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Northern voices: Inuit writing in English
Par Penny Petrone. 1988
The Inuit of northern Canada have a rich oral historic tradition in their own language and a more recent tradition…
of written English. This collection includes legends, poetry, interviews, letters, essays, speeches and fiction. 1988.North spirit: travels among the Cree and Ojibway nations
Par Paulette Jiles. 1995
Paulette Jiles first went to northern Ontario as a journalist for the CBC in 1974. Living and working with the…
Cree and Ojibway people of the north, she writes about the introduction of new technologies and communications systems, and their clash with traditional native culture, during her seven years there. 1995.My conversations with Canadians (Essais ; #no. 4)
Par Lee Maracle. 2017
On her first book tour at the age of 26, Lee Maracle was asked a question from the audience, one…
she couldn't possibly answer at that moment. But she has been thinking about it ever since. As time has passed, she has been asked countless similar questions, all of them too big to answer, but not too large to contemplate. These questions, which touch upon subjects such as citizenship, segregation, labour, law, prejudice and reconciliation (to name a few), are the heart of "My Conversations with Canadians". In prose essays that are both conversational and direct, Maracle seeks not to provide any answers to these questions she has lived with for so long. Rather, she thinks through each one using a multitude of experiences she's had as a Canadian, a First Nations leader, a woman and mother and grandmother over the course of her life. Presents a tour de force exploration into the writer's own history and a re-imagining of the future of our nation. Bestseller. 2017. Uniform title: Essays.Follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson, and remarkable water drum. This drum, and forty…
other artefacts, were given away by a Canadian museum to an American Anishinaabe group that had no family or community connections to the collection. Many years passed before the drum was returned to the family. Matthews takes us through this astonishing set of events from multiple perspectives, exploring community and museum viewpoints, visiting the ceremonial group leader in Wisconsin, and finally looking back from the point of view of the drum. The book contains a powerful Anishinaabe interpretive perspective on repatriation and on anthropology itself. Winner of the 2017 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-fiction. 2016.Les nouvelles thérapies: mieux vivre et guérir autrement
Par Jean Vernette, Claire Moncelon. 1999
Les auteurs proposent une vue d'ensemble sur les nouvelles thérapies d'après leurs typologies et principes fondateurs. Ils apportent également des…
éléments de discernement quant aux valeurs scientifique, éthique, humoriste et spirituelle de ces dernières. 1999.Mingan my village
Par Solange Messier. 2014
"Mingan my village" is a collection of 15 faces and 15 poems written by young Innu. Given a platform to…
be heard, the children chose to transport readers far away from the difficulties and problems related to their realities to see the beauty that surrounds them in nature. Winner of the 2013 Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec (5-11 years category). Grades K-3 and older readers. 2014.Modern drugs can be miraculously life-saving, and many illnesses demand their use. But what happens when our reliance on powerful…
pharmaceuticals blinds us to their risks? Bestselling author Dr. Andrew Weil alerts listeners to the problem of overmedication, and outlines when medicine is necessary, and when it is not. 2017.Mind-body deceptions: the psychosomatics of everyday life
Par Steven L Dubovsky. 1997
Dr. Dubovsky explains how the mind and body help and also interfere with each other. Includes a discussion of depression,…
the immune system, cancer, and heart disease. Suggests how to use the mind to heal the body. 1997.The author discusses how natural remedies are used in various countries to lower cholesterol, sharpen memory, fight infections, and otherwise…
improve health. She presents evidence supporting the value of these cures, describes how they work, and offers advice on proper usage. 1997.Memory serves and other essays (Writer as critic ; #13)
Par Lee Maracle. 2015
Gathers together the oratories that author Maracle has delivered and performed over a twenty-year period. Revised for publication, the lectures…
hold the features and style of oratory intrinsic to the Salish people in general and the Stó:lō in particular. From her Coast Salish perspective and with great eloquence, Maracle shares her knowledge of Stó:lō history, memory, philosophy, law, spirituality, feminism and the colonial condition of her people. 2015. Uniform title: Essays.Medicine unbundled: a journey through the minefields of indigenous health care
Par Gary Geddes. 2017
Me artsy: an exploration and deconstruction of the Aboriginal artistic spirit as seen and practised through various art forms that demonstrate reflections on society through an indigenous perspective, including talents not just limited to those considered
Par Drew Hayden Taylor, Zacharias Kunuk. 2015
While First Nations cultural practice still honours traditional forms, contemporary indigenous artists have diversified into many areas. The fourteen contributors…
