The road trip genre, well established in the literatures of Canada, is a natural outcome of the nation’s obsession with geography. Divided Highways examines road narratives by Anglo-Canadian, Québécois and Indigenous authors and the sense of place and nationhood in these communities.Geography describes the land, and history peoples it, just as memories connect us to place. This is why road trips are such a feature of writing in Canada, allowing the travellers to claim, at ...

This timely volume takes stock of the discipline of comparative literature and its theory and practice from a Canadian perspective. It engages with the most pressing critical issues at the intersection of comparative literature and other areas of inquiry in the context of scholarship, pedagogy and academic publishing: bilingualism and multilingualism, Indigeneity, multiple canons (literary and other), the relationship between print culture and other media, the development of information st...

From the author who brought you “Toms MRI Space Adventure.” The book “Brianna the Iguana” is fun filled adventure of self-determination that helps to empower children of all ages. The story is about an Iguana who lives on the golf course in Florida with her family friends. Brianna the Iguana loves watching the golfers hit the golf balls. Brianna finds a broken golf club and some balls. She is so excited because now she can play the game too. Now the adventure begins...Follo...

Tom wasn’t wearing his helmet when he fell off his bike and hit his head. He had to go to the hospital. The doctor tells Tom he is going to have a test called an MRI, like an x-ray, he explains. The MRI takes pictures of the body to see what’s going on inside. Tom is afraid, but the doctor tells him to pretend he’s an astronaut about to take off on an important mission to Mars.Tom’s MRI Space Adventure helps childen have a positive experience by explaining the MRI procedur...