Author: Sara Borins
Publisher: Toronto, Ont., Canada : Key Porter Books
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781550135336
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kevin Paul
Publisher: North Vancouver, B.C. : Self-Counsel Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781551800554
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Choosing to go to university is a tough decision that can affect the rest of your life. This guide will help you make these decisions by addressing each step along the way. Detailed, up-to-date profiles of the universities are provided, as well as exercises to help you pinpoint your goals and interests. Includes: -- The benefits of having a degree -- Achieving excellent study habits and keeping motivated -- Choosing the university to best suit your needs -- Opportunities for distance education -- Obtaining admission requirements and application forms -- Using the Internet to get information about Canadian universities
Author: Chuck English
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Published: 2015-06-22
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 145753388X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Philanthropic Mind is based on dozens of candid interviews with Canada’s top philanthropists who share their personal stories and surprising insights. You will find the views of these accomplished Canadians instructive, intriguing, perhaps even validating, and certainly motivational. The Philanthropic Mind is a rare opportunity to learn from and be inspired by Canada’s most generous individuals – and to glean the real reasons behind some of their largest donations. It provides eye-opening perspectives for nonprofit professionals, board members and volunteers, as well as budding and seasoned philanthropists.
Author: Anna Porter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 1476795150
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Other Words is a lively, charming, gossipy memoir of life in the publishing trenches and how one restlessly curious young woman sparked a creative awakening in a new country she chose to call home. “We need our own dreams.” —Anna Porter When Anna Porter arrived in Canada in early 1968 with one battered suitcase, little money and a head full of dreams, she had no idea that this country would become her home for the rest of her life, or that she would play a major role in defining what it means to be Canadian. And where better to become a Canadian than at the dynamic publishing house, McClelland & Stewart, an epicentre of cultural and artistic creation in post-Expo Canada? Anna Porter’s story takes you behind the scenes into the non-stop world of Jack McClelland, the swashbuckling head of M&S whose celebrated authors—Leonard Cohen, Margaret Laurence, Pierre Berton, Peter C. Newman, Irving Layton, Margaret Atwood—dominated bestseller lists. She offers up first-hand stories of struggling young writers (often women); of prima donnas, such as Roloff Beny and Harold Town, whose excesses threatened to sink the company; of exhausted editors dealing with intemperate writers; of crazy schemes to interest Canadians in buying books. She recalls the thrilling days at the helm of the company she founded in the 1980s, when Canada’s writers were suddenly front-page news. As president of Key Porter Books, she dodged lawsuits, argued with bank managers, and fought to sell Canadian authors around the world. This intriguing memoir brings to life that time in our history when—finally—the voices Canadians craved to hear were our own. In Other Words is a love letter to Canada’s authors and creative agitators who, against almost impossible odds, have sustained and advanced the nation’s writing culture. Moving effortlessly from the boardrooms of Canada’s elite and the halls of power in Ottawa, to the threadbare offices of idealistic young publishers and, ultimately, to her own painful yet ever-present past in Hungary, Porter offers an unforgettable insider’s account of what is gained—and lost—in a lifetime of championing our stories.
Author: Duncan McDowall
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13: 0773598766
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Founded in 1841 by a royal charter, Queen’s University evolved into a national institution steeped in tradition and an abiding sense of public service. Propelled initially by its Presbyterian instincts and an attachment to Gaelic culture, Queen’s has prospered and adapted over the years to match Canada’s ever-changing dynamics. In this third volume of Queen’s University’s official history, Duncan McDowall demonstrates that the late twentieth century was a contest between expediency and tradition waged through crisis and careful evolution. Testing Tradition calibrates the durability of Queen’s vaunted traditions in the face of shifts in the broader Canadian society. During this time of massive postsecondary expansion, Queen’s grew sevenfold from a small, collegial campus of 3,100 students to a sprawling cosmopolitan place of more than 20,000 students from over 120 countries engaged in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. Measuring Queen’s University’s responses to concerns over social diversity, human rights, and gender equity through the eyes of its trustees, administrators, students, faculty, and the Kingston community, this volume pays particular attention to the experiences of women and visible minorities at the university. Copiously illustrated with photographs of important people, events, and aspects of campus life, this volume shows how Queen’s, in having its traditions tested, has worked to retain the best of its past, while accepting the inevitability of change.
Author: Jodi-Ann Francis
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2015-05-27
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 1329172426
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Students from all over the world flock to Canada to pursue their studies. While every student has a different experience, there are some things that are important for student survival... and sanity. There has to be a balance between their academic and social lives, while managing to adjust to the winter season, which can last for a longer time than most students are accustomed to. This guide offers tips on how to become involved in your campus activities, create personal job opportunities, network, and how to gain some amount of financial independence. Additionally, you will find statistics and information from international students who have experienced university in Canada and wish to share their personal experiences and tips for success. Prospective and new students will find this guide very helpful, easy to read and very brief; because who has time to be reading a 100-page book on saving time and money?