Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Prologue xi
5. Beginnings
6. From Europe to Canada: Life as a Refugee 3
7. The Love of Learning 19
8. Sociology Here and Abroad 32
9. Working and Getting Involved: Thérèse Casgrain 48
10. Executive Secretary of a National Royal Commission 59
11. Life as a Politician
12. Going into Politics, Me? 81
13. The House of Commons: A Strange Universe 97
14. Parliamentary Secretary for Eleven Months 123
15. Minister or Not? National Revenue 140
16. The Biggest Department
17. National Health and Welfare: The Medical Research Council 163
18. Social Policies: The Child Tax Credit and Pensions 181
19. Aboriginal Health: Inuit and First Nations 214
20. The Canada Health Act (1984) 234
21. Under the Microscope: A Few Very Public Files 280
22. Working with Pierre Trudeau
23. The First Quebec Referendum (1980) 303
24. Trudeau's Two Departures 315
25. “The Boss” 330
26. Becoming an Academic
27. A Visiting Professor: Notre Dame and McGill 349
28. Four Years in Women's Studies (Unearthing Women's Health) 366
29. Dean of the New Faculty of Health Sciences 389
30. Visiting Professor in Health Administration: Insolent Thoughts about Universities 419
31. An Ontario Report on Education and Two International Commissions 445
32. Conclusion 481
33. Acknowledgments 489
34. Index 493