Cold War Comforts examines Canadian women's efforts to protect children's health and safety between the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945 and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Amid this global insecurity, many women participated in civil defence or joined the disarmament movement as means to protect their families from the consequences of nuclear war. To help children affected by conflicts in Europe and Asia, women also organized foreign relief and international adoptions.
In Canada, women pursued different paths to peace and security. From all walks...
Cold War Comforts examines Canadian women's efforts to protect children's health and safety between the dropping of the first atomic bomb i...
The child in many post-apocalyptic films occupies a unique space within the narrative, a space that oscillates between death and destruction, faith and hope. The Child in Post-Apocalyptic Cinema interrogates notions of the child as a symbol of futurity and also loss. By exploring the ways children function discursively within a dystopian framework we may better understand how and why traditional notions of childhood are repeatedly tethered to sites of adult conflict and disaster, a connection that often functions to reaffirm the "rightness" of past systems of social order. This collection...
The child in many post-apocalyptic films occupies a unique space within the narrative, a space that oscillates between death and destruction, faith an...
Our Voices Must Be Heard examines the ideals and failings of Ontario's suffrage history, its daring supporters and thunderous enemies, and its blind spots on matters of race and class.
Our Voices Must Be Heard examines the ideals and failings of Ontario's suffrage history, its daring supporters and thunderous enemies, and its blind s...
