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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Indigenomics and the Unfolding Media NarrativeFrom: Indigenomics |
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 sandsFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
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 ReactionFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
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 RiskFrom: Five Good Ideas |
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 AbroadGetting Real — Canadian Mining Abroad and the Ombudsman for Responsible Enterprise From: Corporate Rules |
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 GovernmentsGoverning Sustainable Communities |
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 FoundationFrom: Building Community |
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 |
Insight into the Canadian Left response to these topics from 1963-2013 | Christopher Webb | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
From Silver LiningFrom: 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, … | Chuck Howitt | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
From Step 4: Piloting |
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 |
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From Take Commoning to ScaleFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
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 CitySection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
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-makingFrom: Shifting the Balance |
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 AnotherA Letter From the Future From: Peak Everything |
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 |
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 |