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Seeking Social Licence for the Site C Dam

Seeking Social Licence for the Site C Dam

A Planner’s Perspective from the Peace River Waterfront

From: Damming the Peace

A Peace River Valley planner on the concept of social license, why it’s important for major projects, and how, in the case of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River … 12 $1.20 Add
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Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy Sufficiency

Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy Sufficiency

From: Resilience Imperative

Our energy diet has put us between a rock and a hot place. On one hand, we are hooked on oil and demand is increasing. On the other hand, if we do not radically reduce our fossil-fuel use, we … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Self-Care
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Self-Care

From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

In Chapter 8 Kaufman concludes the book by reflecting on the importance of maintaining your own mental health and happiness in the face of the climate crisis. The chapter discusses topics such as … 14 $1.40 Add
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Self-help

Self-help

From: Equal as Citizens

1990s. Looks at the emergence of a counter to the Welfare State built on two tennents self-help through entrepreneurship and economic efficiency through intergovernmental cooperation using the … 13 $1.30 Add
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Selling Off Our Country

Selling Off Our Country

From: Living with Uncle

Examines the high number of major corporations in Canada that are majority foreign owned or controlled and what this means for Canada 11 $1.10 Add
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Selling Radian6

Selling Radian6

From: Unicorn in the Woods

In this chapter, Pitts outlines the sale of Radian6 to Salesforce, a fast-growing company based on the West Coast. This led to a financial windfall for all involved. 15 $1.50 Add
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Send in the Think Tanks to Win the Battle of Ideas

Send in the Think Tanks to Win the Battle of Ideas

From: Harperism

focuses on Brian Lee Crowley, his neoliberal ideas, and the think tank he founded 39 $3.90 Add
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Setting up a Bookkeeping System (and QuickBooks)
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Setting up a Bookkeeping System (and QuickBooks)

From: The Farmer's Office

QuickBooks (and Bookkeeping) Best Practices – Choosing a Bookkeeping Software – The Initial Setup – QuickBooks: An Overview of Things You’ll Do – Reports in … 38 $3.80 Add
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Settlement in an Age of Mercantilism
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Settlement in an Age of Mercantilism

Chartered Companies, Clash of Empires, 1500-1700

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses mercantilism and the beginnings of chartered companies such as the Hudson Bay Company and European settlement in Canada as the European empires sought to expand their trade … 10 $1.00 Add
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Settlements of lawsuits, known and unknown

Settlements of lawsuits, known and unknown

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Analyzes some murky NAFTA settlements to demonstrate why we should be wary of FIPA 8 $0.80 Add
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Settler–Migrant Relationships: A Brown Woman’s Journey

Settler–Migrant Relationships: A Brown Woman’s Journey

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

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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Shame and silence in health care

Shame and silence in health care

From: Bent out of Shape

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Share the Wealth!

Share the Wealth!

How we can tax Canada’s super-rich and create a better country for everyone

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, millions of Canadians suddenly found themselves out of work as businesses shuttered and the country went into lockdown. While many were struggling to … 208 View
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Sharing the Wealth

Sharing the Wealth

From: BlackBerry Town

Covers RIM and Jim Balsillie’s support of the University of Waterloo and the foundation and growth of Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). 16 $1.60 Add
Shift Change

Shift Change

Scenes from a Post-industrial Revolution

Hamilton’s industrial age is over. In the steel capital of Canada, there are no more skies lit red by foundries at sunset, no more traffic jams at shift change. Instead, an urban … 252 View