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The Politics of Linkage: Power, Interdependence and Ideas in Canada-US Relations by Brian Bow (UBC Press)

Do Canada and the United States share a special relationship, or is this just a face-saving myth? Offering detailed accounts of four major bilateral disputes, The Politics of Linkage traces a history of US/Canadian relations and the post-war diplomatic culture.

Brian Bow is an associate professor of political science at Dalhousie University and co-editor of An Independent Foreign Policy for Canada? Challenges and Choices for the Future.

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Who Owns the Arctic?: Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North by Michael Byers (Douglas & McIntyre)

In Who Owns the Arctic?, a leading Arctic expert and international lawyer explains the sometimes contradictory rules governing the Arctic and the disputes that still need to be resolved.

Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia. He has led two projects for Arcticnet, a Canadian government-funded research consortium.

A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future by Larry Campbell, Neil Boyd & Lori Culbert (Greystone Books)

A Thousand Dreams raises provocative questions about the challenges confronting not only Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, but most of North America’s major cities and offers concrete, albeit controversial solutions that are needed urgently.

Larry Campbell was mayor of Vancouver from 2002 to 2005 and oversaw the establishment of North America’s first legal injection site. He was appointed a Canadian Senator in 2005.

Neil Boyd is a professor and associate director of the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University.

Lori Culbert is an award-winning journalist with the Vancouver Sun.

Branding Canada: Projecting Canada’s Soft Power through Public Diplomacy by Evan H. Potter (McGill-Queen’s University Press)

In offering the first comprehensive overview of the origins, development and implementation of the country’s public diplomacy, Branding Canada offers policy advice on Canada’s approach, and advances the thinking on public diplomacy.

Evan H. Potter is assistant professor in the Department of Communication, University of Ottawa.