As 2011 approached, the non-profit, charitable Andrew Fleck Child Care Services commissioned a history to mark its 100th anniversary. The resulting work describes the development of the Ottawa agency from its humble beginnings as a tiny Lowertown nursery caring for... Read more.

This follow-up to Capital Lives contains thirty-two new profiles of well-known Canadians from Ottawa's past, all of which have appeared in the author's Forever Young column since the publication of the first volume in 2005.
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More than four thousand nurses graduated from the Ottawa Civic Hospital School of Nursing during its forty-nine year existence (1924-1973). This lively history not only chronicles the growth of a justly acclaimed school, it also provides an interesting look at three earlier institutions... Read more.

To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Canadian Citizenship Act (1947), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, in conjunction with private-sector parties, commissioned this book. A survey history, it traces the evolution of Canadian citizenship and the role played by immigration... Read more.

The Zonta Club of Ottawa, which was founded in 1929, is a branch of Zonta International, a business and professional women's service organization that was formally launched in Buffalo, New York in November 1919. Commissioned by the Zonta Club of Ottawa, this history describes the circumstances surrrounding the Ottawa club's founding and chronicles its development... Read more.

This history chronicles the development of the Riverside Hospital, an active-treatment facility, from its opening in 1966 to 1996, when Ontario's Health Services Restructuring Commission began debating the future of the Riverside and other hospitals in the Ottawa region. Read more.

Ottawans owe Valerie Knowles a debt of gratitude for searching and recording on paper for our enlightenment, the lives of 32 well-known citizens from the past. What riches she has uncovered about these remarkable men and women, and what they did to build the cornerstones and fabric of our community. Read more.

In December 1986, 13 public-spirited Ottawans came together to establish something very new, very challenging, and within little more than a decade, astonishingly successful, a groundbreaking organization dedicated to making philanthropy, easy, effective and enduring. Read more.

Immigrants and immigration have always been central to Canadians' perception of themselves as a country and as a society. This crisply written history describes the different kinds of immigrants who have settled in Canada and the immigration policies that have helped to define the character of Canadian immigrants over the centuries. Read more.

Cairine Wilson, Canada's first woman senator, was raised in one of Montreal's most affluent and influential families in an atmosphere of strict Presbyterianism, tempered by rugged Scots liberalism. She early displayed an interest in politics and, as a daughter of a Liberal senator, was befriended by many notable politicians, including Wilfrid Laurier. Read more.

William C. Van Horne was one of North America's most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, he became a prominent railroading figure in the United States before being lured north to Canada to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Railway. Read more.