Narrow your search
Listing 1 - 10 of 35 << page
of 4
>>
Sort by

Book
La nation en débat : entre modernité et postmodernité
Authors: --- ---
ISBN: 2922865150 Year: 2003 Publisher: Outremont : Athéna,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Italies imaginaires du Québec
Authors: ---
ISBN: 2762124069 Year: 2003 Publisher: Québec : Fides,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Patrimoines métissés : contextes coloniaux et postcoloniaux
Author:
ISBN: 2735109895 276377931X 9782735109890 Year: 2003 Publisher: Paris : Sainte-Foy (Québec) : Maison des sciences de l'Homme Presses de l'Université de Laval,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Compassionate Canadians : civic leaders discuss human rights
Author:
ISBN: 1282022857 9786612022852 1442673184 9781442673182 0802036643 9780802036643 9781282022850 661202285X Year: 2003 Publisher: Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Understanding the moral reasoning of these civic leaders helps to illuminate the moral consensus among ordinary Canadian citizens around the formal human rights laws that govern Canada. It also illustrates the sort of human rights policies that Canadians are likely to support.

A history of Canadian literature
Author:
ISBN: 1282861395 9786612861390 0773571361 9780773571365 9781282861398 6612861398 9780773525979 0773525971 Year: 2003 Publisher: Montreal [Que.] Ithaca [N.Y.] McGill-Queen's University Press

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

New offers an unconventionally structured overview of Canadian literature, from Native American mythologies to contemporary texts. Publishers Weekly A History of Canadian Literature looks at the work of writers and the social and cultural contexts that helped shape their preoccupations and direct their choice of literary form. W.H. New explains how - from early records of oral tales to the writing strategies of the early twenty-first century - writer, reader, literature, and society are interrelated. New discusses both Aboriginal and European mythologies, looking at pre-Contact narratives and also at the way Contact experience altered hierarchies of literary value. He then considers representations of the "real," whether in documentary, fantasy, or satire; historical romance and the social construction of Nature and State; and ironic subversions of power, the politics of cultural form, and the relevance of the media to a representation of community standard and individual voice. New suggests some ways in which writers of the later twentieth century codified such issues as history, gender, ethnicity, and literary technique itself. In this second edition, he adds a lengthy chapter that considers how writers at the turn of the twenty-first century have reimagined their society and their roles within it, and an expanded chronology and bibliography. Some of these writers have spoken from and about various social margins (dealing with issues of race, status, ethnicity, and sexuality), some have sought emotional understanding through strategies of history and memory, some have addressed environmental concerns, and some have reconstructed the world by writing across genres and across different media. All genres are represented, with examples chosen primarily, but not exclusively, from anglophone and francophone texts. A chronology, plates, and a series of tables supplement the commentary.

Surgical limits : the life of Gordon Murray
Author:
ISBN: 1282023322 9786612023323 1442680261 9781442680265 0802037399 9780802037398 9781282023321 Year: 2003 Publisher: Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Shelley McKellar's Surgical Limits chronicles the life of one of Canada's most prominent and controversial surgeons, Gordon Murray (1894-1976). McKellar examines candidly and critically the career successes and failures of Gordon Murray, discussing Murray's surgical ingenuity and skill, and how he saved numerous lives through his advances in heart and vascular surgery, his experimental cancer treatment, and his development of a kidney dialysis machine. She also chronicles the 1967 spinal cord controversy, in which he claimed to have reversed paralysis, and the resulting theatrics surrounding the apparent recovery from paralysis of Bertrand Proulx. Murray's determination to challenge the limits of surgery and medicine, McKellar argues, produced noteworthy clinical accomplishments yet also ultimately led to the fall of his career through hubris, poor judgement and his perception of persecution from his colleagues. McKellar skilfully blends a discussion of Murray's personal and professional life with a cogent analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of his research. At the same time, the biography extends beyond the individual surgeon to larger issues relating to the limits of surgery, the modern medical research endeavour, the surgical character and culture, and the rising power and authority of the surgeon. By presenting the controversial figure of Gordon Murray within the context of the development of Canadian medicine and surgical practices, McKellar's exceptional biography of an extraordinary surgeon makes a major contribution to the history of modern surgery.

The false traitor
Author:
ISBN: 144268125X 9781442681255 0802047602 9780802047601 0802083145 9780802083142 Year: 2003 Publisher: Toronto, Ont. University of Toronto Press

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

The most comprehensive treatment of the representations of Louis Riel in Canadian literature, The False Traitor will be a seminal work in the study of this popular Canadian figure.

Ethel Wilson : a critical biography
Author:
ISBN: 1281996572 9786611996574 1442674644 9781442674646 9781281996572 0802087418 9780802087416 Year: 2003 Publisher: Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

"When Ethel Wilson published her first novel, Hetty Dorval, she was in her sixtieth year. With her subsequent books, among them the widely read Swamp Angel (1954), she established herself as one of Canada's most important writers. David Stouck's engaging biography of this elusive Canadian writer draws on archival material and interviews to describe, in detail, her early life as an orphan in England and Vancouver and her long writer's apprenticeship, spanning from the publication of some children's stories in 1919 to the appearance of Hetty Dorval in 1947. Stouck's narrative charts the resistance among publishers, critics, and readers to the curious mixture in her work of an Edwardian sensibility and a postmodern intellignce. He also documents her own resistance to both literary nationalism and creative writing classes as strategies for promoting literature. She was nevertheless one of the few Canadian women writers to emerge from the 1950s, and she is still being read, all her books remaining in print."--Jacket

Changing health care in Canada
Authors: --- --- ---
ISBN: 1281996297 9786611996291 1442672838 9781442672833 0802086187 9780802086181 1442659238 Year: 2003 Publisher: Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

The second in a series of three volumes presenting a selection of the best studies prepared for the Romanow Commission, this volume focuses on the problem of change in health care and health systems. Combining the talents of experienced health policy experts with innovative researchers, the resulting studies provide unique perspectives on the difficult issues under scrutiny, including complexity in health systems, management of human resources, organizational control and regulation, and public engagement.Commissioned and prepared with applicability as the foremost criteria, all of the studies presented in this volume offer solutions in managing obstacles to change. Each study also includes an appraisal of the most recent literature in the field.

Niki Goldschmidt : a life in Canadian music
Author:
ISBN: 1282033603 9786612033605 1442677732 9781442677739 0802048072 9780802048073 9781282033603 6612033606 1442659467 Year: 2003 Publisher: Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

"Niki Goldschmidt is central to the story of Canada's international musical presence in the second half of the twentieth century. He is well known as the organizer of the great Bach International Piano Competition as well as three immense choral festivals, as a founding director of the Guelph Spring Festival and the Algoma Fall Festival, and for heading the Performing Arts Division of the Centennial Commission in 1967." "In her biography, Gwenlyn Setterfield weaves the captivating story of Goldschmidt's life, following his career as conductor, teacher, and artistic director, from his upbringing in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire to the present day. She recounts his accomplishments, including his involvement in the founding of Canada's first opera school, the creation of festivals in Vancouver, Guelph, Algoma, and Toronto, and productions and tours across the country." "Setterfield illustrates Niki's boundless enthusiasm for Canada's musical potential and his unfailing sense of quality. Whether it was a children's production marking the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, or a piano competition celebrating the Bach bicentennial and Glenn Gould, Niki has embraced every project with optimism and respect for his performers and his audiences. The story of Niki Goldschmidt's long life and continuing work is in large part the story of Canada's artistic coming of age."--Jacket.

Listing 1 - 10 of 35 << page
of 4
>>
Sort by