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Further Reading

Further Reading

From: The Canadian Labour Movement

A list of resources for further reading. ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Future Leaders of the North

Future Leaders of the North

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Four of this title, entitled "Turf Wars" discuss the challenges and conflicts faced by communities in the Northwest Territories during Stuart Hodgson’s career. … 5 $0.50 Add
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Gallagher’s Guerrillas
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Gallagher’s Guerrillas

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This chapter offers a vivid portrait of John Gallagher’s construction safety campaign in Toronto, centred on Norm Pike, who led unannounced inspection blitzes that shut down over 350 unsafe … 12 $1.20 Add
Gay Marriage

Gay Marriage

The Story of a Canadian Social Revolution

A history of the fight for same-sex marriage in Canada. Few issues have dominated recent Canadian politics like the legalization of same-sex marriage. As a political correspondent for The … 312 View
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Gay Marriage Gathers Strength

Gay Marriage Gathers Strength

From: Gay Marriage

Breaks down the strengthening position of Gay Marriage through a closer look at some cases from Quebec and British Columbia in the late 90s and early 2000s ; ; ; 23 $2.30 Add
Gender & Sexuality

Gender & Sexuality

Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists

The freedoms and liberties that every community, workplace and individual in Canada enjoys are due to the many struggles and social movements in our country’s history. Yet the stories, … 217 View
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Genocide’s Legacy on the Land and Dominant Economic Model
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Genocide’s Legacy on the Land and Dominant Economic Model

From: Testimonio

Essays in this section: Profiting from Genocide: The World Bank and IDB’s Bloody History in Guatemala – The Genocidal Chixoy Dam Project – Testimonio: Sebastian Iboy Osorio … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Gentlemen and Plebeians on the War Path

Gentlemen and Plebeians on the War Path

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

1914 The armies of all belligerent countries have a very pronounced “class character.” The simple soldiers are almost exclusively plebeians, mostly peasants. The officers belong to … 11 $1.10 Add
Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies
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Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

From the author of the best-selling Feminist City, this urbanite’s guide to gentrification knocks down the myths and exposes the forces behind the most urgent housing crisis of our time. … 258 View
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International Ms Leather 2000 Comes to Toronto

International Ms Leather 2000 Comes to Toronto

From: Any Other Way

Hilary Cook and Karleen Pendleton Jiménez recall the agony and ecstacy of attenting an S&M party. ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
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A Literary Breakthrough: Glad Day's Origins

A Literary Breakthrough: Glad Day’s Origins

From: Any Other Way

Jerald Moldenhauer recalls his involvement in the gay rights movement in Toronto in the 1970’s 4 $0.40 Add
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Geraldine Manson, Snuneymuxw First Nation

Geraldine Manson, Snuneymuxw First Nation

“The nurse was trying to get me to sign a paper to put our baby, Derrick, up for adoption.”

From: How We Go Home

Geraldine Manson, of Snuneymuxw First Nation, shares her story about being an Elder in Residence at the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University. She was in a residential school as a child … 18 $1.80 Add
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A Bastion of Straight Male Privilege: OCA in the 1970's

A Bastion of Straight Male Privilege: OCA in the 1970’s

From: Any Other Way

Richard Fung describes the experience of being a gay student at the Ontario College of Arts in the 1970s. 3 $0.30 Add
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Getting Europe Out of the Tar Sands: The Rise of the UK Tar Sands Network

Getting Europe Out of the Tar Sands: The Rise of the UK Tar Sands Network

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 19 Jess Worth explores The UK Tar Sands Network (UKTSN), discussing solidarity with First Nations in Canada, exposing Canadian lobbying of the British and European Union (EU) … 10 $1.00 Add
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Getting Out the Vote
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Getting Out the Vote

(1928)

From: The Ku Klux Klan in Canada

This chapter discusses Klan involvement in the electoral politics of Saskatchewan in the late 1920s 18 $1.80 Add
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Ghana, 1966

Ghana, 1966

From: Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy

In this chapter, Engler and Schalk explores Canada’s role in the 1966 military overthrow of Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah, a leader widely celebrated across the continent. ; 8 $0.80 Add