The Chronicles of Spirit Wrestlers' Immigration to Canada
The Chronicles of Spirit Wrestlers' Immigration to Canada

Author: Grigoriǐ Vasil’evich Verigin

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 3030185257

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This book describes the history in late 19th-century Russia and immigration to Canada of an ethnic and religious group known as Doukhobors, or Spirit Wrestlers. The book is a translation into English of the Russian original authored by Grigoriǐ Verigin, published in 1935. The book’s narrative starts with the consolidation of Doukhobor beliefs inspired by the most famous Doukhobor leader, Pëtr Verigin. It describes the arrival of Doukhobors in Canada, their agricultural and industrial accomplishments in Saskatchewan and British Columbia, and the clashes and misunderstandings between Doukhobors and the Canadian government. The narrative closes in 1924, with the scenes of Pëtr Verigin’s death in a yet unresolved railway car bombing, and of his funeral. The author emphasizes the most crucial component of Doukhobor beliefs: their pacifism and unequivocal rejection of wars and military conflicts. The book highlights other aspects of Doukhobor beliefs as well, including global community, brotherhood and equality of all the people on earth, kind treatment of animals, vegetarianism, as well as abstinence from alcohol and tobacco. It also calls for social justice, tolerance, and diversity.

Tolstoy in Context
Tolstoy in Context

Author: Anna A. Berman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-12-31

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13: 1108786383

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Likened to a second Tsar in Russia and attaining prophet-like status around the globe, Tolstoy made an impact on literature and the arts, religion, philosophy, and politics. His novels and stories both responded to and helped to reshape the European and Russian literary traditions. His non-fiction incensed readers and drew a massive following, making Tolstoy an important religious force as well as a stubborn polemicist in many fields. Through his involvement with Gandhi and the Indian independence movement, his aid in relocating the Doukhobors to Canada, his correspondence with American abolitionists and his polemics with scientists in the periodical press, Tolstoy engaged a vast array of national and international contexts of his time in his life and thought. This volume introduces those contexts and situates Tolstoy—the man and the writer—in the rich and tumultuous period in which his intellectual and creative output came to fruition.

The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time
The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time

Author: Oscar D. Skelton

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-04-25

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

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The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier retells the chronicles of a successful man in politics living in Quebec in the 1800s. You will enjoy this humble and comprehensive snapshot of Canadian history. Contents: The Making of a Canadian, Politics in the Sixties, First Years in Parliament, In Opposition, 1878-1887, Leader of the Opposition.

Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine
Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine

Author: Charles G. Roland

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Published: 2010-11-22

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0889205388

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Volume Two of this retrospective bibliography is both a continuation and an expansion of Volume One (1984). It contains references to Canadian medical-historical literature published between 1984 and 1998, and also includes much additional material published prior to 1984. Finally, it substantially enlarges the content of French-language material. Every effort has been made to be as inclusive as possible of articles, theses, book chapters and books, both in English and in French, relating to the history of medicine. No single electronic source can replace this bibliography. The contents are divided into three sections. The first is a listing of material expressly biographical. Section two lists material under a wide variety of subject headings related to medicine, and the third is a complete listing of the authors who have contributed these articles. Simply organized and easy to use, this bibliography will be of value to historians, archivists, librarians, and anyone interested in the history of medicine.

Bibliographie de L'histoire Du Québec Et Du Canada, 1981-1985
Bibliographie de L'histoire Du Québec Et Du Canada, 1981-1985

Author: Paul Aubin

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 1102

ISBN-13:

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Liste signalétique des documents parus entre 1981 et 1985: livres, articles, thèses. L'organisation de la bibliographie est en trois sections: systématique (par ordre des grands sujets), analytique (par ordre des sujets particuliers), auteur (par ordre des noms avec renvois à la section systématique). Les auteurs ont intégré à l'instrument des documents non recensés dans les ouvrages couvrant les périodes antérieures: 1948-1965, 1966-1975, 1976-1980.

Canadian Who's Who 2007
Canadian Who's Who 2007

Author: Elizabeth Lumley

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 1450

ISBN-13: 9780802040619

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Now in its ninety-seventh year of publication, this standard Canadian reference source contains the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical information on notable living Canadians. Those listed are carefully selected because of the positions they hold in Canadian society; or because of the contribution they have made to life in Canada. The volume is updated annually to ensure accuracy, and 600 new entries are added each year to keep current with developing trends and issues in Canadian society. Included are outstanding Canadians from all walks of life: politics, media, academia, business, sports, and the arts, from every area of human activity. Each entry details birth date and place, education, family, career history, memberships, creative works, honours and awards, and full addresses. Indispensable to researchers, students, media, business, government, and schools, Canadian Who's Who is an invaluable source of general knowledge.

They Call Me George
They Call Me George

Author: Cecil Foster

Publisher: Biblioasis

Published: 2019-02-05

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1771962623

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A CBC BOOKS MUST-READ NONFICTION BOOK FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH Nominated for the Toronto Book Award Smartly dressed and smiling, Canada’s black train porters were a familiar sight to the average passenger—yet their minority status rendered them politically invisible, second-class in the social imagination that determined who was and who was not considered Canadian. Subjected to grueling shifts and unreasonable standards—a passenger missing his stop was a dismissible offense—the so-called Pullmen of the country’s rail lines were denied secure positions and prohibited from bringing their families to Canada, and it was their struggle against the racist Dominion that laid the groundwork for the multicultural nation we know today. Drawing on the experiences of these influential black Canadians, Cecil Foster’s They Call Me George demonstrates the power of individuals and minority groups in the fight for social justice and shows how a country can change for the better.

Power, Prime Ministers and the Press
Power, Prime Ministers and the Press

Author: Robert Lewis

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2018-10-27

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1459742656

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An intimate history of the people of the Parliamentary Press Gallery who covered Canadian history, and made some of their own.