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To Be Equals in Our Own Country, with Keynote Speaker Denyse Baillargeon

March 8, 2019 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Club Atwater, 3505 Atwater Ave., Montreal QC
The University Women's Club of Montreal invites you to celebreate International Women's Day 2019 with award winning author and historian Denyse Baillargeon, author of To Be Equals in Our Own Country: Women and the Vote in Quebec. ...more

Breaching the Peace at Galiano Literary Festival

February 24, 2019 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Galiano Literary Festival
Sarah Cox, author of Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley's Stand against Big Hydro, will be speaking at the Galiano Literary Festival. ...more

Author Meets Readers: Opening the Government of Canada

February 21, 2019 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Irene's Pub, 885 Bank Street, Ottawa ON

Opening the Government of Canada: The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age examines how the federal government has adapted to the digital age from the mid-2000s to present day. The book uncovers a striking tension between the bureaucracy’s tradition of closed government, and the dictates of governing in an age defined by open, networked technologies. The book speaks to broader questions on the effectiveness and democratic legitimacy of our federal government.

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Book Launch: Truth and Conviction

February 1, 2019 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Community Room of the People's Place Library, Antigonish NS
Join us for the Nova Scotia launch of Truth and Conviction: Donald Marshall Jr. and the Mi'kmaw Quest for Justice. ...more

Book Launch: Diasporic Media beyond the Diaspora

November 19, 2018 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail.
Join us for the launch of Diasporic Media beyond the Diaspora. ...more

Book Launch: Be Wise! Be Healthy! / Thumbing a Ride

November 15, 2018 6:30 PM
The Bookshelf, 41 Quebec St., Guelph ON
Join us for a dual launch! "Be Wise! Be Healthy!" and "Thumbing a Ride" ...more

Book Launch: Practicing Community Based Participatory Research

November 8, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Merchant’s Corner, 541 Selkirk ave., Winnipeg, MB
Light refreshments served, all welcome RSVP or let us know you're coming! Join us for a panel discussion with authors: Josie Hill, Executive Director, Blue Thunderbird Family Care Inc. Diane Roussin, Project Director, Winnipeg Boldness Project Darlene Klyne, Program Director, CEDA Pathways to Education Shauna MacKinnon, editor of this collection, Associate Prof, and Chair of Dept. of Urban and Inner City Studies U of W. ...more

Book Launch and Party! "Red Light Labour"

October 28, 2018 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Burdock Music Hall, 1148 Bloor St, W., Toronto ON
Join the editors, book authors, and others to celebrate the launch of Red Light Labour. ...more

Book Launch & Jazz Show: Live at the Cellar

October 20, 2018 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
The Pilot - 22 Cumberland St, Toronto ON
You are invited to join musicologist and author Marian Jago and the Mike Murley Quartet at The Pilot for a book launch and jazz show. Marian Jago will open each set with a few words from "Live at the Cellar: Vancouver’s Iconic Jazz Club and the Canadian Co-operative Jazz Scene in the 1950s and ‘60s." "Live at the Cellar" is the first book to document the rise of co-operative jazz clubs in Canada, including the Cellar, Black Spot/Flat Five (Vancouver), Foggy Manor (Calgary), Yardbird Suite (Edmonton), and 777 Barrington Street (Halifax). Many of the jazz musicians that were involved in the co-operatives now call Toronto home. ...more

Book Launch & Jazz Show: Live at the Cellar

October 18, 2018 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Frankie's Jazz Club, 755 Beatty Street, Vancouver
You are invited to join musicologist and author Marian Jago and Toronto’s Bob Brough Quartet at Frankie’s Jazz Club, Vancouver’s home to live jazz and blues. Marian Jago will open each set with a few words from "Live at the Cellar: Vancouver’s Iconic Jazz Club and the Canadian Co-operative Jazz Scene in the 1950s and ‘60s," the first book to document the rise of co-operative jazz clubs in Canada, including Vancouver’s very own venues: the “original” Cellar, the Black Spot, and the Flat Five. ...more

