Rob Ford - The inside story of the weirdest mayoralty in Torontopublished in Toronto Life magazine as:The Incredible Shrinking Mayorby Marci McDonald

The story takes place in present-day Toronto. Mike's once happy and content family crumbles under the heavy burden of financial strain and the violent interventions of social service agencies. As the primary victim of this ordeal, Mike's son, Jason, is repeatedly manipulated by various vested interests to achieve their clandestine objectives.The novel delves deep into the dark and ugly aspects of human nature, where morality seems feeble in the face of the law, and both love and fa...

False hope, hollow promises, and a mind-numbing lack of success - these words describe the Toronto Maple Leafs and the hockey club's inexplicable mediocrity over much of the past decade.Author Peter Robinson has attended some 100 games over the past six seasons and has little to show for it except an unquenched thirst that keeps him coming back. Why does a team that hasn't won a Stanley Cup since 1967, long before many of its followers were even born, have such a hold on its fans? ...

In 'Toronto of Old,' Henry Scadding presents a rich tapestry of the city's history, weaving together vivid narratives and meticulous research that captures the spirit of 19th-century Toronto. The book employs a narrative style that combines the precision of historical documentation with the charm of anecdotal storytelling, allowing readers to vividly envision the everyday life, cultural dynamics, and pivotal events that shaped early Toronto. Through his vivid descriptions and thoughtful re...

In "Toronto of Old," Henry Scadding offers a meticulously researched and richly detailed chronicle of the city's history from the early settlements to the mid-nineteenth century. Writing in an engaging narrative style, Scadding blends historical facts with evocative descriptions of the landscape, architecture, and social fabric of Toronto. His work serves not only as a historical account but also as a literary artifact that captures the spirit and character of the city during its formative...

This is the first book in modern times that makes sense of the Nicomachean Ethics in its entirety as an interesting philosophical argument, rather than as a compilation of relatively independent essays. In Taking Life Seriously Francis Sparshott expounds Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as a single continuous argument, a chain of reasoned exposition on the problems of human life. He guides the reader through the whole text passage by passage, showing how every part...

Winner of Heritage Toronto's Award of Excellence, Book category in 2005.The pace of life in Toronto picked up after 1919 and never slowed down again. During the 1920s and '30s, Toronto went through massive changes that affected the physical and the social life of the city. In these two decades between World War I and World War II, Toronto was finding its place in the swiftly changing world of the twentieth century.Toronto Between the Wars features ...

During the first decade of the twenty-first century, schools and communities find themselves struggling with concerns of youth violence, child poverty, and race relations in an economy mired in recession. In Schooling for Life, esteemed community educator Dale E. Shuttleworth brings his rich experiences as a teacher, principal, school superintendant, policy writer, community development worker, social entrepreneur, and university course director to a discussion of public education...

In "The Life and Letters of the Rev. George Mortimer, M.A," John Armstrong artfully chronicles the poignant journey of a dedicated clergyman through a rich tapestry of personal letters, theological reflections, and biographical sketches. Armstrong employs a narrative style that is both reverential and analytical, immersing readers in the social and religious milieu of the 19th century. The book'Äôs literary context situates Mortimer as a pivotal figure within Victorian England'Äôs ecclesia...

My Life in the Law is a rich, personal reflection on Robert J. Sharpe’s long, varied, and influential career as a lawyer, scholar, and judge.After giving an account of his early life and education, Sharpe examines his time as a law student in the late 1960s, an era when great emphasis was put upon formalistic legal doctrine, heavily influenced by English law. As a legal academic in the 1970s up until the 1990s, Sharpe participated in Canadian law’s emergence from the shadow...

In The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression, Richard Moon argues that freedom of expression is valuable because human agency and identity emerge in discourse – in the joint activity of creating meaning. Moon recognizes that the social character of individual agency and identity is crucial to understanding not only the value of expression but also its potential for harm.The book considers a range of issues, including the regulation of advertising, hate speech, pornograph...

Our street-level economy is undergoing dramatic change. Retailers are reeling from the rise of e-commerce, rising rents, and increasing storefront vacancies, along with a cultural shift from material to experiential consumerism. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic is contributing to economic upheaval as commercial corridors and the small businesses they house face sweeping closures, bankruptcy, and job losses.Streetlife brings together scholars who have been trying to make sense ...