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Forgotten Secrets
Should we feel shamed by what our ancestors did? Are we doing anything that will make our descendants feel ashamed? While researching World War II for a school project, Jenn, Jo and Jas find secrets in each other's past that bind them together. Why weren't the Nazis prosecuted for the murder of more than forty Royal Winnipeg soldiers, including Jo's great-grandfather? Why won't Jaslyn's mom tell her anything about her father's side of the family? Jenn, though, discovers a lot more than she wants to know about her great-great grandfather. Those discoveries force her to ask herself hard questions making her wonder if forgotten secrets should stay forgotten.
Sophie's Treason
Following the 1838 rebellion in Lower Canada, with her father missing and his brother arrested, Sophie and Luc must use ingenuity and courage to secure a bright future.
Sophie's Rebellion
Rebellion becomes personal for American Sophie Mallory when she's taken prisoner during a visit to Lower Canada in 1838 ? but then she is befriended by a young rebel.
The Temerity of Hope
Kidnapped, gagged and locked in a closet, six-year-old Beverley Boissery hoped for rescue with the fierce yearning of a wounded child. Through this experience, she learned that, no matter how bleak the situation, hope would sustain and support her. This transformational memoir is funny, poignant and, at times, desolate.
A Deep Sense of Wrong
In 1839 fifty-eight men left Montreal for the penal colony of New South Wales. They were ordinary people who had been caught up in the political whirlwind of the 1838 rebellion. Even though they were all civilians, they had been tried by court martial. Convicted of treason, their properties forfeited to the crown, they paid a heavy price for rebellion. And as convicts in Australia, they were considered the lowest of a bad lot. During their years there, however, they earned the respect of Sydney’s citizens.
A Deep Sense of Wrong
A rare, detailed account of 58 political prisoners from Canada who became convicts in Nsw
Magistrates, Police and People
Based on extensive research in judicial and official sources, Donald Fyson offers the first comprehensive study of the everyday workings of criminal justice in Quebec and Lower Canada. Focusing on the justices of the peace and their police, Fyson examines both the criminal justice system itself, and the system in operation as experienced by those who participated in it. Fyson contends that, although the system was fundamentally biased, its flexibility provided a source of power for ordinary citizens. At the same time, the system offered the colonial state and its elites a powerful, though often faulty, means of imposing their will on Quebec society. This study will challenge many received historical interpretations, providing new insight into criminal justice in early Quebec.
My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures
Since his call to the Bar in 1960, Martin L. Friedland has been involved in a number of important public policy issues, including bail, legal aid, gun control, securities regulation, access to the law, judicial independence and accountability, and national security. My Life in Crime and other Academic Adventures offers a first-hand account of the development of these areas of law from the perspective of a man who was heavily involved in their formation and implementation. It is also the story of a distinguished academic, author, and former dean of law at the University of Toronto. Moving beyond the boundaries of conventional memoir, Friedland offers an extended meditation on public policy is...
The Persons Case
On 18 October 1929, John Sankey, England's reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled in the Persons case that women were eligible for appointment to Canada's Senate. Initiated by Edmonton judge Emily Murphy and four other activist women, the Persons case challenged the exclusion of women from Canada's upper house and the idea that the meaning of the constitution could not change with time. The Persons Case considers the case in its political and social context and examines the lives of the key players: Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, and the other members of the "famous five," the politicians who opposed the appointment of women, the lawyers who argued the case, and the judges who decided it. Rober...
