Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Award winning author Gregory S. Kealey's study of Canada's security and intelligence community before the end of World War II depicts a nation caught up in the Red Scare in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution and tangled up with the imperial interests of first the United Kingdom and then the United States. Spying on Canadians brings together over twenty five years of research and writing about political policing in Canada. Through itse use of the Dominion Police and later the RCMP, Canada repressed the labour movement and the political left in defense of capital. The collection focuses on three themes; the nineteenth-century roots of political policing in Canada, the development of a national security system in the twentieth-century, and the ongoing challenges associated with research in this area owing to state secrecy and the inadequacies of access to information legislation. This timely collection alerts all Canadians to the need for the vigilant defence of civil liberties and human rights in the face of the ever increasing intrusion of the state into our private lives in the name of countersubversion and counterterrorism.

Praise for The Royal Canadian Mounted Police: "...delightful... the images are full of warmth and humour." -CBC Radio, Window on the Arts "Big, bold and blazingly red, Tétro has brought new life to old Canadian icons." -The Ottawa Sun "The illustrations are quite enchanting... bold and bright, in a uniquely simple style." -Books in Canada

COP is the true story of Bill Sharp's service in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1968 to 2011. For over forty-three years he served in British Columbia where he upheld the law in Trail, Burnaby, Castlegar, Surrey, North Vancouver, Coquitlam and Langley. These are his stories of basic training, followed by first-hand accounts of violence, tragedy and interesting events-experiences recounted with honesty and humour. It is a lucid, credible and articulate memoir of the author's career as a front-line policeman in the RCMP....

The true history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police comes to life in this factual unit about Canada's legendary police force. Students follow the force from its infancy in the Canadian West through the growing pains of the Yukon Gold Rush to the present day. Our unit is divided into three parts combining optional lessons and a pictorial history with the main body of the unit. Part one is a structured, knowledge-based section focusing on important events and the role of the R.C.M.P. in the history of the Canadian West. Finally, a unit that will allow students to understand the real story behind Canada's men and women of the red serge. This Canada lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

Booklet giving an overview of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force and it's work.