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Mobilizing science and technology to Canada's advantage

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Canada. Industry Canada. [Ottawa, ON]: Government of Canada , 2007.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: Q127 DC2 C212 2007

v.1: Mobilizing science and technology to Canada's advantage; v.2: Realiser le potentiel des sciences et de la technologie au profit du Canada; v.3: Mobilizing science and technology to Canada's advantage : summary

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Corporate Author: Canada. Industry Canada

Place of Publication: [Ottawa, ON]

Publisher: Government of Canada

Publication Date: 2007

Physical Description: 3 v.

Subjects: Health Policy; Science; Technology; Canada

Abstract: v.1: Mobilizing science and technology to Canada's advantage; v.2: Realiser le potentiel des sciences et de la technologie au profit du Canada; v.3: Mobilizing science and technology to Canada's advantage : summary

ISBN: 09780662451556 (English); 09780662735304 (French); 9780662692287 (Summary)

Language: English; French

Material Type: Book; Online

Retention Policy: Discard in 2010

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

Call Number: Q127 DC2 C212 2007

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Pandora's DNA : tracing the breast cancer genes through history, science, and one family tree

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Stark, Lizzie. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press , 2014.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 S795 2014

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Stark, Lizzie

Place of Publication: Chicago, IL

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: 324 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - history; Breast Neoplasms - genetics; Mastectomy - history; Genetic Screening; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genes, BRCA1; Genes, BRCA2; Personal Narratives; Autobiography; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781613748602; 1613748604

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 S795 2014

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Death of cancer : after fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reveals why the war on cancer is winnable--and how we can get there

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DeVita, Vincent T. Jr., DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11.1 D496 2015

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: DeVita, Vincent T. Jr.; DeVita-Raeburn, Elizabeth

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 324 p., [16] p. of plates ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - history; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Medical Oncology - history; Biomedical Research; Antineoplastic Agents - history; History of Medicine; United States; Autobiography

Notes: Table of Contents:; Introduction; Outrageous fortune; The chemotherapists; MOMP; MOPP; The war on cancer; Boots on the ground; Cleaning house at the National Cancer Institute; Frances Kelsey syndrome; Where rubber meets the road; The death of cancer; Outrageous fortune part II.

ISBN: 9780374135607

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ11.1 D496 2015

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Last frontier : exploring the afterlife and transforming our fear of death

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Assante, Julia. Novato, CA: New World Library , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BD444 A844l 2012

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Assante, Julia

Place of Publication: Novato, CA

Publisher: New World Library

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: xvi, 407 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Speculative Philosophy; Attitude to Death; Spiritualism; Thanatology; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781608681600

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: BD444 A844l 2012

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Tools for knowledge and learning : a guide for development and humanitarian organisations

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Ramalingam, Ben. London: Research and Policy in Development Programme , 2006.

Audience: Professional

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Author: Ramalingam, Ben

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Research and Policy in Development Programme

Publication Date: 2006

Subjects: Learning; Knowledge; Interpersonal Relations; Education

ISBN: 0850038138

Language: English

Material Type: Book; Online

Audience: Professional

Location: Internet

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Comfortable with uncertainty : 108 teachings

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Chodron, Pema. [Boston, MA]: Shambhala , 2002.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM61 C545 2002

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Alternate Title: Comfortable with uncertainty : 108 teachings on cultivating fearlessness and compassion

Author: Chodron, Pema

Editor: Sell, Emily Hilburn

Place of Publication: [Boston, MA]

Publisher: Shambhala

Publication Date: 2002

Physical Description: xviii, 222 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: Buddhism; Philosophy; Uncertainty; Fear - psychology; Compassion; Meditation; Mindfulness; Popular Work

Notes: Branch copies may vary by ISBN and pagination

ISBN: 9781611805956; 9781570629723; 1570629722

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WM61 C545 2002

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Living beautifully with uncertainty and change

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Chodron, Pema. Boulder, CO: Shambala Publications, Inc. , [2019].

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM61 C545 2019

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Author: Chodron, Pema

Editor: Oliver, Joan Duncan

Place of Publication: Boulder, CO

Publisher: Shambala Publications, Inc.

