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Purpose-Driven Firms and Why They are Successful
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Purpose-Driven Firms and Why They are Successful

From: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders

In this chapter, Wali, Ahmed, Rahman, and Ferdous explore how firms like Patagonia, Unilever, and Danone embed social and environmental missions into core operations, moving beyond profit maximisation. ; 25 $2.50 Add
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Pushing the Bar Higher

Pushing the Bar Higher

From: Oi's Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the relationship between the oil industry and Alberta’s conservative leadership including the strain on the relationship by recent … 10 $1.00 Add
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Putting Southern Farmers First

Putting Southern Farmers First

Journeys to Decolonization

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

This chapter is a conversation between a Colombian coffee farmer and a worker-member of Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op. 9 $0.90 Add
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Q’eqchi’ People Fight Back against Hudbay Minerals, in Their Own Words
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Q’eqchi’ People Fight Back against Hudbay Minerals, in Their Own Words

From: Testimonio

Essays in this section: Formal Human Rights Violation Complaint – Testimonio: Maria Magdalena Cuc Choc, Taking Claims to Canadian Courts – Mynor Padilla, Hudbay Mineral’s Former … ; 28 $2.80 Add
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Qualifying as Canadian: Economic Diplomacy, Mining, and Racism at the Escobal Mine in Guatemala

Qualifying as Canadian: Economic Diplomacy, Mining, and Racism at the Escobal Mine in Guatemala

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

In Chapter 8, authors Caren Weisbart, Jennifer Moore and Charlotte Connolly examines the Canadian mining industry in Guatemala. The chapter explores events surrounding the role of Canadian … ; 30 $3.00 Add
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Quebec Nationalism and Globalism

Quebec Nationalism and Globalism

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

Since 1980. Traces the ups and downs of Quebec Nationalism from the defeat of the 1980 referendum to the near victory of the 1995 referendum and the aftermath of this second referendum 35 $3.50 Add
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Quest for Purpose

Quest for Purpose

From: Clean Money Revolution

Clear mind, honest and healthy relationships, emotional integrity, and “clean living” were cures as well as life tenets. Career, money, and health, must be connected. The affluent may … ; 17 $1.70 Add
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R.B. Bennett
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R.B. Bennett

From: The Prime Ministers

In this chapter, Stewart examines the tenure of R. B. Bennett, Canada’s eleventh prime minister, who governed from 1930 to 1935 amid the Great Depression. 12 $1.20 Add
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Rachel’s Story

Rachel’s Story

From: The Doctors We Need

In this chapter, Sanfilippo presents the stories of Rachel, a family physician in a small Ontario community, and Sara, a patient whose recovery depended on Rachel’s advocacy. 7 $0.70 Add
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Racism, Human Rights and Immigration

Racism, Human Rights and Immigration

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

Insight into the Canadian Left response to these topics from 1963-2013 12 $1.20 Add
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Railways and Protection: Corporate Welfare from MacDonald to Laurier
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Railways and Protection: Corporate Welfare from MacDonald to Laurier

From: At the Trough

In this chapter, Carbonneau traces Canada’s tradition of corporate welfare. 12 $1.20 Add
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Re-enfranchising People as Commoners, Participants in Responsible Self-Governance

Re-enfranchising People as Commoners, Participants in Responsible Self-Governance

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

The author suggests that restoring governance for a common good that includes the well-being of the whole planet will require revitalizing democracy at every level. 12 $1.20 Add
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Re-engineering women's work

Re-engineering women’s work

From: Bent out of Shape

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Re-imagining Sport and Spectatorship

Re-imagining Sport and Spectatorship

From: Game Misconduct

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Reactionary and Bellicose Policies

Reactionary and Bellicose Policies

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

Early 1900s. The tension becomes unbearable, and the elite becomes more and more convinced that only war is the definitive solution of the social problem — and of many other problems. There … 24 $2.40 Add
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Ready to Rally

Ready to Rally

Marshalling Public Opinion, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 3, Klein examines the challenges the Canadian public face when trying to bring about climate action. Klein focuses on increasing widespread awareness through Public Education, … 40 $4.00 Add