Books in the Mercury Series series

The most up-to-date prehistoric culture study of a key area on the Canadian northwest coast.

Why has there been an upsurge in Canadians converting to Buddhism in recent decades and what does it mean to lead a Buddhist life in contemporary Canada? This book answers these questions and more athrough life stories richly complemented by images and contextual readings.

How did a son of Ukrainian immigrants rise through the Canadian political system and reach the position of a cabinet minister? How did the ethnocultural communities contribute to Starr's political success? This study examines Mike Starr's career in an attempt to answer some of these questions.

Between 1928 and 1971, nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This book presents a history of this important Canadian ocean immigration facility during its years of operation and later emergence as a site of public commemoration.