PreviewsIssue 87, Fall/Winter 2025/26
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Bombs Away! Hitler, World War II, and Canada’s Response to the Crisis
M. G. Bucholtz
In three parts, this book describes what happened after the First World War and the resulting rise of the Nazi Party; the response of Canada and the United Kingdom to the Nazi threat; and the air bases themselves, particularly the Bombing and Gunnery School in Mossbank, Saskatchewan.
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Boxing in the Bone Orchard
Bruce McRae
Lyrical and surreal, inquisitive and philosophical, these poems – ranging in form from sonnets to list poems, dialogue to how-to – shine with a dark whimsy, showing the internal lives of spiders and cows, and letting loose angels and demons, scarecrows and flowers.
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Breaking into Blossom
Anna Yin
This collection of lyric, haiku, concrete, glosa, ekphrastic, and found poems explores faith, sorrow, and loss in delicate portraits of loved and lost people, homages to other poets, and meditations on flowers, names, art, birds, and architecture.
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Building Bridges
A Big City Mayor Reflects on Leadership
Donald J. Atchison
Saskatoon’s longest-serving mayor offers leaders of the future an understanding of what to expect in civic politics, gives general readers an understanding of what it’s like to live the life of a politician, and explores the history of the development of Saskatoon.
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Challenging Borders
Contingencies and Consequences
Paul McKenzie-Jones, Sheila McManus, Julie Young
Drawing on insights from history, geography, Indigenous studies, political science, refugee and migration studies, the visual arts, and physics, contributors examine the roles borders play in negotiating national identities, in claims of sovereignty and belonging, and in issues of freedom of movement and security.
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Changing Care
Advancing Social Justice in the Health Professions
Jennifer Brady (Editor), Jacqui Gingras (Editor)
Through a blend of research, case studies, and personal stories, health-care practitioners present unique and diverse perspectives on the effects of structural injustice in the health-care system and offer practical strategies and solutions that can be applied in an everyday practice and beyond traditional health-care settings.
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Children Like Us
A Métis Woman’s Memoir of Family, Identity and Walking Herself Home
Brittany Penner
Métis writer Penner thoughtfully and beautifully tells the story of how she was adopted by a Mennonite family near the end of the Sixties Scoop, how she loved and lost 21 Indigenous foster siblings by the time she was seven years old, and the effect that had on her ability to believe she truly and permanently belonged in her family. Even as an adult, after success in school and relationships, this basic insecurity will interfere with her life until she finds a path to healing.
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City Rising
The Age of Dry Water
David Rotenberg
The climactic conclusion of the acclaimed epic series spanning 200 years sees the end of the battles of the opium lords and the powerful British company.
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Collaborative Methods
Participatory Data Analysis in Feminist Research
Kaylan C. Schwarz (Editor), Claudia Mitchell (Editor), Rebekah Hutten (Editor)
This collection explores the intersections between participatory data analysis and feminist research, highlighting two key approaches: methods where participants help analyze the data they contributed to, and non-hierarchical, collaborative methods involving research teams.
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Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World
Susana Barnes (Editor), Laura S. Meitzner Yoder (Editor)
Through ethnographic, historical, and legal lenses, the case studies in this book present a comparative exploration of the enduring impacts of Portuguese colonial land governance in Portugal and across five former Portuguese colonies: Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Flores, and Portuguese Timor.
