Education / History

Ivan Illich Fifty Years Later introduces the reader to the process that led to the writing of one of the most controversial and well-known books that indicted schooling, not only as an institution but as an ethos.

Residential Schools and Reconciliation is a unique, timely, and provocative work that tackles and explains the institutional responses to Canada’s residential school legacy.

Transforming Dentistry traces the rise and near demise of the dentistry program at Western University.

In this powerful book, three graphic novelists tell the stories of Holocaust survivors, bringing their testimonies to life and seamlessly connecting the past with the present.

Breaking the Tongue examines the implementation of the Ukrainization of schools and children’s organizations in the 1920s and early 1930s.

Imperial Engineers traces the history of what was once the preeminent engineering school of the British Empire, from its foundation to its final crises and closure.

Unsettling the Great White North offers a chronological, regional, and thematic compilation of some of the latest and best scholarship in the field of Black Canadian history.

This book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the development of cardiovascular surgery at the Toronto General Hospital – now rated as one of the best hospitals in the world.

Short and succinct, Reading History introduces students to different kinds of historical writing, acting as a guide to help them read and understand primary and secondary sources.

This book delves into over one hundred years of history of the Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions (RNDM) / Our Lady of the Missions as they moved from ultramontanism to eco-spirituality and a focus on women and social justice.

In this autobiography of a former Olympian and leader in sport history, Bruce Kidd details why sports are important to him, what he’s learned from them, and why he continues to fight to make them more equitable.

In this highly entertaining biography, W.P.M. Kennedy emerges as a complicated yet compelling figure in the academic and legal history of Canada.

This book offers the first ever comparative study of historical consciousness among young citizens from different regions, provinces, identities, and first languages.

This book provides a comprehensive account of the Ukrainian émigré scholarly life in Czechoslovakia between the world wars.

Why has continental philosophy so often made its North American home in Catholic institutions?

Using multiple languages, numerous archives, press reports, oral histories, letters, and memoirs, Stalin’s Niños investigates the well-resourced boarding schools designed specifically for nearly 3,000 child refugees from the Spanish Civil War.