university of british columbia press nov 2017 (8 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tony Penikett spent twenty-five years in public life, including two years in the House of Commons as chief of staff to federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent, five terms in the Yukon Legislative Assembly, and two terms as premier of Yukon Territory. His government negotiated settlements of Yukon First Nation land claims and passed pioneering legislation in the areas of education, health, and language. It also organized Yukon 2000, a unique bottom-up economic-planning process. Between 1997 and 2001, he served as deputy minister of negotiations and, later, as deputy minister of labour for the BC government. He is the author of one book, Reconciliation: First Nations Treaty Making in British Columbia, and two films, The Mad Trapper and La Patrouille Perdue.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Shirley Tillotson has taken a leading role in the writing of Canada¿s new political history. Through her many books and articles, she has shown how electoral politics and social politics intersect and influence each other. Her first book, The Public at Play: Gender and the Politics of Recreation in Post-War Ontario, was recognized for its excellence in regional history. Her second book, Contributing Citizens: Modern Charitable Fundraising and the Making of the Welfare State, 1920¿66, was shortlisted for national prizes in the social sciences and in Canadian history.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Miranda J. Brady is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa. John M.H. Kelly is an adjunct research professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mich¿ Dagenais is a professor of history at the Universit¿e Montr¿. She specializes in urban and environmental history and is the author of Faire et fuir la ville: espaces publics de loisirs et de culture ¿ontr¿ et Toronto aux XIXe et XXe si¿es (2006) and Des pouvoirs et des hommes: l¿administration municipale de Montr¿, 1900¿1950 (2000). She is also co-editor of Municipal Services and Employees in the Modern City: New Historic Approaches (2003) and Metropolitan Natures: Environmental Histories of Montreal (2011). Peter Feldstein is the translator of eight books, including Paul-¿ile Borduas: A Critical Biography, for which he won a Governor General¿s Literary Award in 2014. He lives in Montreal.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Price of Alliance balances high politics with military requirements in the first major reappraisal of Pierre Trudeau's controversial defence policy.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Kristine Alexander is an assistant professor of history and Canada Research Chair in Child and Youth Studies at the University of Lethbridge.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Elizabeth Miller is a documentary maker and professor at Concordia University whose work addresses timely issues such as water privatization, refugee rights, gender advocacy and climate change. Her documentary The Water Front (2007) received six awards, including the Silver Drop Award at the World Water Forum. Mapping Memories (2012), a participatory media project, resulted in a book, DVD, and website designed for educators across Canada. At Home, in Bed, and in the Streets (2014) was screened at international festivals and integrated into advocacy campaigns in Nicaragua. The Shore Line (2017), an online documentary, profiles coastal communities responding to extreme weather, sea level rise and unsustainable development. Miller co-founded the Concordia Documentary Centre and is a board member of the international screening network Cinema Politica.