Discovering Canada's Government
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2001
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780195416299
- Publish Date
- Jun 2001
- List Price
- $46.19
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Discovering Canada's Government introduces children to the three levels of government in Canada. Emphasizing active participation in public decision making, the text explains the electoral process, the different aspects of parliamentary government, the Canadian legal system, and the concept of citizenship. Children learn what it means to be a member of a democratic community.
French version Je Decouvre le Systeme de Gouvernement au Canada available. Please contact Cheneliere Education (www.cheneliere.ca) for details.
About the author
Daniel Francis is an historian and the author/editor of more than twenty books, including five for Arsenal Pulp Press: The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture , National Dreams: Myth, Memory and Canadian History, LD: Mayor Louis Taylor and the Rise of Vancouver (winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award), Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919, Canada's First War on Terror and Imagining Ourselves: Classics of Canadian Non-Fiction. His other books include A Road for Canada, Red Light Neon: A History of Vancouver's Sex Trade, Copying People: Photographing British Columbia First Nations 1860-1940, The Great Chase: A History of World Whaling, New Beginnings: A Social History of Canada, and the popular Encyclopedia of British Columbia. He is also a regular columnist in Geist magazine, and was shortlisted for Canada's History Pierre Berton Award in 2010. Daniel lives in North Vancouver, BC.
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