2019 Festival Report for Jane’s Walk Toronto highlights communications, testimonials, and recommendations; however online version omits recommendations

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An investigative report on the American back pain industry, Crooked (2017) underlines limitations of Descartes’ theory of a mind-body split

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James C. Scott (1972) argues that corruption, like violence, must be understood as a regular, repetitive, integral part of the operation of most political systems

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In worldwide colonial history Indigenous peoples succumbed to disease arriving with settler society, were pushed aside to marginal lands, or were killed; many resisted

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Dictionary of Canadian Biography speaks of Colonel Samuel Smith in his retirement years – as the first settler landowner in Long Branch, following his years of service in War of the American Revolution

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Can the term neoliberalism be turned into a useful analytic tool? Answer: Yes, it can

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My interest in colonial and military history began with a study of local history in Toronto

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World history of land use helps explain many things, including why African-American families are losing their land

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The blurb for Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (1998) closely matches the contents of the book

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In the early 1900s, Amsterdam conservationists helped preserve the city’s remaining canals; however, by then, its much-admired maritime vista had disappeared – thanks to a new railroad station

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