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From  NEW! Exploding the Data UniverseFrom: Shifting the Balance |
Readings in part 1 of this text explore how companies combine intuition with data and analytics to drive competitive wedges in their markets. Case studies in this chapter include businesses like … | Mark Schrutt | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Farming Ecologically: The NFU in OntarioFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The sixth chapter looks more closely at the role of the NFU in Ontario, especially in its work to promote environmentally sustainable practices. Interviews are with Dianne Dowling, Peter Dowling, … | Bryan Dale | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Free-Enterprise FoundationsFrom: Ruling Canada |
- | Jamie Brownlee | 14 | 2005 | $1.40 Add |
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From  From the Quiet Revolution to the First Sovereignty Referendum |
1963-1980. Looks at the dramatic social change in francophone Quebec and the Quiet Revolution as a society-wide movement that imbraced Trade Unions, the women’s movement, and even the … | 33 | 2012 | $3.30 Add | |
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From  Greening the Tax SystemFrom: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do! |
Chapter 6 deals specifically with environmental taxation. If major fiscal reforms are to be undertaken to deal with the crisis, this could be a strategic moment to implement a green tax shift. … | Brigitte Alepin | 28 | 2012 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Here Come the AmericansFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
In this chapter, Pitts describes Q1 Labs’ success in finding funding, and how they confronted concerns about their Canadian and Maritime location. | Gordon Pitts | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Homes, Jobs and FriendsFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes what how homeless shelters should be assisting homless people in three areas: finding a home, preparing for work, and developing friendships. Analyzes how the Gateway Shelter (Salvation … | 16 | $1.60 Add | ||
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From  Imperialist Friends and Foes on the Road to a Great War |
The imperialist rivalries heat up as a result of the rapidly increasing importance of new raw materials such as rubber and oil. War becomes more and more likely and ultimately inevitable. The … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 21 | 2016 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Increasing Income Taxes for the One Per CentFrom: Share the Wealth! |
Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter discusses the benefits to increasing income taxes for the top one percent of earners in … | Angella MacEwen; Jonathan Gauvin | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Indian Act EconomicsFrom: Indigenomics |
Topics discussed in this chapter include the Indian Act, the perception of the Indian Act and the conditions for an indigenous economic market failure. | Carol Anne Hilton | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Inequality of Wealth |
The inequality of wealth in Canada is far greater than the inequality of incomes — Canada’s top 40 families own more than the bottom 40% (6,186,000 households) do. For middle class … | Lars Osberg | 23 | 2018 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Influencing ChangeFrom: Five Good Ideas |
This chapter by John Oesch focuses on identifying personal losses and how to effectively go about change. | John Oesch | 4 | 2011 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Interrogating the Union Politics of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity |
The floodgates have been opened and systemic racism is now at the centre of national attention. If we do not seize this opportunity to rebuild labour unions as a transformative vehicle for a … | Carol Wall; Winnie Ng | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From  JapanFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
Product Labeling and Advocacy Workers’ Collective Movement Health and Happiness Elder Care | John Restakis | 21 | 2010 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Just TransitionFrom: Getting to Zero |
Discusses how the shift away from carbon-heavy industries should and could be done in a socially just way to ensure workers in sunset industries, Indigenous People, and immigrants will not be … | Tony Clarke | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Keeping on Track: Performance Indicators for a Better SocietyFrom: Curing Affluenza |
Chapter 6 explores the indicators of a better society, discussing topics including gross domestic product (GDP), economic growth, child literacy and health, and protections. It includes an … | Richard Denniss | 25 | 2018 | $2.50 Add |
