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af Marilyn Barber, Murray Watson ...

Serier Bog 12 - Studies in Immigration and Culture
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Gold Diggers

War of 1812: A History from Beginning to End

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

Being Prime Minister

The Travel Journals of Henrietta Marchant Liston

Au nord: À nu

The Centennial Cure

Genre, patrimoine et droit civil

Au risque de la conversion

Claiming the Land

Policy Transformation in Canada

Pioneer Public Service

The Queen at the Council Fire

The Shaping of Peace

Big Daddy

Saint John Fortifications, 1630-1956

A Fishery for Modern Times

VSO Labrador Clues

King's Men

Port Alberni

Canada's Parliament Buildings

Royal Spectacle

Revisiting "Our Forest Home": The Immigrant Letters of Frances Stewart

Invisible Immigrants