Resistance
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From ![]() Silvia Straka |
In this chapter, Straka shares personal journey as an Austrian-Canadian settler coming to terms with Canada’s colonial history. | Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara; Silvia Staka | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! SmallpoxFrom: Country of Poxes |
Chapter 3 examines the history of smallpox. Discussing topics includingsmallpox origins, early accounts of smallpox outbreaks across North America, the emergence of new mutations, … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 66 | 2022 | $6.60 Add |
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From ![]() Spoiled HarvestSowing Division on the Canadian Prairie From: Divided |
In the preface, the editors of the volume describe some of the political divisions that have plagued Saskatchewan, which have been most obvious to vulnerable populations in the province. In the … | Cora Sellers; JoAnn Jaffe; Patricia W. Elliot | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Spoken Word Saved My Life: Poetry as a Form of Resistance |
This chapter explores how poetry saved the author’s life, and is a means to give voice to marginalized individuals. | Zain Meghji | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Standing on the Fence of Division: Through the Eyes of a MinorityFrom: Resist! |
Laura Burrows | 2 | 2001 | $0.20 Add | |
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From ![]() The Long-Term Approach |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel looks at how government decisions only take into account short term economic benefits rather than long term environmental concerns and how this differs from … | Arthur Manuel | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() Statement from Akwesasne Community OrganizersFrom: Resist! |
Akwesasne Community Organizer | 2 | 2001 | $0.20 Add | |
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From ![]() Steve Heinrichs |
This chapter details the experiences of a White Russian Mennonite settler who came to decolonial work through his seminarian training. | Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara; Steve Heinrichs | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Study War No MoreThe Campaign against Military Training in Saskatchewan High Schools, 2014-2015 From: Divided |
This chapter is a case study of the peace campaign mounted against the introduction of military training in Regina high schools. | Florence Stratton | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Sun Peaks to GenevaPlaygrounds and Fortresses From: Unsettling Canada |
Sun Peaks in Geneva follows Manuel’s time fighting against the Nippon Cable’s Sun Peaks development. The chapter explores the disregard for sustainability and respect to Indigenous … | Arthur Manuel | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Susanne McCrea McGovern |
In this chapter, a White settler woman from a upper-middle class background describes how she came to solidarity work through environmentalism. | Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara; McCrea McGovern | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! SyphilisFrom: Country of Poxes |
Chapter 2 focuses on syphilis. Topics discussed include the debate around syphilis’ origins, the politics of colonialism, the “Columbian exchange”, the stages of syphilis, … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 56 | 2022 | $5.60 Add |
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From ![]() Taking a Stand: Privileging Indigenous Knowledge |
This chapter provides a model for how to incorporate holistic methodology that privileges Indigenous knowledge(s). | Dorothy Christian | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Taking It to the BankAccounting for Unpaid Debt From: Unsettling Canada |
Taking it to the Bank focuses on the Indigenous right to self-determination and to economic control over their own territories. | Arthur Manuel | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Taking Stock of Where We Are At and What Stands in Our WayFrom: More Powerful Together |
This chapter contains the following readings: What’s Working and What’s Not Working in Our Movements – The Barriers to Decolonizing and Decarbonizing Canada – Note | Jen Gobby | 39 | 2020 | $3.90 Add |
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From ![]() Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate MovementPart III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 28 Brian Tokar explores lessons from the past and how this can be used in fighting the tar sands, discussing topics including the “No Nukes” movement in North America, … | Brian Tokar | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |












