Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Capacity Building #3

Capacity Building #3

Ecoliteracy and Knowing through Implicated Participaton

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

The essential thing in people, especially kids, becoming ecoliterate is creating opportunities for ongoing participation in particular local habitats. 10 $1.00 Add
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Capacity Building #4

Capacity Building #4

Commoning Knowledge and Knowledge Commons

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

The author suggests that learning and knowledge flow from attentive participation, with the senses wide open, and possibly the heart as well. 8 $0.80 Add
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Capacity Building #5

Capacity Building #5

Commons Organizing and the Common Good

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

Staying implicated in the common good and the good of the commons and community is a big part of reclaiming the commons, though not all of it. 12 $1.20 Add
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Capacity Building #6

Capacity Building #6

A Spirit Dialogue, Reconnecting with Creation

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

Patterning won’t emerge by just wishing or waiting for its emergence. It requires action, behaviour-changing, consciousness-changing action at every level from the personal to the … 10 $1.00 Add
Captured Hearts

Captured Hearts

New Brunswick's War Brides

Imagine you’re a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war … 148 View
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Cardio-Highs: Winning and Running Away All at Once

Cardio-Highs: Winning and Running Away All at Once

From: Any Other Way

Rahim Thawer reflects on body image from the treadmill. 2 $0.20 Add
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Cast of Characters

Cast of Characters

From: How We Changed Toronto

Short biographies about the people consistently mentioned throughout the book. 7 $0.70 Add
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Casting a Wide Net

Casting a Wide Net

From: A Communist for the RCMP

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Centennial Celebrations

Centennial Celebrations

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Three of this title, entitled "Emperor of the North" discuss Hodgson’s growing power and influence in the communities of the Northwest Territories. Topics … 7 $0.70 Add
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Under a Queer Blue Sky

Under a Queer Blue Sky

From: Any Other Way

Sly Sarkisova discusses the possibilities for sexual exploration that are present in various corners of Toronto. 2 $0.20 Add
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Challenging Corporate Rule
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Challenging Corporate Rule

From: Still Hopeful

In Chapter Three Barlow discusses the importance of challenging authority– all authority. The chapter discusses topics including institutional power, networks and political structures, … 50 $5.00 Add
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Chance of a Lifetime

Chance of a Lifetime

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … 7 $0.70 Add
Changemakers

Changemakers

Embracing Hope, Taking Action, and Transforming the World

With every news report, the world seems to be careening off the rails. It’s all too easy to slip into despair waiting for co-opted, self-serving governments to act. The antidote to fear and … ; 208 View
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Changing Times: Kanadai Magyar Munkás (The Canadian-Hungarian Worker) and the 1956 Revolution

Changing Times: Kanadai Magyar Munkás (The Canadian-Hungarian Worker) and the 1956 Revolution

From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

The refugee crisis following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution initiated a time of change, growth, and transformation for Canada’s Hungarian communities. The arrival of almost 38,000 refugees … 17 $2.21 Add
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Changing Toronto’s Mind about Diversity

Changing Toronto’s Mind about Diversity

From: How We Changed Toronto

1978-1980. As mayor, I was able to use my larger podium to speak up, bring attention to and encourage public discussion of important issues. This chapter recounts a number of such instances. … 23 $2.30 Add
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Changing Worlds

Changing Worlds

From: No One to Tell

The final chapter, Changing Worlds, the author describes finalizing her divorce and her engagement with two class-action lawsuits against the RCMP for sexual harassment. 9 $0.90 Add