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Halford Wilson, a key player in the political process to force the evacuation of coastal Japanese-Canadians from their homes and businesses during World War II, offers his perspective on these measures. As a long-term city councillor, Wilson also…

A summary of the historical relations between First Nations and the British Columbia government over the issue of Aboriginal land title. Topics include title extinguishment, the Nisga's treaty negotiations, and federal policies.

This project looked at heart rate variability (cardiovascular assessment of the nervous system) scores and compared them to countermovement jump (muscular system assessment of nervous system) scores. The goal of the project was to show that these…

W49 Magazine features the very best Creative Nonfiction, Short Stories and Poetry submitted to the annual Langara College Writing Contest by current and former Langara students. All prize winning entries are printed, along with a wide range of…

This collection houses the photographs for The LaIR landing page.

Grace MacInnis, M.L.A., reminisces about her father, J.S. Woodsworth, M.P. and reform politics in Canada during the first half of the twentieth century. Topics covered includes conscientious objecting, the Winnipeg General Strike 1919, labour…

This book is mainly adapted from the first four chapters of the open source calculus textbook titled APEX calculus, Version 3.0, by Gregory Hartman, department of applied mathematics, Virginia Military Institute. This complete calculus book is under…

On October 13, 2017, Langara held a Research Ethics Workshop to discuss quality assurance and legal issues around confidentiality in a post-secondary setting. The topics discussed were: · Administrative Inertia in Addressing Legal Threats to…

Fraser Taylor provides commentary on the principal theories presented to explain the presence of Indigenous peoples in North America, including British Columbia.

William A. Pritchard reminisces about his experiences as Reeve of Burnaby, B.C. from 1932-1935 and his involvement in left wing politics in the 1930s in Western Canada. The discussion also refers to many individuals who were members of the Socialist…

Deals with the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 from the perspectives of W.A. Pritchard, a central participant, and Norman Penner, a historian of the strike. Topics include the historical record of the strike, the Red Scare Menace, socialism in…

To paint a universal picture of and attach value to women’s lives globally by telling women’s history one mother at a time. Honouring our maternal heritage by exploring, writing, sharing, preserving and performing stories that illustrate our mother’…

William A. Pritchard reminisces about his experiences as Reeve of Burnaby, B.C. from 1932-1935 and his involvement in left wing politics in the 1930s in Western Canada. The discussion also refers to many individuals who were members of the Socialist…

William A. Pritchard reminisces about his experiences as Reeve of Burnaby, B.C. from 1932-1935 and his involvement in left wing politics in the 1930s in Western Canada. The discussion also refers to many individuals who were members of the Socialist…

This is the fifth volume of the HiPo: The Langara Student Journal of History and Political Science.

This study critically examines how international South Asian students attending Langara College view education. The intention of this work is to understand the academic and behavioural rationale of South Asian international students.

Don Garcia, president of the International Longshoremen's Union, explains the history of labour relations in this industry on the port of Vancouver, British Columbia. Trade union topics covered include union structure, union affiliation, union…