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  • History of the Jews in Quebec

    by Pierre Anctil ...
    Translated by Judith Weisz Woodsworth ...
    Series series Canadian Studies
    The presence of Jews in Quebec dates back four centuries. Quebec Jewry, in Montreal in particular, has evolved over time, thanks to successive waves of migration from different regions of the world. The Jews of Quebec belong to a unique society in North America, which they have worked to fashion. The dedication with which they have defended their rights and their extensive achievements in multiple ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Quebec in the Mid-Sixties

    Photographs by Jean-Louis Anctil

    by Pierre Anctil ...
    Translated by Louis Anctil ...
    In 1963, Jean-Louis Anctil purchases a Nikkorex 35 and begins taking slide photos of his environment in Quebec City’s Upper Town. He goes on to take thousands of images that are not only a family archive but also a small-scale representation of Quebec’s modernization and the Quiet Revolution. Born in 1923, he enlists in the RCAF at a young age and flies in four-engine bombers over Europe. After ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • A Reluctant Welcome for Jewish People

    Voices in Le Devoir's Editorials, 1910-1947

    by Pierre Anctil ...
    Translated by Tonu Onu ...
    Series series Canadian Studies
    Noted historian Pierre Anctil takes a deep dive into editorials devoted to Jews and Judaism in Quebec’s daily Le Devoir in the first half of the twentieth century. Long one of the most discussed historiographical issues in Canadian Jewish history, these editorials are of great significance as they are representative of the reaction of the nationalist Francophone elite to the Jewish presence in ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Jacob Isaac Segal

    A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu

    by Pierre Anctil ...
    Translated by Vivian Felsen ...
    Series series Canadian Studies
    Translated by Vivian FelsenFinalist, 2018 Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks), Translation categoryBorn in the Ukraine in 1896, and settling in Montreal in 1910, Segal became one of the first Yiddish writers in Canada. His poetry, infused with lyricism and mysticism, along with the numerous essays and articles he penned, embodied both a rich literary tradition and the modernism of his day ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Religion, Culture, and the State

    Reflections on the Bouchard-Taylor Report

    Edited by Howard Adelman, Pierre Anctil ...
    The Canadian principle of reasonable accommodation demands that the cultural majority make certain concessions to the needs of minority groups if these concessions will not cause 'undue hardship.' This principle has caused much debate in Quebec, particularly over issues of language, Muslim head coverings, and religious symbols such as the kirpan (traditional Sikh dagger). In 2007, Quebec Premier ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Northern Ontario in Historical Statistics, 1871–2021

    Expansion, Growth, and Decline in a Hinterland-Colonial Region

    by Professor David Leadbeater, Pat Marcuccio, Charlene Faiella, Graduate of Laurentian University, Tomasz Mrozewski, Caitlin Richer, Professeur Pierre Anctil ...
    Series Book 10 - Canadian Studies
    Based on original historical tables, Northern Ontario in Historical Statistics, 1871–2021 offers an overview of major long-term population, social composition, employment, and urban concentration trends over 150 years in the region now called “Northern Ontario” (or “Nord de l’Ontario”). David Leadbeater and his collaborators compare Northern Ontario relative to Southern Ontario, as well as detail ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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