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One Year Later: Little Sign of Separatism's Growth
Montreal, Quebec
The same article as The War Measures Act didn’t help Quebec separatism after all, published just one day earlier in the Toronto Daily Star.
The same article as The War Measures Act didn’t help Quebec separatism after all, published just one day earlier in the Toronto Daily Star.
One-year Lease of Property [original]
Binding: protected ; loosely sewn into protective paper folder housed between two sheets of Bristol board
Leaves: very good to near fine ; appears to be vellum ; one corner has some damage (tear) ; the terms of the lease are handwritten ;…
Leaves: very good to near fine ; appears to be vellum ; one corner has some damage (tear) ; the terms of the lease are handwritten ;…
Tags: 18th century, handwritten, lease, seal, stamp, vellum
Oraison Funebre de Tres-Haut et Puissant Seigneur Messire Michel Le Tellier Chevalier [original]
Binding: good to very good ; insert that reads "G. HUSER BINDING" ; deep red leather binding ; 5 raised bands on spine ; gold tooling on edges and inside covers ; "G. HUSER" in gilded print on inside front cover border detail ; marbled endpaper ;…
Ottawa's Antidote to U.S. Surcharge Ready in 10 days
Ottawa, Ontario
The Employment Support Act was being debated in House of Commons for a second time. Its purpose was to counteract a newly imposed 10% US “import surcharge.” It would see the Canadian government covering 2/3 of this cost on behalf…
The Employment Support Act was being debated in House of Commons for a second time. Its purpose was to counteract a newly imposed 10% US “import surcharge.” It would see the Canadian government covering 2/3 of this cost on behalf…
Tags: Economics, employment, Politics, US/Canada Relations
Our Doctors Need a Public Watchdog
Ottawa, Ontario
Desbarats discusses the issue of doctors being the ones who investigate other doctors. In the case he describes, a man who was both a member of the public and a doctor himself was leading the inquiry into the case of his son’s…
Desbarats discusses the issue of doctors being the ones who investigate other doctors. In the case he describes, a man who was both a member of the public and a doctor himself was leading the inquiry into the case of his son’s…
Tags: Doctors, Health care, Medical Responsibility, Medicine
Our Own Third World Give us a Jolt
Desbarats recounts a journalism conference at Western’s Graduate School of Journalism, during which the issue of how well Canadian aboriginal news stories were covered was raised by Dan David, the first Canadian Indian journalist to work…
Outside Over There
This book follows Ida who plays her horn for baby sister every night to get her to sleep while her father is away at sea. One night while she is playing her horn and not paying attention to the baby, goblins sneak in and steal the baby. When Ida…
Palm Leaf Sandwich-type Manuscript [original]
Binding: good ; wooden boards and leaves have two holes through which they would have been bound with string or cord
Protective case: wrapped in paper and kept in a case
Leaves: good ; palm leaves ; fragile (brittle) ; text on both sides ;…
Protective case: wrapped in paper and kept in a case
Leaves: good ; palm leaves ; fragile (brittle) ; text on both sides ;…
Tags: India, Palm leaf manuscript, sandwich-type, Sanskrit, Telugu
Pandemic: Can you save humanity?
Players: 2-4
Playing time: 45 minutes
Age: 8+
Game Overview: In Pandemic, you and your fellow players are members of a disease control team. You must work together to develop cures and prevent disease outbreaks, before 4 deadly diseases (Blue,…
Playing time: 45 minutes
Age: 8+
Game Overview: In Pandemic, you and your fellow players are members of a disease control team. You must work together to develop cures and prevent disease outbreaks, before 4 deadly diseases (Blue,…
Tags: 2-4 players, 45 mins, 8+, Board game, Co-operative, diseases, Games, large
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textures of your pandemic experience
A collaborative zine made about the FIMS community experience with the COVID19 pandemic.