Connections Canada is part of the Outlooks Program written exclusively by a team of British Columbia social studies authors to meet the unique requirements of the BC Social Studies IRP.

The Outlooks Program consists of one hardcover text per Grade 4 through to Grade 7. Richly illustrated in full colour, each book is written to meet the learning outcomes of the specific IRP.

French version Horizons 5: La Mosaique Canadienne available. Please contact Chenelière Éducation (www.cheneliere.ca) for details.

Daniel Francis is an historian and the author/editor of more than twenty books, including five for Arsenal Pulp Press: The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture , National Dreams: Myth, Memory and Canadian History, LD: Mayor Louis Taylor and the Rise of Vancouver (winner of the City of Vancouver Book Award), Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919, Canada's First War on Terror and Imagining Ourselves: Classics of Canadian Non-Fiction. His other books include A Road for Canada, Red Light Neon: A History of Vancouver's Sex Trade, Copying People: Photographing British Columbia First Nations 1860-1940, The Great Chase: A History of World Whaling, New Beginnings: A Social History of Canada, and the popular Encyclopedia of British Columbia. He is also a regular columnist in Geist magazine, and was shortlisted for Canada's History Pierre Berton Award in 2010. Daniel lives in North Vancouver, BC.

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