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Shrimp Farms or Shrimps Harm?

Shrimp Farms or Shrimps Harm?

From: Changing Tides

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Silicon Valley North

Silicon Valley North

From: BlackBerry Town

Howitt examines the growth of Kitchener-Waterloo’s growing reputation as a tech leader from the perspective of several staff and executives of other tech companies in the area. 26 $2.60 Add
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Silver Lining

Silver Lining

From: BlackBerry Town

Howitt outlines the years following BlackBerry’s collapse, noting how many of the talented and educated tech workers BlackBerry was forced to lay off stayed in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, … 16 $1.60 Add
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Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall?

Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall?

From: The New Carbon Architecture

In this chapter, the author seeks to answer the question: are there limits to how much increases in urban density — especially via vertical growth — will contribute to rather than … 11 $1.10 Add
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Slogging towards Tomorrow

Slogging towards Tomorrow

From: Shift Change

This chapter examines the activities of the Hamilton Roundtable and other similar institutions, which sought to bridge the gaps between government, the non-profit sector, business, churches, and … 48 $4.80 Add
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SNC-Lavalin
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SNC-Lavalin

Captured or Complicit? SNC-Lavalin and the Normalization of Corruption in Canada

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Steven Bittle and Jennifer Quaid examine the SNC-Lavalin scandal and the normalization of corruption in Canada. Bittle and Quaid use three key moments in the evolution of the … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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So What’s Stopping You?

So What’s Stopping You?

From: Curing Affluenza

Chapter 9 concludes with a call to action, discussing topics including democratic reform and citizen influence, Neoliberalism, communal goals and future cultural changes. 18 $1.80 Add
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Social Business: Key to a Sustainable Future
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Social Business: Key to a Sustainable Future

From: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders

In this chapter, Hasan presents social business, a non-dividend and socially driven enterprise model championed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh. 13 $1.30 Add
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Social Co-ops and Social Care

Social Co-ops and Social Care

From: Humanizing the Economy

On Civil Society and the Social Economy On Reciprocity Social Co-operatives The Case for Co-op Approach to Social Care Beyond Defensiveness Creating a Social Marker 32 $3.20 Add
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Social Democracy and Labour
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Social Democracy and Labour

From: The Fire and the Ashes

In this chapter, the author discusses the conditions and circumstances that labour movements faced during his career. Topics include the rise of student activism, the culture wars of the 1970s, … 7 $0.70 Add
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Social Dividend as a Citizen Right

Social Dividend as a Citizen Right

From: From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization

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Social Exclusion
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Social Exclusion

From: About Canada: Health and Illness

Chapter Five unpacks the concept of social exclusion and its relationship to health outcomes in Canada, highlighting the experiences of marginalized groups such as Indigenous Peoples, people of … 30 $3.00 Add
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Social Innovation Re-Loaded: The Social as Innovation
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Social Innovation Re-Loaded: The Social as Innovation

From: Interrupting Innovation

In this chapter, Gharabaghi redefines social innovation as a way of being in relation to social problems rather than a method for solving them, challenging activities that perpetuate existing … 22 $2.20 Add
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Social Movement Organizations as a Vehicle for Change

Social Movement Organizations as a Vehicle for Change

From: Take Back the Fight

Chapter four, Social Movement Organizations as a Vehicle for Change, first unpacks what movement organizations are, looking at the campaign for maternity leave as a case study, and then … 18 $1.80 Add