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Gardening, Agroecology and Forming Relationships with the Land

Gardening, Agroecology and Forming Relationships with the Land

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

Alliances are being formed, facilitating scale-up. New food assembly and distribution hubs are being created for farmers producing on a larger scale but still using more responsible … 10 $1.00 Add
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gastarbeider/guest labourer

gastarbeider/guest labourer

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

The author confronts conflicting feelings about the aesthetics of the Dutch language. 6 $0.60 Add
Gender Failure

Gender Failure

Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon are accomplished, award-winning writers, musicians, and performers; they are also both admitted "gender failures. " In their first collaborative book, Ivan … ; 256 View
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Gender Retirement

Gender Retirement

From: Gender Failure

In this chapter Spoon introduces the concept of gender retirement, a refusal to identify within the gender binary, building on their decision to adopt the pronoun "they." 8 $0.80 Add
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Geographies of Gay Sex in the Digital Age

Geographies of Gay Sex in the Digital Age

From: Any Other Way

Matthew Gagné describes the experience of hooking up in Toronto’s contemporary digital landscape. 3 $0.30 Add
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George Hislop: The Unofficial Gay Mayor

George Hislop: The Unofficial Gay Mayor

From: Any Other Way

Gerald Hannon provides a brief biography of George Hislop a gay rights advocate and politician. 3 $0.30 Add
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George Taylor Denison
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George Taylor Denison

From: Making of Canada

In this chapter, Koabel examines George Taylor Denison’s role in Canadian identity and anti-American sentiment during the American Civil War era. 13 $1.30 Add
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Georges Vanier
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Georges Vanier

From: The Governors General

In this chapter, Fraser traces the tenure of General Georges-Philias Vanier as Canada’s Governor General (1959–1967). 19 $1.90 Add
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Get Mad - Play Rock 'n' Roll

Get Mad – Play Rock ‘n’ Roll

From: Any Other Way

Susan Cole recalls her experience forming a band in the 1970’s and the power of music to inspire a community. 4 $0.40 Add
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Getting Down to Work

Getting Down to Work

From: How We Changed Toronto

Deals with his first years in office – 1969 – 1972 30 $3.00 Add
Ghosts in a Photograph
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Ghosts in a Photograph

In Ghosts in a Photograph, award-winning nonfiction writer Myrna Kostash delves into the lives of her grandparents, all of whom moved from Galicia, now present-day Ukraine, to Alberta at the turn … 304 View
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Girl Failure

Girl Failure

From: Gender Failure

In this chapter, trans masculine writers Spoon and Coyote describe feeling different than other young girls growing up, and their experiences with ostracization for not identifying with … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Give Hope a Chance
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Give Hope a Chance

From: Still Hopeful

In Chapter One, Barlow stresses how– as we come out of a global pandemic and face many more crises on the horizon– we need to remain hopeful. In this chapter Barlow argues for staying … 42 $4.20 Add
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Giving Too Much Away

Giving Too Much Away

From: No One to Tell

In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses instances of positive policing during her career and provides examples of officers who made an effort to live up to the … 10 $1.00 Add
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Glossary

Glossary

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

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