Publication Date: [2019]

Subjects: Buddhism; Philosophy; Uncertainty; Fear - psychology; Compassion; Meditation; Mindfulness; Popular Work

ISBN: 9781611806809

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WM61 C545 2019

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Oncology : tumors and treatment, a photographic history : selections from the Burns Archive, 1845-1945

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Burns, Stanley B. New York: Burns Archive Press , 2004.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: QZ11 B967 2004

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Alternate Title: v.1: Anesthesia era 1845-1875; v.2: Antiseptic era 1876-1900; v.3: X-Ray era 1901-1915; v.4: Radium era 1916-1945

Author: Burns, Stanley B

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Burns Archive Press

Publication Date: 2004

Physical Description: 4 v.

Subjects: Neoplasms - history; Radium - history; Radiotherapy - history; Anesthesia - history; Anti-Infective Agents, Local - history; X-Rays - history

ISBN: 0961295880 (v.1); 0961295899 (v.2); 0974868809 (v.3); 0974868817 (v.4)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: QZ11 B967 2004

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Twelve rules for life : an antidote for chaos

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Peterson, Jordan B. [Toronto, ON]: Random House Canada , 2018.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WM172.4 P485 2018

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Contents:; Stand up straight with your shoulders back -- Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping -- Make friends with people who want the best for you -- Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today -- Do not let your children do anything that mak…

Alternate Title: 12 rules for life

Author: Peterson, Jordan B.

Place of Publication: [Toronto, ON]

Publisher: Random House Canada

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: xxxv, 409 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects: Psychology, Applied; Adaptation, Psychological; Attitude; Behavior; Philosophy; Decision Making; Self Concept; Popular Work

Abstract: Contents:; Stand up straight with your shoulders back -- Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping -- Make friends with people who want the best for you -- Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today -- Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them -- Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world -- Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient) -- Tell the truth--or, at least, don't lie --Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don't -- Be precise in your speech -- Do not bother children when they are skateboarding -- Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.

ISBN: 9780345816023

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WM172.4 P485 2018

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Caring the human mode of being : a blueprint for the health professions

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Roach, M. Simone. [Ottawa, ON]: CHA Press , 2002. 2nd rev. ed.

Audience: Professional

Call Number: WY100 R628 2002

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Roach, M. Simone

Edition: 2nd rev. ed.

Place of Publication: [Ottawa, ON]

Publisher: CHA Press

Publication Date: 2002

Subjects: Philosophy, Nursing; Ethics, Nursing; Nursing Care

ISBN: 1896151442

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Victoria Library

Call Number: WY100 R628 2002

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Walking in balance

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Johnston, Basil H. Neyaashiinigmiing, ON: Kegedonce Press , 2013.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WB890 J72 2013

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

"We have, according to our beliefs, 5 essential parts: body, soul, spirit, heart, and mind which all have to be satisfied equally. When you are in balance you are walking on the right road, following the right path of life. - Author

Alternate Title: Meeyau-ossaewin

Author: Johnston, Basil H.

Place of Publication: Neyaashiinigmiing, ON

Publisher: Kegedonce Press

Publication Date: 2013

Physical Description: 79 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: First Nations; Ojibwa - philosophy; Ojibwa Indians - religion; Quality of Life; Moral development; Storytelling; Popular Work

Abstract: "We have, according to our beliefs, 5 essential parts: body, soul, spirit, heart, and mind which all have to be satisfied equally. When you are in balance you are walking on the right road, following the right path of life. - Author

Notes: Eight stories, written in both Anishinaabe and English languages.

ISBN: 9780986874048

Language: English; Anishinaabe

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WB890 J72 2013

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer

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Mukherjee, Siddhartha. New York, NY: Scribner , 2010.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

Availability: 5 copies, 4 available

Author: Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Scribner

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xiv, 571 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subjects: Leukemia - history; Neoplasms - history; Medical Oncology; Leukemia - drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents - history; History of Medicine; History, 20th Century; United States

ISBN: 9781439107959; 1439107955; 9781439170915 (pbk.)

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ11 AA1 M953e 2010

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Calling down the sky

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Deerchild, Rosanna. BookLand Press , 2015.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WZ80.5 D312 2015

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950''s when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents'…

Author: Deerchild, Rosanna

Publisher: BookLand Press

Publication Date: 2015

Physical Description: 80 p. ; 22 cm

Series: Canadian aboriginal voices

Subjects: Poetry; Indigenous Canadians - history; Child Abuse - history; First Nations - residential schools; First Nations; Canada; Popular Work

Abstract: Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in the 1950''s when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents'' wishes. Many were forbidden to speak their language and practice their own culture. The author portrays how the ongoing impact of the residential schools problem has been felt throughout generations and has contributed to social problems that continue to exist today. -- Provided by publisher.