Winnipeg 150: Non-Fiction

Recommended reads to learn more about Winnipeg's past, present and future.

Updated April 8, 2024
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Tuning the forks : a celebration of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Anderson, Don
Paper Book

2

The Manitoba flood of 1950 : an illustrated history
Bumsted, J. M.
Paper Book

3

Crossroads of the continent : a history of the Forks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers
Huck, Barbara.
Paper Book

4

Dancing Through Time: The First Fifty Years of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Dafoe, Christopher
Paper Book

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Going Downtown: A History of Winnipeg's Portage Avenue
Gourluck, Russ
Paper Book
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Blue and Gold: 75 Years of Blue Bomber Glory
Irving, Bob
Paper Book
From the early days of Fritzie Hanson to the glory days of Bud Grant to the exciting operation of today, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have been one of Canada's most loved football teams. Well--known sports broadcaster Bob Irving has assembled a Who's Who of Winnipeg journalists to tell the story of...

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Imagining Winnipeg : history through the photographs of L.B. Foote
Paper Book
In an expanding and socially fractious early twentieth-century Winnipeg, Lewis Benjamin Foote (1873-1957) rose to become the city's pre-eminent commercial photographer. Documenting everything from royal visits to deep poverty, from the building of the landmark Fort Garry Hotel to the turmoil of...
Also available in eBook format.

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Winnipeg modern : architecture, 1945-1975
Keshavjee, Serena
Paper Book
A vivid, stylish, and fascinating look at internationally acclaimed architects and their work. Beginning in the 1940s, John A. Russell, dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Manitoba, nurtured a strong tradition of Modernist design with close connections to architectural giants...
Also available in eBook format.

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1919 : a graphic history of the Winnipeg General Strike
Graphic History Collective
Paper Book
In May and June 1919, more than 30,000 workers walked off the job in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They struck for a variety of reasons--higher wages, collective bargaining rights, and more power for working people. The strikers made national and international headlines, and they inspired workers to mount...

10

From Fire to Flood: A History of Theatre in Manitoba
Longfield, Kevin
Paper Book
Theatre as we know it started in Manitoba almost a century and a half ago. During that time it has produced some shining moments, some unforgettable characters, and some great stories: how two visionaries, Tom Hendry and John Hirsch, convinced Manitoba to embrace a theatre centre that became a...

11

Indigenous Resistance and Development in Winnipeg: 1960-2000
MacKinnon, Shauna
Paper Book
Tracing through Indigenous institutional development in Winnipeg, and providing a unique perspective on the history of Indigenous housing development, education, and economic development, Indigenous Resistance and Development in Winnipeg 1960-2000 explores Indigenous resistance in Winnipeg through...

12

Rooster Town : the history of an urban Me?tis community, 1901-1961
Peters, Evelyn J.
Paper Book
Melonville. Smokey Hollow. Bannock Town. Fort Tuyau. Little Chicago. Mud Flats. Pumpville. Tintown. La Coule. These were some of the names given to Métis communities at the edges of urban areas in Manitoba. Rooster Town, which was on the outskirts of southwest Winnipeg endured from 1901 to 1961.<...
Also available in eBook format.

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Prairie metropolis : new essays on Winnipeg social history
Friesen, Gerald
Paper Book
At the turn of the twentieth century, Winnipeg was the fastest-growing city in North America. But its days as a diverse and culturally rich metropolis did not end when the boom collapsed. Prairie Metropolis brings together some of the best new graduate research on the history of Winnipeg and...
Also available in eBook format.

14

Joe from Winnipeg: All My Best
Ross, Ian
Paper Book
Joe from Winnipeg is an acclaimed series of weekly commentaries penned and performed by Ian Ross (winner of the 1997 Governor General's Award for Drama) on CBC Radio One. Phenomenally successful since they began to air, these humorous commentaries reflect a compassionate and curious Everyman. In...

15

Winnipeg architecture : 100 years
Thompson, William Paul
Paper Book

16

Back in the bigs
Turner, Randy
Paper Book

17

North End love songs
Vermette, Katherena
Paper Book
Katherena Vermette's award-winning poetry collection North End Love Songs is an ode to the place she grew up, where the beauty of the natural world is overlaid with the rough reality of crime and racism. When a young girl's brother goes missing, she learns what prejudice and discrimination...

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North End love songs
Vermette, Katherena
Paper Book
Katherena Vermette's award-winning poetry collection North End Love Songs is an ode to the place she grew up, where the beauty of the natural world is overlaid with the rough reality of crime and racism. When a young girl's brother goes missing, she learns what prejudice and discrimination...
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