism” beyond its traditional limitations, this text gives life to some of Canada’s lost heroines. Euphemia Rabbitt, who resisted an attempted rape, and Clara Brett Martin, who valiantly secured entry into the all-male legal profession, were admired by their contemporaries for their successful pursuits of justice. But Ellen Rogers, a prostitute who believed all women should be legally protected against sexual assault, and Nellie Armstrong, a battered wife and mother who sought child custody, were ostracized for their ideas and demands. Well aware of the limitations placed upon women advocating for reform in a patriarchal legal system, Constance Backhouse recreates vivid and textured snapshots of these and other women’s courageous struggles against gender discrimination and oppression. Employing social history to illuminate the reproductive, sexual, racial, and occupational inequalities that continue to shape women’s encounters with the law, Petticoats and Prejudice is an essential entry point into the gendered treatment of feminized bodies in Canadian legal institutions. This book was co-published with The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

Book The Sault Ste  Marie Canal

Download or read book The Sault Ste Marie Canal written by Brian S. Osborne and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters are titled: The First Contact: The "Bawatig" and the Fur Companies;Bypassing the Rapids: The Case for the Canals at the Sault; Construction ofthe Canadian Canal; Operating the Canal; and, Epilogue: The Rapids, the Canal andthe Town.

Book Travels and Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories  Between the Years 1760 and 1776

Download or read book Travels and Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories Between the Years 1760 and 1776 written by Alexander Henry and published by New-York : I. Riley. This book was released on 1809 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Misty Lake

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  • Author : Darrell Racine
  • Publisher : Scirocco Drama
  • Release : 2023-10
  • ISBN : 9781990738302
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Misty Lake written by Darrell Racine and published by Scirocco Drama. This book was released on 2023-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Misty Lake tells the story of a young Metis journalist from Winnipeg who travels to a Dene reserve in Northern Manitoba to conduct an interview with a former residential school student. What Mary imparts in her interview will change Patty's life profoundly, allowing the journalist to make the connections to her own troubled life in the city. Patty knows that her Metis grandmother went to residential school when she was a girl. But Patty hasn't understood until now that she's inherited the traumatic legacy of residential school that was passed down to her mother from her grandmother. With this new understanding, Patty embarks on a healing journey. It will take her to the Dene fishing camp at Misty Lake, a place of healing, where, with Mary, she will learn that healing begins when you can talk about your life.