whose essays make up "Me Artsy" pursue such varied disciplines as filmmaking, gourmet cuisine, blues piano, fashion design, acting, writing and painting as well as traditional drumming and storytelling. Their concerns include the ones that occupy artists everywhere—how does one get started, where do you find inspiration, how does one make a living. What makes "Me Artsy" special is that all these concerns are always overlaid with an awareness of First Nations identity. 2015.Mercies in disguise: a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them
Par Gina Bari Kolata. 2017
Kolata tells the story of the Baxleys, an almost archetypal family in a small town in South Carolina. A proud…
and determined clan, many of them doctors, they are struck one by one with an inscrutable illness. They finally discover the cause of the disease after a remarkable sequence of events that many saw as providential. Meanwhile, science, progressing for a half a century along a parallel track, had handed the Baxleys a resolution--not a cure, but a blood test that would reveal who had the gene for the disease and who did not. And science would offer another dilemma--fertility specialists had created a way to spare the children through an expensive process. 2017.Matters gray and white: a neurologist, his patients, and the mysteries of the brain
Par Russell Martin. 1987
The author accompanied Dr. John Ferrier for one year, observing the man and his medical practice. The neurologist confronts multiple…
sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses. Some strong language. 1987.Le pouvoir de la lumière: à l'aube d'une nouvelle médecine
Par Anadi Martel. 2016
À la fois très ancienne et futuriste, la luminothérapie - ou '' médecine de la lumière '' - s'appuie désormais…
sur de solides bases scientifiques qui attestent de ses nombreuses propriétés thérapeutiques, révolutionnant la pratique médicale. Dans cet ouvrage très complet, Anadi Martel nous offre un tour d'horizon des dernières recherches d'avant-garde sur la luminothérapie et nous présente les nombreuses applications thérapeutiques qui en sont issues. S'adressant aux soignants comme à tous ceux qui pourraient en bénéficier, il nous montre les incroyables effets de la lumière sur la santé physique et morale - voire sur l'éveil de la conscience - et nous livre de précieux conseils pratiques et faciles à appliquer pour en tirer le meilleur avantage au quotidien. 2016.Les aliments pour rester jeune
Par Jean Carper. 1997
Listening to Prozac: A Psychiatrist Explores Antidepressant Drugs And The Remaking Of The Self
Par Peter D Kramer. 1993
The author, a professor of clinical psychiatry and a practicing psychiatrist, may prescribe the drug Prozac, but he also supports…
the need for further study of its long-term effects. Is it right to give someone a personality-altering drug that makes him or her feel "better than well?" Through clinical studies with his own patients, Kramer addresses questions about how Prozac and other mood-changing drugs can affect society. 1993.Life on the ground floor: letters from the edge of emergency medicine
Par James Maskalyk. 2017
Humanitarian doctor and activist James Maskalyk, author of "Six Months in Sudan", draws upon his experience treating patients in the…
world's emergency rooms. From Toronto to Addis Ababa, Cambodia to Bolivia, he discovers that although the cultures, resources and medical challenges of each hospital may differ, they are linked indelibly by the ground floor: the location of their emergency rooms. Here, on the ground floor, is where Dr. Maskalyk witnesses the story of "human aliveness"--our mourning and laughter, tragedies and hopes, the frailty of being and the resilience of the human spirit. And it's here too that he is swept into the story, confronting his fears and doubts and questioning what it is to be a doctor. Bestseller. Winner of the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. 2017.Le patient et le médecin
Par Marc Zaffran. 2014
Dans l'esprit de tous, la relation entre patient et médecin est simple et naturelle : l'un demande des soins, l'autre…
les lui prodigue. La réalité est souvent très différente. Soigner est peut-être naturel quand il s'agit de nos proches, mais les professionnels de la santé n'ont souvent ni la formation ni la motivation pour exercer dans les conditions adéquates. Un peu partout, le monde médical reste marqué par une culture peu propice au souci et au respect de l'autre. Certaines attitudes médicales peuvent même être maltraitantes, en particulier à l'égard des femmes. S'appuyant sur des exemples tirés des contextes français et québécois, Zaffran a voulu aller au fond de cette question, qu'il a souvent abordée dans ses différents ouvrages : comment la relation entre patient et médecin peut-elle cesser d'être un rapport de force et devenir, pleinement, une relation de soin - c'est à dire d'entraide, de soutien et de partage. 2014.Les autochtones et le Québec: des premiers contacts au Plan Nord (PUM)
Par Martin Papillon, Alain Beaulieu, Stéphan Gervais. 2013
Des premiers contacts jusqu’au récent Plan Nord, la rencontre entre les Autochtones et les descendants des Européens est au cœur…
du développement économique, politique et culturel du territoire aujourd’hui nommé Québec. Cet héritage commun, avec ses contradictions et ses tensions, nous est parfois rappelé dans des circonstances difficiles, comme celles de la Crise d’Oka et du mouvement Idle No More. Écrit par des auteurs chevronnés cet ouvrage unique en son genre propose une série de dix-huit essais qui plongent au cœur des réalités et des enjeux historiques et contemporains des onze peuples autochtones du Québec. 2013.