Book Review: Beauty pageants in twentieth- century Canada may have seemed like frivolous entertainment. However, according to the new book Queen of the Maple Leaf: Beauty Contests and Settler Femininity, contests searching for the “ideal Canadian girl” also functioned as tools to reinforce gender, race, and class anxieties in a white settler society.
Over the past seven decades, Queen Elizabeth II has appeared in the pages of The Beaver and Canada’s History magazines many times. Her debut was in the March 1948 issue of The Beaver.
Book Review: Award-winning author John Boessenecker has written several books about Old West outlaws and lawmen. His recent book Wildcat is the well-researched story of bandit Pearl Hart, born Lillie Davy in Lindsay, Ontario.
Book Review:So You Girls Remember That was compiled and edited by Jenny Nelson as the culmination of a project initiated by Bellis’s now deceased son Charlie Bellis and friend Maureen McNamara. The book is infused with Bellis’s love of music, her Christian faith, and her refusal to let anything get her down for long — not to mention her bluntly salty tongue.
Book Review: On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered four female members of his family. The meticulously planned massacre happened in the small community of Castleton, Ontario, and made headlines across the continent.
Book Review:The Russian Refugees provides a glimpse not only into one family’s story but into the experiences of many Canadians, as the narrative spans nearly a century and shows a broad perspective of the country’s ever-changing values.
