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The idea of Canada : letters to a nation / by Johnston, David,1941-author.;
Subjects: Johnston, David, 1941-; Governors general;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Canada's prime ministers, governors general and Fathers of Confederation : 81 portraits by Irma Coucill with biographies / by Coucill, Irma,1918-;
Subjects: Prime ministers; Prime ministers; Governors general; Governors general; Fathers of Confederation; Fathers of Confederation; Statesmen; Statesmen;
© c1999., Pembroke Publishers,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mary Simon / by Noelle, Becky.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.A look at the life and accomplishments of Mary Simon, who has spent her whole life fighting for Inuit rights and is the first Indigenous Governor General of Canada.LSC
Subjects: Simon, Mary; Governors general; Inuit women; Inuit; Women ambassadors; Ambassadors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The sacrifice / by Wiseman, Adele;
Subjects: Classics; Literary;
© c1995, 1956., Stoddart,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The English patient : a novel / by Ondaatje, Michael,1943-;
Winner of a Booker prize, 1992Winner of a Governor General's award, 1992
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;
© 1996., Vintage Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Lost in the barrens / by Mowat, Farley,1921-; Geer, Charles.;
Subjects: Orphans; Survival; Adventure and adventurers;
© 2000, c1956., McClelland & Stewart,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Six degrees of freedom / by Dickner, Nicolas,1972-author.; Lederhendler, Lazer,1950-translator.; translation of:Dickner, Nicolas,1972-Six degrés de liberté.English.;
"A novel featuring obsession and adventure, science experiments and parakeets, coding and container ships, Six Degrees of Freedom was the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award in its original French-language version. Nicolas Dickner is a previous winner of Canada Reads for the novel Nikolski. Three characters, three separate paths to freedom. Lisa is a young woman with an eccentric and absent mother and a father slowly succumbing to Alzheimer's. Lisa's friend Éric is an agoraphobic hacker who ends up getting rich in Denmark before his eighteenth birthday. And Jay is a former computer pirate who's paying her debt to society, day by stultifiying day, working for the RCMP in Montreal. But when Jay learns of the existence of the mysterious ship container Papa Zulu she begins a clandestine investigation to discover who made it disappear and what they are trying to hide."--Winner of the 2015 French-language Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction
Subjects: Stowaways; Hackers; Voyages around the world; Ocean travel;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The handmaid's tale / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.Winner of the GGs, the Governor General's Literary Awards, Canada Council for the Arts
Subjects: Dystopias.; Banned book sanctuary.; Classics; Literary; Misogyny; Women; Dystopias; Pregnancy; Misogyny.; Pregnancy;
© 2011., Emblem,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 6
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Bones of a Giant. by Isaac, Brian Thomas.;
Brian Thomas Isaac returns to the Okanagan Indian Reserve and a teenager's struggle to become a man in a world of racism and hardship. Isaac's debut 'All the Quiet Places', won an Indigenous Voices Award, was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. He was born on the Okanagan Indian Reserve, situated in south central British Columbia. He lives in the Salmon River Valley, BC.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Coming of Age; FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Indigenous;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The break / by Vermette, Katherena,1977-author.;
From Governor General Award-winning Metis poet and author of 'North End Love Songs', which was selected for Manitoba's provincial book club, comes a powerful intergenerational family saga showcasing Vermette's abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature. For readers of 'Birdie', Louise Erdrich and Joseph Boyden. Vermette lives in Winnipeg, MB. Print Run: 15,000 CDN
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Métis women; Métis;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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