Book Launch: Live at the Cellar

October 17, 2018 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Neptoon Records, 3561 Main St., Vancouver
You are invited to join musicologist and author Marian Jago and Gavin Walker, alto saxophonist and host of CiTR: The Jazz Show (101.9 FM). Marian will talk briefly about "Live at the Cellar: Vancouver’s Iconic Jazz Club and the Canadian Co-operative Jazz Scene in the 1950s and ‘60s," the first book to document the remarkable rise of co-operative jazz clubs in Canada, including Vancouver’s very own “original” Cellar, the Black Spot, and the Flat Five. She will share stories and photographs from this rich and vital history and will follow the talk with a question and answer. ...more

Breach of Trust: Indigenous Rights and the Future of the Site C Dam

October 14, 2018 - October 17, 2018
Various Locations
Four thought provoking events with Amnesty International’s Craig Benjamin, food and water advocate Julian Napoleon from Saulteau First Nations, and journalist Sarah Cox, author of Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand Against Big Hydro. Presented by the Amnesty International Bookclub and UBC Press. ...more

Book Launch: Breaching the Peace

June 5, 2018 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Fort St. John - North Peace Museum, 9323 100 St, Fort St. John, BC
Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox and guests invite you to an inspiring (and perhaps enraging) discussion and launch of her book Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro. A modern-day David and Goliath story, Breaching the Peace is an uplifting and astonishing story of the farmers and First Nations who are fighting the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that has propelled it forward. ...more

Ben McNally Books and Brunch: In Her Voice

June 3, 2018 10:00 AM
King Edward Hotel, 37 King St E., Toronto
Ben McNally invites you to attend a special In Her Voice edition of its Books and Brunch series. Joan Sangster will be one of four authors at the event and she will talk about her book One Hundred Years of Struggle: The History of Women and the Vote in Canada. ...more

Book Launch: Breaching the Peace

May 12, 2018 7:00 PM
Quadra Community Centre, 970 West Rd., Quathiaski Cove BC
Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox and guests invite you to an inspiring (and perhaps enraging) discussion and launch of her book "Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro." A modern-day David and Goliath story, "Breaching the Peace" is an uplifting and astonishing story of the farmers and First Nations who are fighting the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that has propelled it forward. ...more

Book Launch: Breaching the Peace

May 6, 2018 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Main Entrance, 5714 Medusa (at Trail), Sechelt BC
Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox and guests invite you to an inspiring (and perhaps enraging) discussion and launch of her book "Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro." A modern-day David and Goliath story, "Breaching the Peace" is an uplifting and astonishing story of the farmers and First Nations who are fighting the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that has propelled it forward. ...more

Book Launch: Breaching the Peace

May 3, 2018 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Anza Club, 3 West 8th Ave, Vancouver BC
Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox and guests invite you to an inspiring (and perhaps enraging) discussion and launch of her book "Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro." A modern-day David and Goliath story, "Breaching the Peace" is an uplifting and astonishing story of the farmers and First Nations who are fighting the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that has propelled it forward. ...more

Book Launch: Breaching the Peace

May 1, 2018 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Ambrosia Centre on Fisgard, 638 Fisgard St., Victoria BC
Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox and guests invite you to an inspiring (and perhaps enraging) discussion and launch of her book "Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro." A modern-day David and Goliath story, "Breaching the Peace" is an uplifting and astonishing story of the farmers and First Nations who are fighting the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that has propelled it forward. ...more

Book Launch: Trudeau's World

April 27, 2018 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Furby House Books, 65 Walton Street, Port Hope, ON
Robert Bothwell in conversation with Roy MacSkimming about his new book, co-authored with J.L. Granatstein, "Trudeau's World: Insiders Reflect on Foreign Policy, Trade, and Defence, 1968-84," a book that offers critical reflections on Canadian foreign, trade, and defence policies from interviews with most of the key policy makers, diplomats, and military officers in the Trudeau government and of that era. ...more

Book Launch: Invisible Scars

April 11, 2018 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Novel Idea Bookstore: 156 Princess St, Kingston, ON
Join author Meghan Fitzpatrick for a discussion about her extraordinary, and much needed, book, “Invisible Scars: Mental Trauma and the Korean War.” ...more
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