canada

Presents a biographical profile of author Margaret Atwood, discusses the influences on her work, including her Canadian heritage, and provides critical analyses of six Atwood novels, written between 1969 and 2000.

Examines postcolonial literary studies in Canadian secondary schools and focuses on enlarging the traditional Western canon of literature taught to encourage both minority and mainstream students to cross cultural boundaries.

Naomi Nakane, a child of Japanese immigrant parents, is interned by the Canadians at the beginning of World War II when she is five years old.

Young British pilot Stephen Dearborn, training in Canada during World War II, meets fourteen-year-old Ellen Logan when her younger brother gets into some trouble at the local airfield, and the two young people fall in love while facing difficult responsibilities brought about by the conflict.

Photographs and text profile the sculpture, prints, drawings, and textiles of the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic.

Presents a brief biography of Canadian singer and songwriter, Avril Lavigne; and chronicles her childhood, family, and success in the music industry.

Offers a brief profile of the life of hockey player Sidney Crosby, discussing his childhood, early successes in the sport, and professional career.

A biography of the goalie with the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team.

Chronicles the life, adventures, and accomplishments of fifteenth-century explorer John Cabot, describing his ships, tools, and supplies and his arrival in North America.

Pani, a young Inuit girl who longs to become a great hunter of polar bears, runs into an injured cub alone on the ice and must decide whether to kill him or save him at the risk of her own life.