Resistance

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Cutting the Lifeline

Shuttering the Saskatchewan Transportation Company

From: Divided

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This chapter explores the rise and dissolution of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company, a popular Crown corporation that provided province-wide transportation and parcel services. ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Down the Garden Path: Chretien/Andras Consultations

1968-1969

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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Chapter seven of George Manuel’s biography covers 1968 and 1969, during which time he met and became involved with Marlene August. He was also offered a job working for Harold Cardinal in … ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Responding to Chinese Investments in the Tar Sands

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 8 Harjap Grewal focuses on the Canadian responses to Chinese investments in the tar sands, exploring topics including international trade agreements, xenophobia and the history of … 8 $0.80 Add
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Settler–Migrant Relationships: A Brown Woman’s Journey

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

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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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Upping the Ante

RCAP and a Landmark Court Decision

From: Unsettling Canada

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Upping the Ante explores the nationwide reaction to the 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) report and all 440 of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommendations amongst … 17 $1.70 Add
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Divide and Conquer

The Defunding of the Northern Teacher Education Program and the Northern Professional Services Access College

From: Divided

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In this essay, the author explores the conflicting reasons given by the government for defunding the NORTEP/NORPAC, the forced process of choosing a new provider to deliver NORTEP Council … 11 $1.10 Add
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From White Paper to Red Paper

1969-1970

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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Chapter eight of George Manuel’s biography deals with the Chrétien White Paper in the period of 1969 to 1970 that aims to end the special status of Indians in Canada. Manuel and his … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting Abroad

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 9 MacDonald Stainsby explores the rise of “extreme” fossil energy extraction such as for oil shale and fracking for “tight” oil and natural gas. The chapter … 11 $1.10 Add
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Stealing, Drinking, and Not Cooperating: Sport and Everyday Resistance in Aboriginal Settlements in Australia

From: Decolonizing Sport

This chapter explores how sport can be used as a tool of Aboriginal Australian resistance, within the framework created by historian Richard Broome. 15 $1.50 Add
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The Battle in the Forest

The Trade in Indian Trees

From: Unsettling Canada

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The Battle in the Forest discusses Manuel’s experiences working with and against B.C. forestry. The chapter explores how Indigenous people and lands bear the brunt of the logging’s … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Embodied Transformation of a Racialized International Student on Coast Salish and Mi’kmaq Territories

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

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In this chapter, the author describes her experience as a racialized international student studying in Mi’kma’ki. 16 $1.60 Add
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A Way of Being: The Making of Transnational Kinship Relations in Institutions of Higher Learning

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

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In the concluding chapter, the authors describe, assess, and evaluate the kind and quality of mentoring that supports the academic well-being of Indigenous, Black/African students, and students … ; 36 $3.60 Add
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Awaiting Justice: The Ceaseless Struggle of the Lubicon Cree

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 10 Melina Laboucan-Massimo explores the struggles of the Lubicon Cree of Northern Alberta who face challenges from the encroachment of massive oil and gas development without their consent. 5 $0.50 Add