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"The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name"
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"The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name"

From: Len & Cub

The authors talk about how Len & Cub’s story/photographs came to be preserved in the archive and how we can piece together their story. It also discusses queer historical context. ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Pursuit of Global Justice

The Pursuit of Global Justice

From: Is This the End of the Liberal International Order?

In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan begins by recalling his experiences as a human rights lawyer in The Hague. He describes notable cases he was involved in and how it shaped his … 85 $10.20 Add
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The Quagmire of Mobility Tech
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The Quagmire of Mobility Tech

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 6 explores urban mobility. Topics discussed include electrification, transportation, bike-share programs, walkability, the use of public space, autonomous … 17 $1.70 Add
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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

The Quebec Question

From: Quebec in Question

A brief account of the political circumstances in Quebec in the late 1960s, and the emergence of separatist support among the francophone population. 10 $1.00 Add
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Chapter 4

Chapter 4

The Quiet Conversation of a Colonized People

From: Quebec in Question

A brief survey of Quebec political, social and economic history from 1840 to 1945 22 $2.20 Add
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From Dispossession to Dependency

From Dispossession to Dependency

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines Indigenous people and the Canadian government’s policies of dispossesion of land producing dependency. He highlights the percentage of … 5 $0.50 Add
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The Racialized Other and the Opium Act: The Early 1900s

The Racialized Other and the Opium Act: The Early 1900s

From: Heroin

This chapter examines socially constructed definitions of “good” vs “bad” drugs and narcotic prohibition in Canada. The unequal enforcement of drug laws and how this … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Fallout of a Murder

The Fallout of a Murder

From: Any Other Way

Ed Jackson recounts the fallout of the murder of 12 year old Emanuel Jaques in 1977 and the crackdown on the gay community that ensued. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism

The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism

From: Women and Work

The author examines the historical roots of the equality feminist perspective, highlighting how education and work has been traditionally gendered. 21 $2.10 Add
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The Reactive Customer

The Reactive Customer

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter looks at Hydro-Quebec’s customers and their perception of H-Q. ; 18 $1.80 Add
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The Reckoning, Part I
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The Reckoning, Part I

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 8 focuses on the Nuremberg trials, and other efforts to hold perpetrators of war crimes during the Second World War criminally responsible. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Reckoning, Part II
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The Reckoning, Part II

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 14 discusses the questions surrounding compensation for many of the victims of Nazi war crimes that were still unresolved by the 1990s for their historical responsibilities of forced … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom

The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom

From: Uncle

In this chapter, Thompson examines the "Mammy" figure, another stock character who was first depicted in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The chapter also touches on Confederate monuments, and … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Resistance

The Resistance

From: Resistance and Renewal

People rarely comply fully and easily to the introduction of oppression. Native children also produced counter-cultures in their resistance to the oppressive system which was Kamloops Indian … 27 $0.54 Add
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The Resistance

The Resistance

From: TSQELMUCWÍLC

In Chapter Four the author describes forms of resistance by the students within Kamloops Indian Residential School. ; ; 23 $2.30 Add
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The Reunion

The Reunion

From: On Love and Tyranny

In this chapter, Heberlein explores ideas of forgiveness, and examines Arendt’s decision to forgive Martin Heidegger. 10 $1.00 Add