History / Canadian History

This important book offers new insights into Indigenous lives and actions during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, an era of major change along the Atlantic seaboard.

This book sheds light on the history of the Square Mile, a powerful symbol of wealth in Montreal's urban landscape.

Educated, articulate, and with an enduring fascination for the natural world, Leslie Howard Miller, a Canadian soldier who served in the First World War, kept this remarkable diary of his wartime experiences.

Thirsty Land into Springs of Water explores how Latter-day Saints in southern Alberta merged into Canadian society while maintaining their identity.

For the Encouragement of Learning examines the historical origins of copyright law in Canada.

The Dervishes of the North traces the legacy of the thirteenth-century Muslim mystic and poet, Jalal al-Din Rumi, and examines contemporary Sufism in Canada.

A Night at the Gardens examines the history of hockey through the experiences of spectators at the famed Maple Leaf Gardens.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the Nunatsiavut Assembly, the legislature of Canada’s only Inuit self-government.

Monty and the Canadian Army details the lasting influence of General B.L. Montgomery, whose military competence shaped the Canadian Army in the Second World War.

Drawing on archival records and Indigenous oral traditions, When the Spirit Calls reveals the tragic history of the Hannah Bay Massacre.

This book compares Canada’s Jews with other Canadian ethnic and religious groups and with Jewish communities in other diaspora countries, offering insights into the ethnic identity, values, behaviour, and likely future of Jews in Canada.

This book reveals the fascinating history of how and why people gathered in the streets of Victorian Toronto – both in jubilation and in anger.

This beautiful memoir sheds light on the expectations for women in the mid-twentieth century – as wives, mothers, and workers – through an exploration of one woman’s upbringing, aspirations, and attempts to make her voice heard.

Faith, Rights, and Choice traces the history of religious accommodations in the schooling systems of Canada’s provinces.

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

Innate Terrain surveys landscape architecture from across Canada, documenting the inspiring breadth of contemporary projects.