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Settler–Migrant Relationships: A Brown Woman’s Journey

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

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In this chapter, the author explores her personal identity as a racialized migrant woman in the context of academia’s structural racism. 13 $1.30 Add
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SNC-Lavalin

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

From: Corporate Rules

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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?

From: Curing Affluenza

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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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Solidarity

From: Bent out of Shape

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Step 3: Developing Strategies – Incentives

Incentives: Enhancing Motivation to Act

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

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Financial incentives can provide the motivation for individuals to perform an activity that they already engage in more effectively, such as recycling, or to begin an activity that they otherwise … 12 $0.12 Add
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Taking Action: Gender-Based Violence, Disability, and the Social Determinants of Health

Disability and Abuse Women with Disabilities “Chat” about Violene Macro-and Micro-Structural Change Notes References

From: Not A New Problem

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Tax Aspects of Equity

From: Understanding Financial Statements

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Explores tax aspects of equity, focusing on paid-up capital, the classes of shares, stock dividends, the conversion of shares, adjustments to paid-up capital and share redemptions. 8 $0.80 Add
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Tax Cuts

Part of the Problem, Not the Solution

From: Canada after Harper

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Trish Hennessy relates how the obsession with tax cuts promoted by neoliberal governments has served as a convenient excuse for slashing social programs. 15 $1.50 Add
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Technology and Localization: Trends at Play

From: The New Carbon Architecture

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This chapter explores some of the technological trends that are accelerating green building. 9 $0.90 Add
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The Community Asset Well-Being Fund

From: An Economy of Well-Being

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* Eliminating Poverty in Cincinnati within a Generation 10 $1.00 Add
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The democratic emergency

From: SOS

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Chapter 8 examines why the North lacks the same political energy for enacting change, discussing the decline in political awareness and engagement, Social movements , the business oligarchy, … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Emergent Market

From: Emergent Agriculture

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Consumers must recognize their responsibility to reward craftsmanship and hard work with patronage, and be willing to pay a fair price for their food. Consumers are actively seeking out … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Hub/Entrepot City

Section 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions

From: Cities Matter

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Chapter 9 examines entrepot cities, which are cities that serve as warehouses to export product from a nearby supply region as it is waiting to be transported to other markets. It discusses … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Making of Marcel

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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In this chapter, Pitts explores the life of Marcel LeBrun, the CEO and co-founder of iMagicTV Inc., a company that made an early attempt at delivering video-on-demand over the internet. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Only Banana You Should Buy

Changing Canadian Minsets to Choose Fairtrade

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

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In this chapter, the authors examine the roots of cheap banana thinking and the alternative that Fairtrade provides. They also share success stories from a couple of retailers whose responsible … 11 $1.10 Add
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The origins of oil’s deep state in Canada

From: Oil’s Deep State

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Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft uses Alberta as a case study to document the origins of the fossil feul industry in the province and it’s ties to government. 11 $1.10 Add