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From Indigenomics and the Unfolding Media Narrative From: Indigenomics View New Society Publishers	Topics discussed in this chapter include indigenous business media themes, and conflict and risk in industry project development.	Carol Anne Hilton	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From Industry captures the oil sands From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the Oil Industry’s capture of the oil sands in Alberta as a way to boost the economic interests of the province.	Kevin Taft	19	2017	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Labour’s Agenda in a Period of Reaction From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In this chapter, Jackson examines CLC policies in the 1980s and 1990s, which struck a balance between inward-looking economic nationalism, regulating access to domestic markets, and a more …	Andrew Jackson	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From Managing Risk From: Five Good Ideas View Coach House Books	This chapter by Derek Ballantyne focuses on risk as an essential part of change and presents ways to learn from risks that lead to failure or success.	Derek Ballantyne	6	2011	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Mining Abroad Getting Real — Canadian Mining Abroad and the Ombudsman for Responsible Enterprise From: Corporate Rules View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Elizabeth Steyn critically examines what lead to the short comings of the long-awaited creation of the Canadian Ombudsman for Responsible Enterprise or CORE which was promised to …	Elizabeth Steyn	15	2022	$1.50 Add
From Part 3: Mobilizing Citizens and Their Governments Governing Sustainable Communities From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	This chapter is about governing sustainable communities, and explores both governance and government in this context. In particular, it focuses on public participation, decision-making, the role …	Marc Roseland	17	2012	$1.70 Add
From NEW! Principle K – Strengthen the Foundation From: Building Community View New Society Publishers	A Strong Social Foundation – Research Corner – Community Norms— Or, What is Normal? – Building a Stronger Social Foundation for Your Community – Case Study: Getting …	James S. Gruber	27	2020	$2.70 Add
From Racism, Human Rights and Immigration From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History View James Lorimer and Company	Insight into the Canadian Left response to these topics from 1963-2013	Christopher Webb	12	2016	$1.20 Add
From Silver Lining From: BlackBerry Town View James Lorimer and Company	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, …	Chuck Howitt	16	2019	$1.60 Add
From Step 4: Piloting From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior View New Society Publishers	Think of a pilot as a “test run,” an opportunity to work out the bugs before committing to carrying out a strategy broadly. As noted in the chapters on developing strategies, the …	Doug McKenzie-Mohr	7	2011	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Table of Cases From: Canadian Competition Law & Policy View Irwin Law Inc.	-	John S. Tyhurst	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Take Commoning to Scale From: Free, Fair and Alive View New Society Publishers	The final chapter addresses how commons can be scaled up, and why it is important to believe that commons have a significant contribution to make toward global change. The authors introduce the …	David Bollier	30	2019	$3.00 Add
From NEW! The Backward City Section 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 12 focuses on cities dubbed “backward,” calling them a category of Backward Cities and exploring how they can evolve into a more forward economy. This chapter discusses topics …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From NEW! The Baseline for Data-driven Decision-making From: Shifting the Balance View ECW Press	Readings in part 3 of this text explore how data-driven organizations share core values and how businesses can build connections with their data. This chapter discusses how successful …	Mark Schrutt	9	2021	$0.90 Add
From The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another A Letter From the Future From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	Greetings to you, people of the year 2007! You are living in the year of my birth; I am one hundred years old now, writing to you from the year 2107. I am using the last remnants of the advanced …	Richard Heinberg	12	2010	$1.20 Add
From The End of Politics From: The Great Class War 1914-1918 View James Lorimer and Company	1914. When war breaks out, the elite is delighted, and understandably so: strikes and other social troubles suddenly come to an end, the revolutionary threat goes up in smoke, and the political …	Jacques R. Pauwels	24	2016	$2.40 Add