An investigation of the meanings and iconography of the Stampede, aninvented tradition that takes over the city of Calgary for 10 daysevery July. Since 1923, archetypal “Cowboys and Indians”are seen a
Winner of the 2009 SAA Public Audience Book AwardFor millennia, Aboriginal hunters on the North American Plains used their knowledge of the land and of buffalo behaviour to drive their quarry over cli
Neither an academic tome nor a prescriptive 'how to' guide, The Theory and Practice of Online Learning is an illuminating collection of essays by practitioners and scholars active in the complex fiel
Now in its third revised edition, Before and After Radical Prostate Surgery is a research-based, comprehensive, and comprehensible resoure on prostate surgery in Canada.Aimed at men with concerns abou
Paul Nonnekes pursues debates in psychoanalysis and cultural studies to arrive at a distinctive conception of a Canadian masculinity. In close discussions of novels by Rudy Wiebe and Robert Kroetsch,
In Hot Thespian Action! Robin Whittaker argues that new plays can thrive in amateur theatres, which have freedoms unavailable to professional companies. He proves it with ten relevant, engaging playsc
Making Game contributes significantly to the genre of the meditative essay in its treatment of the author's relations to the natural world. Atkinson reflects on the philosophical and ethical nature o
Trail of Story, Traveller's Path examines the meaning of landscape, drawn from Leslie Main Johnson's rich experience with diverse environments and peoples, including the Gitksan and Witsuwit'en of nor
This book explores a relatively small, but interesting and anomalous, region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers. Ecological themes, such as climatic cycles, ground water a
Ecology and Wonder celebrates Western Canada's breathtaking landscape. The book makes several remarkable claims. The greatest cultural achievement in the mountain region of western Canada may be what
The contributors to this third volume of How Canadians communicate focus on the question what does Canadian popular culture have to say about the construction and negotiation of Canadian national iden
Books and articles on instructional design in online learning abound but rarely do we get such a comprehensive picture of what instructional designers do, how they do it, and the problems they solve a
On March 15, 1939, as Hitler's army rolled into Prague, Helen Waldstein's father snatched the last exit visa from a distracted clerk and fled with wife and child. Only letters from the rest of their f
Winner of the 2009 SAA Public Audience Book AwardFor millennia, Aboriginal hunters on the North American Plains used their knowledge of the land and of buffalo behaviour to drive their quarry over cli
In 1906, Nello Vernon-Wood (1882-1978) reinvented himself as Tex Wood, Banff hunting guide and writer of "yarns of the wilderness by a competent outdoorsman." His homespun stories of a vanishing world
Canada is regularly presented as a country where liberalism has ensured freedom and equality for all. Yet as Canada expanded westward and colonized First Nations territories, liberalism did not operat
Zarah Petri was just a little girl when her family left Hungary to find a new life in Canada in the 1920s. She showed spunk and a great imagination that would serve her well as a new immigrant and you
Some approaching from technology and some from pedagogy, researchers and practitioners discuss how distance learning can take advantage of the increasing capability of people throughout the world to c
Accessible Elements informs science educators about current practices in online and distance education: distance-delivered methods for laboratory coursework, the requisite administrative and instituti
Maurice Yacowar challenges genre and form in Roy & Me, a cross between memoir and fiction, truth and distortion. It is the exploration of Yacowar's relationship with Roy Farran - soldier, politici
