Resistance

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Spoken Word Saved My Life: Poetry as a Form of Resistance

Spoken Word Saved My Life: Poetry as a Form of Resistance

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

This chapter explores how poetry saved the author’s life, and is a means to give voice to marginalized individuals. 12 $1.20 Add
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The Long-Term Approach

The Long-Term Approach

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

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 … 3 $0.30 Add
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Sun Peaks to Geneva
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Sun Peaks to Geneva

Playgrounds 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 … 17 $1.70 Add
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Syphilis
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Syphilis

From: 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, … 56 $5.60 Add
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Taking a Stand: Privileging Indigenous Knowledge

Taking a Stand: Privileging Indigenous Knowledge

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

This chapter provides a model for how to incorporate holistic methodology that privileges Indigenous knowledge(s). 27 $2.70 Add
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Taking It to the Bank
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Taking It to the Bank

Accounting 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. 12 $1.20 Add
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Taking Stock of Where We Are At and What Stands in Our Way
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Taking Stock of Where We Are At and What Stands in Our Way

From: 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 39 $3.90 Add
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Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate Movement

Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate Movement

Part 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, … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Arrival of Agriculture
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The Arrival of Agriculture

From: Humans

This chapter looks at the advent of agricultural societies and sedentary lifestyles, it inspects what effect these developments had on the egalitarian values of their foraging ancestors … 36 $3.60 Add
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The Art of Resistance
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The Art of Resistance

From: When the Pine Needles Fall

In Chapter Five Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel explains the role of her artwork in her advocacy for Indigenous rights, specifically during the Mohawk crisis. ; ; ; 19 $1.90 Add
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The Battle in the Forest
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The Battle in the Forest

The Trade in Indian Trees

From: Unsettling Canada

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