Political Science, Public Policy
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Clear Current
Unraveling the Water Crisis by Gil D. Blutrich
In “Clear Currents,” Gil Blutrich takes readers on an urgent journey through the lifeblood of our civilization: water. As we confront a future where the flow of rivers and the ripple of streams are at risk, Blutrich plunges us into the heart of...
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Far Out!
The Untold Story of the ‘60s-Inspired “Back-to-the-Land” Migration that Changed Nova Scotia by Christopher Murphy
The 1960s was a period of radical social change. Many young people rejected the politics and values of the day and decided to “drop out” and migrate to the country. The desire for an independent rural life on the land took many of them to the...
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Who Killed Sir William?
A Community-University Research Alliance Seeks Justice for Injured Workers by Marion Endicott and Steve Mantis
In 1910, Sir William Meredith led a Royal Commission to investigate the injury, death, and permanent disability of workers. In response to his findings, Meredith helped introduce a new system of compensation for injured and disabled workers that...
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210° Celsius
16 Ways the Truckers Ignited Canada for the Long Haul by Barry W. Bussey
From late January to mid February 2022, the eyes of Canada—and indeed, the world—were on Ottawa, Ontario as the Trucker Freedom Convoy converged from all parts of the nation. They were there to tell Prime Minister Trudeau that enough was enough,...
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Crisis and Calm
Canada’s Central Bank From Dot-Com 2000 Through 2020 Covid Lockdown by Greg Quinn
This book documents a remarkable yet little-examined time for Canada’s economy and the people who manage it, from the Y2K bug and dot-com boom through the “Great Moderation” of inflation, to the global recession of 2008 and the Covid recession of...
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Mobilize Food!
Wartime Inspiration for Environmental Victory Today by Eleanor Boyle
Faced with a climate crisis, can people commit to action? Faced with evidence that our agriculture and our diets fuel that crisis—producing significant greenhouse gases—can we muster the vision to produce and consume food differently?...
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Solutions for a Wounded Planet
by Jim Kingham
Depressed about the environmental disaster currently rocking our world? Unsure about what to do when climate change is only growing worse? Fearful of what the future might look like with so many world powers refusing to acknowledge the issues at...
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The War on Drugs
Tales from a Member of the Resistance by Theodore Villella
Villella asks, Why has The War on Drugs expanded exponentially for five decades? Why does it continue to fail? What can you do to end it? He hopes to reach a global audience from Baby Boomers to Gen Z, who recognize they have the power within...
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Participant/Observer
An Unconventional Life in Politics and Academia by Henry Milner
Some engage in politics; others observe it, but the author of this political memoir is among the few that have had the chance to do both. In these pages, Henry Milner shares his experiences as a student and community activist, an anglophone...
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Of Pork and Potatoes
by Bill Massey
Of Pork and Potatoes is a remarkable story of perseverance in the face of adversity. Bill Massey recounts his childhood growing up in a troubled home in rural Manitoba. By finding the people who gave him space to move forward, committing to hard...
