Geography

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Chapter 3

Colonel Danforth Park and Lower Highland Creek Parkk

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

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Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Colonel Danforth and Lower Highland Creek Parks, located in Toronto’s Highland Creek watershed. He uses these parks to introduce local native fungi … 5 $0.50 Add
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City of One

From: Feminist City

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Kern explores how mobile digital technologies are essential feminist tools to urban survival. 31 $3.10 Add
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How We Welcome

Why Canada's Refugee Resettlement Program Undermines Place-making

From: Subdivided

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The chapter discusses immigrant sponsorship to Canada and ensuring successful settlement for families upon arrival. ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Nowhere to Go but Up

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

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Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … 13 $1.30 Add
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Slogging towards Tomorrow

From: Shift Change

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This chapter examines the activities of the Hamilton Roundtable and other similar institutions, which sought to bridge the gaps between government, the non-profit sector, business, churches, and … 48 $4.80 Add
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Stores

From: South End Boy

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1930s and 1940s Halifax. Stores in the city 8 $0.80 Add
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THE BUSINESS OF SOLDIERING

From: Casa Loma

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1895 – 1910. The social life, Pellatt as a colonel, to aldershot for the empire ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Dingle, 1945–46 23

From: A Halifax Boyhood

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Looks at The Dingle official sir Sanford Fleming Park and an incident that occurred their in his childhood 1945-46 ; 7 $0.70 Add
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6. Gentrification is about Physical Displacement

From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

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Chapter 6 focuses on the physical displacement of people, families, and communities through gentrification. Topics discussed include personal accounts of displacement, the connection between … 34 $3.40 Add
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Chapter 4

East Point Park

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

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Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes East Point Park and its Bird Sanctuary, overlooking Lake Ontario from atop Toronto’s Scarborough Bluffs. He outlines the impressive diversity of … 3 $0.30 Add
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City of Protest

From: Feminist City

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Kern examines how activism and public protest can connect women to cities and feminist politics. 30 $3.00 Add
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Creating Affordable Housing in Real Neighbourhoods

From: How We Changed Toronto

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1970s. One of the very significant actions of the new Council was to embark on an affordable housing program. This resulted in thousands of affordable units being built by Council’s housing … 33 $3.30 Add
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Eats

From: South End Boy

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1930s and 1940s Halifax. Where/ what he ate 8 $0.80 Add
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Finding Space for Spirituality

From: Subdivided

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The author explores the racist opposition to the Meadowvale Islamic Centre in Mississauga. 11 $1.10 Add
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Henry Box Brown, an International Fugitive

Slavery, Resistance, and Imperialism

From: Black Geographies

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In 1849 in Richmond, Virginia, the slave Henry Brown, with the help of a white shoe-dealer and a black freedman, camouflaged himself as “dry goods” by crawling into a wooden shipping … 22 $2.20 Add
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In on the Ground Floor

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

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Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … 6 $0.60 Add