Painting Place is an introduction to David B. Milne – the man, the painter, the printmaker, and the writer – and a tribute to his splendid gifts.

Sharing the Past examines the ways in which Canadian poets collaboratively nurtured the rise of social history as a discipline of historical study.

Contested Spaces investigates space and conflict in novels, short stories, life writing, and journalism from Canada and Québec by asking how counter-narratives challenge geographies of exclusion from below.

Through a balanced reading of the historical period and James’ artistic production, Ronald W. Hawker argues that James’ shift to contemporary art forms allowed the artist to make a critical statement about the vitality of Kwakwaka'wakw culture

“The Dignity of Every Human Being” studies the vibrant New Brunswick artistic community which challenged “the tyranny of the Group of Seven” with socially-engaged realism in the 1930s and 40s.

Using five case studies, Linda M. Morra explores the ways in which women’s archives have been uniquely approached and shaped by socio-political forces.

Focusing on the interplay between nature and culture in landscape representation, Literature and Painting in Quebec contends that both have reflected and fashioned the meaning of French-Canadian nationhood.

The rigorous essays and original works of art collected in this volume present a compelling demonstration of the strategies, aesthetic and otherwise, used by artists to elicit intellectual, sensual, or emotional responses that can only be obtained through artistic practices in public places.

Rewa examines the work of seven of important theatre designers, artists who have been responsible for exciting initiatives in design during one of the most dynamic periods in the history of Canadian theatre, from the early 1970s to the late 1990s.

Within a narrative framework, Wright charts the development of modern design from its first appearance in an Eaton's department store, with pieces brought from the Paris Exposition of 1925, through its stealthy entry into Canadian homes, to its establishment as a dominant style.

Evelyn Strahlendorf has compiled a reference work that traces the development of dolls in Canada and of the industry that produces them

This index has been compiled as a quick reference guide to biographies of almost 8,800 professional and amateur artists active in Canada from the seventeenth century to the present. The artists represent 42 professional categories, from animation to topography.

This volume, combination biography and art history, presents a rounded picture of George Heriot (1759-1839), a skilled landscape watercolourist and the contentious deputy postmaster general of British North America.

The contributors to this volume were invited to discuss the changes, problems, challenges, and achievements in the arts in the last fifty years.The result is a varied group of essays in each of which the character of the individual artist is clearly evident.

Creative Canada presents a cross-section of many different kinds of artists. Within each category of art is included a selection of those who have achieved national and international recognition; those who have been recognized locally, and some who markedly influenced their contemporaries.

Creative Canada presents a cross-section of many different kinds of artists. Within each category of art is included a selection of those who have achieved national and international recognition; those who have been recognized locally, and some who markedly influenced their contemporaries.