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Cross-border issues between Canada & the US have increasingly become a hot-button political topic as well as a burgeoning area of study. This collection presents views on the comparison of the Canadian & American Wests & the various methodologies involved.

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has a storied history as the progenitor & stalwart defender of Canadian cinematic culture. This title examines a period at the National Film Board when its creative output & guiding principles reflected less the cultural mainstream, identifying instead more with the surging wave of International Communism.

Offers a perspective on missionary-aboriginal encounters between the Berens River Ojibwa & Christian missionaries between 1875 & 1940 moving beyond a simple chronicle of the introduction & adoption of Christian elements by the Ojibwa to recognise & highlight the complicated ebb & flow of ideas & beliefs between these two groups.

A World War I memoir of Harold McGill, a medical officer in the 31st Alberta Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, that was compiled & written by McGill in the 1930s.

Gives readers a background on the competing tensions of conservation and international economics. Suitable for those concerned about conservation and the future of the world's forests, this memoir underscores the intricacies and intertwining of forest policy, economics, and public policy.

Delves into the Jewish community in Montreal in the first three decades of the twentieth century. This title introduces several rabbis who, in various ways, impacted their immediate congregations as well as the wider Montreal Jewish community. It examines the interrelationship among a number of rabbis sharing the same communal 'turf'.

A collection of essays that bring together a diverse range of voices that speak to the issues of home, gender & identity. It includes information on the ideologies of the human body in the West, the challenges women face in securing the material needs to create healthy homes & bodies, & environments where feminist practices have made a difference.

Features description of the Rocky Mountain West by British adventurers, poets, and journalists.

A collection of letters that reveal much about the immigrant experience and detail how these pioneers fared in the early years of Alberta's history. It pictures the pioneer experience in detail, from the lonely homestead on the bald prairie to a well-developed rural community with railroads and towns, churches and schools.

Investigates the complex relationship between the role of policing, the political sphere, & social progress. This title attempts to analyse the effects on provincial police in Alberta and Saskatchewan of various social phenomena ranging from political radicals and vagrants, to prohibition bootleggers & black market profiteers.

Incorporating colour photographs, Constable's own letters, and descriptions of the painter from other historical material, this title constructs a close reading of landscape painting that engages literary imagination with visual art.

The plea was advertised in the British Medical Journal in February 1929: seeking "strong energetic Medical Women with post-graduate experience in Midwifery" for "country work" in western Canada. A young Dr. Mary Percy was intrigued. After graduating with

Brings together contributions from established and merging scholars in a number of different disciplines who each examine the concept of culture as it is understood and deployed within their respective fields.

Outlining the stages in party evolution, such as the recruitment of activists into the party and the search for a national profile, this book presents the history of Reform Party development. It offers the glimpse of a political party attempting to bridge the participatory demands of its members and the strategic plans of its leaders.

Examines how Albertans have interpreted themselves and their world through history and social studies curricula and texts from 1905 to 1980. This title shows that these courses, more than others, addressed issues of identity by creating the country & region's past.

The frontier reality of confronting new conditions, adapting cultural inclinations, & dealing with a volatile environment in an effort to establish & nurture new communities is central to the western Canadian experience. This title presents a multidisciplinary study using critical essays, creative writing to explore the conceptions of the 'West'.

Examines through multiple lenses eight topics related to the contemporary urban domain. This title seeks to demystify the structure and historical development of the contemporary city. It is suitable for those examining the city from either the professional design or cultural studies standpoint.

Dedicated to the memory of Richard G Forbis, this collection of papers presented by his students and colleagues represents a tribute to a pioneer and legend in Alberta archaeology. It focuses on new directions in northern plains archaeological research.

Representing the constituency of Vegreville, Alberta, for the Social Credit Party, Anthony Hlynka was a high-profile Member of Parliament who garnered much attention from the English-language press. This title presents the story of the only sitting member of parliament of Ukrainian origin from 1940 to 1945.

Explores the differences between the Canadian and American West. This title examines how we conceptualise the history and development of the West and how that influences our perceptions.

Based on the author's own experience of homesteading in northern Alberta at the beginning of the twentieth century, this novel tells the story of a young couple from France, who come to the West filled with naive optimism & romantic hope.

Starting with his middle-class Ottawa upbringing, Forsey's philosophical pilgrimage was the product of a deep allegiance to a Christian social gospel, exposure to the radical politics of the labour movement & the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, & a profound reverence for British Tory constitutionalism. This is a biography of Forsey.

Offers an historical analysis of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary within the context of the broader evolution of academic nursing in Canada. This title addresses how the faculty has responded to important social trends and changes in health care policy and helps the reader to understand contemporary nursing issues.

The city acts as a backdrop to everyday life and influences the ways in which individuals interact with a greater cultural community. This title discusses changing ideas about the nature and function of the city as an essential cultural network, one that each of its inhabitants participates in, whether consciously or unconsciously.

Sheds light on the nature of the mid-nineteenth century Catholic mission to the New World & includes observations of Native communities on the Lake Superior frontier, including hunting techniques, tools, & cultural features of these tribes.

There is growing evidence that the experience of racial discrimination can have a pervasive & devastating impact on the health and well-being of Black women. This title includes essays that demonstrates the gender, religious, cultural and class background that influence how we experience illness & how we are treated within the health care system.

A biography of Warkov that considers her art through an understanding of her life and the palpable effect her life as a Jewish woman growing up on the Canadian prairies has had on her art. It provides a glimpse into the personal insights and explanations of Warkov.

The son of a CCF member of the House of Commons, the author entered political life at a young age. He was an early organiser for the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture, & later an executive in the Grandview Pool Elevator Association. The author describes his time in the world of farm politics.

Includes stories that illustrates the steadfast determination & courage of people in the face of misfortune & extreme distress. From the lesser-known weed outbreaks & tornadoes to the world-wide influenza outbreak in 1918 that devastated many Calgary families, this title focuses on the human side of these disasters.