James Lorimer Company Ltd Publishers: 361 books
by Robert Rayner
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
In the middle of the night, five teens break into a small town high school that has been closed by the regional school board. They are there to protest the decision to move them to a big city school and make their little town that much smaller. Led by Bilan, whose experience with the Arab Spring fired...
Ending Poverty
A Basic Income for All Canadians
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
As Canada's social safety net continues to be eroded and the gap between rich and poor in our society continues to grow, it becomes increasingly urgent to confront the problems of poverty in fresh and creative ways.
Political scientist François Blais offers a bold new proposal to assist the...
How We Stopped Loving the Bomb
An insider's account of the world on the brink of banning nuclear arms
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Nobody loves nuclear weapons--except their powerfully placed defenders in government, their supporters in the military, and terrorists. When President Barack Obama brought his vision of a nuclear weapons-free world to the White House, he re-energized the peace movement. Today the historical momentum...
Getting to Zero
Canada Confronts Global Warming
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Canadians have been coming to a greater understanding of the threat posed by global warming and the need for urgent action by governments, industry and the public at large. The Trudeau government has, more or less, taken up the cause. Provinces are recognizing the need for action, even as they fight...
by Sylvia Gunnery
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
It should be the best week of Jay's life: he's attending a Basketball Nova Scotia Summer Camp and rooming in a real university dorm with his best friend, Mike. But then Mike's older brother, Chad, turns out to be less than the coach Jay expected and the brother Mike had always known. Luckily for Jay,...
How We Almost Gave the Tories the Boot
The inside story behind the coalition
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
In November 2008 the opposition came very close to replacing Stephen Harper with a new government. It was an astonishing few days for Canadian politics; opposition party leaders came together, announcing a formal coalition of the Liberals and the NDP, while the Bloc offered guaranteed support for...
Wartime
The First World War in a Canadian Town
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
The First World War was the cause of dramatic changes in every Canadian community. What it meant to daily life becomes clear in this book about the war years in Guelph, Ontario. The first months were the easiest, as young men rushed to enlist. Once news of casualties and deaths started arriving, the...
by Janet M. Whyte
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2015
Eighth-grader Micah is psyched to have made the BC junior goalball team -- even though he gets the news while dealing with a flare-up of his degenerative eye condition. What he's not happy about is his parents' decision to get him a guide dog, and the possibility of losing his independence.
When...
by Kim Firmston
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Ethan is trying his hardest to get some attention from his family, but his dad's focus is always directed towards troubled stepsister Haley. When a dark secret threatens to destroy his family life, Ethan turns to his hacking skills to figure out who to believe: his father or Haley. He must also deal...
by Camilla Reghelini Rivers
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Indoor soccer is what Lizzie does best. At school other kids bug her and her teacher thinks she's a troublemaker, but during a game she feels focused, free.
Lately, however, her younger sister Shelby has taken up the game. Shelby's a nice kid, but she leads a charmed life--she copies everything...
Academic Freedom in Conflict
The Struggle Over Free Speech Rights in the University
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
For more than a century academics have had unique rights -- to speak, teach, and write freely. Central to the case for academic freedom is that scholars must be able to voice their views free of fear in order for society to gain a better understanding of ourselves and our world and to be effective...
by Sandra Diersch
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Fast-paced sports action novels that get kids reading.
Alecia is about to be adopted by a new stepfather, her soccer team, the Burrards, is preparing for the championship game, and a cute new boy has arrived on the scene. But there are even more changes on the horizon. The team's game is suffering...
by Karin Adams
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
At first eleven-year-old Chloe is angry at her parents' new rule. But in time, she starts to enjoy much-loved but forgotten activities like art, visiting with her neighbours, and spending quality time with her family -- with the television off! Maybe machines aren't so great anyway, Chloe begins to...
The United Nations in the 21st Century
Grappling with the world's most challenging issues: militarism, the environment, human rights, inequality
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
After more than seven decades, the United Nations embodies humanity':s hopes for peace, security, social justice, human rights, equality for women, and a voice for all. At the same time, it':s where the conflicts and tensions amongst the governments and peoples of the world are often expressed.
Douglas...