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A narrative-based ethnohistory of a northern Saskatchewan Denesułiné community. Highlights the historical experiences of middle-aged and older individuals who vividly recall a time before the roads and mines existed.

Experts analyze the performance of Trudeau’s years in power, focusing on Indigenous rights, governance and housing; the environment and energy; taxes and spending; healthcare and social benefits; foreign policy, immigration, and trade; and social policy.

Learn how to disagree in ways that build new bridges with our neighbors, coworkers, and loved ones--and help us find better ways to live joyfully in a complex society.

In 1928, the body of George Edey was discovered on his Saskatchewan farm, leading to the execution of Mike Hack, a deaf and mentally disabled farmhand. Prairie Justice highlights injustice and systemic flaws in the justice system.

Leading Canadian women scholars analyze the most serious challenges that Canada will face in the near future, including rising Chinese power, Russian aggression, Arctic competition, climate change, disaster management, cybersecurity threats, and gendered violence.

Argues that education policy itself can be made fundamentally better by improving policymaking methods. Assesses which components of existing education policy and policymaking have been effective and which have not.

Traces Freeland’s journey from the Alberta town of Peace River to Moscow, London, and New York, where she spent two decades as a journalist, to Parliament Hill as deputy prime minister and finance minister in Trudeau’s government

The rapid concentration of food animal production into factory farms makes meat plentiful and cheap but comes at a cost to human health and the environment. Topics include pollution; infectious diseases; community and social impacts; and sustainable agriculture.

Delivers two important messages: homelessness ultimately stems from a lack of investment in affordable housing; and that the greatest myth of all is that we should have no hope. In fact, the proven solutions are well documented.

Tells the story of Japanese Canadian activist Mary Kitagawa, who was one of roughly 22,000 Nikkei uprooted from their homes and forbidden to return to western British Columbia until long after World War II had officially ended.

Argues that women's health is being caught in the crossfires of global politics. Explores questions around populism, big data and how women's work is valued, and offers solutions on how to fix this crisis.

Combining rigorous theorizing with wide-ranging evidence, International Law and the Public is an account of an international legal politics from below, taking seriously the place of ordinary people in international affairs.

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The Reading Room

March 2025

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