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First Nations, Museums, Narrations
Stories of the 1929 Franklin Motor Expedition to the Canadian Prairies
The story of the Franklin Motor Expedition that collected First Nations artifacts on the Prairies in 1929 as well as a larger study of the relationships between museums and the indigenous peoples whose heritage items they house.
2015, Shortlisted - Aboriginal Book History Prize, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2014
According to Baba
A Collaborative Oral History of Sudbury’s Ukrainian Community
This book employs new and critical approaches to oral history to write an insightful and deeply personal history of Sudbury’s Ukrainian community between 1901 and 1939.
2016, Shortlisted - Kobzar Literary Award, Shevchenko Foundation
- Copyright year: 2014
The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 50, 2012
2013, Winner - Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing, Canadian Association of Law Libraries
- Copyright year: 2013
Negotiating a River
Canada, the US, and the Creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway
A revealing look at the planning and building of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project -- a megaproject that had a profound impact on North American history.
2015, Winner - Floyd S. Chalmers Award, The Champlain Society
- Copyright year: 2014
Living Dead in the Pacific
Contested Sovereignty and Racism in Genetic Research on Taiwan Aborigines
A consideration of the impact of racism and questions of sovereignty on genetic research, which details the exploitative history of research on Taiwanese Aborigines.
2015, Winner - Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize, Canadian Communication Association
- Copyright year: 2014
Power from the North
Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec
This book explores how French Canada’s aspirations migrated north with natural resource development, creating a culture of hydroelectricity that continues to shape territorial planning and relations with Aboriginal peoples in the province.
2015, Shortlisted - Canada Prize in the Social Sciences, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Copyright year: 2013