‘I wrote The Imperilled Ocean to show that the ocean’s story is also our own’
Laura Trethewey is an ocean journalist on a noble mission: she wants to know how people can save the oceans. So she wrote her first book about it, The Imperilled Ocean: Human Stories From a Changing Sea, an illuminating, beautifully written, and important read, especially for Canada’s federal legislators. In 2015, the former writer and […]
‘Braver Canada’: a new book paths a fresh course for Canada around the globe
A former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. and an international relations professor argue in a book that Canada needs a new approach as international institutions have been permanently altered. Braver Canada: Shaping Our Destiny in a Precarious World is the latest project by former diplomat Derek Burney and Carleton University professor Fen Osler Hampson. “The […]
‘Political chaos can be wrestled into submission’: veteran Liberal backroomer Pat Sorbara reflects on a life’s work in politics
Pat Sorbara is perhaps best known for her work behind the scenes with the Ontario Liberal Party, from working in the transition office following the election of former premier David Peterson in 1985, all the way up to heading the fourth straight election of the party under former premier Kathleen Wynne in 2014. But she […]
Making his mark: Bourrie wins Taylor Prize
Former Parliament Hill reporter Mark Bourrie took home this year’s RBC Taylor Prize and a hefty $30,000 cheque for his latest book, Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson. The book about one of the founding members of the Hudson’s Bay Company profiles Pierre-Esprit Radisson, who came to New France as a 15-year-old, where he […]
Former Harper adviser Benjamin Perrin pens book on opioid crisis
University of British Columbia law professor Benjamin Perrin has authored a new book on the opioid crisis, which criticizes the drug policies of his past boss, former prime minister Stephen Harper. Prof. Perrin served as Mr. Harper’s legal adviser, working out of the Prime Minister’s Office, from 2012 to 2013, but later broke with Mr.Harper, […]
It’s Louis Riel Day today in Manitoba, Salhany offers a fresh book on Canada’s ‘most famous trial in court history’
It might be Family Day in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and New Brunswick today, but in Manitoba today, it’s Louis Riel Day, Feb. 17. Roger E. Salhany, a retired justice of the Superior Court of Ontario and a former trial lawyer, has written a fabulous book, A Rush to Judgment: The Unfair Trial of Louis […]
‘Government can do so much by doing less’: Desmond Cole on shedding discomfiting light on systemic injustices
OTTAWA—Desmond Cole wants Canadians to abandon their reflexive impulse to measure social and racial progress against their southern neighbours. In 2015, his awarding-winning Toronto Life cover story, in which he offered a searing account of his own experiences of being carded by the police, disrupted stubborn notions that Canada is largely immune to the injustices […]
Raptors boss Masai Ujiri joins Trudeau on Africa trip
The president of the defending NBA champions has joined the Canadian prime minister for a trip to Africa where Justin Trudeau hopes to win votes in Canada’s bid for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council. The Toronto Raptors’ Masai Ujiri joined Mr. Trudeau on Can Force One as it headed from Ottawa […]
Julie Lalonde’s Resilience Is Futile to be released this month
Telling a story of fleeing from domestic violence at 20, to being stalked by a former partner for more than a decade, Julie Lalonde‘s Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie S. Lalonde will be released later this month. “Resilience Is Futile is a story of survival, courage, and ultimately, hope,” […]
Bourrie brings New France explorer Pierre-Esprit Radisson’s story to life in Bush Runner
Mark Bourrie has written 14 books, but his most recent book, Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, a groundbreaking biography of the adventurous New France fur trader, explorer, and co-founder of the Hudson’s Bay Company, is attracting attention in Canada and the U.S. It’s been nominated for this year’s prestigious $30,000 RBC Charles Taylor […]
