Labour Studies
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From ![]() Creating a Future |
Wendy Kitts recounts the story of Karen. The chapter discusses her focus on working, her daughter Emma, moving to New Brunswick, getting her GED, her struggles with learning math, and hopes to … | Wendy Kitts | 6 | 2009 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Creatures of Impossible and Tremendous Beauty |
In “Creatures of Impossible and Tremendous Beauty” the author recounts their experiences with femininity and being “like a girl.” Discussing childhood expectations and … | Lori Fox | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Crisis Capitalism in 2025: A Balance Sheet |
In this concluding chapter of his three-volume history, Palmer concludes that recurring financial crises are a signature feature of postwar capitalism. Capitalism has yielded deep and growing … | Bryan D. Palmer | 15 | 2026 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Critical Love Letter to the PSUW |
Cindy and Adriane conclude the book with a Critical Love Letter about women’s labour education in general and specific points about the PSUW. They take a feminist view of the historical and … | Adriane Paavo; Cindy Hanson | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
![]() Curing AffluenzaHow to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World |
Affluenza has not just changed the world, it has also changed the way we see the world. Short of money? Borrow some. Caught in the rain? Buy an umbrella. Thirsty? Buy a bottle of water and throw … | Richard Denniss | 288 | 2018 | View |
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From ![]() NEW! DaisyFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on Black communites. He highlights the testimony of … | Robert Ashe | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() David is CandidFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The firsthand account of a man named David who hires sex workers. A personal discussion about the ethical questions surrounding sex work. | Keri Cull | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Decision and ChoiceThe Efficient Unconscious and the Effort of Intention From: The Power Manual |
Decision and Choice, introduces the idea that the key lever in interactions is choice, the power to choose for oneself and, very carefully, others — more broadly, the ability to make … | Cyndi Suarez | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Defining PrioritiesFrom: Class Action |
In Defining Priorities Hanson explores the ever-evolving focus of education. Topics discussed in the chapter include “special education,” educational experts authority over teachers, … | Andy Hanson | 44 | 2021 | $4.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Deindustrialization in Hard Times: Dismantling Canadian Workplaces, 2000–25 |
In this chapter, Palmer describes the steady deindustrialization of the Canadian economy with many specific examples in the 2000-2025 period. | Bryan D. Palmer | 13 | 2026 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() Development as Remittances or Development as Freedom?Exploring Canada’s Temporary Migration Programs from a Rights-based Approach |
Discusses development and Canada’s temporary migration programs, focusing on methods and terminology, problematic policies of "managed migration" and moving from meeting needs to … | Kerry Preibisch | 28 | 2012 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() Diagnosing the DiseaseFrom: Curing Affluenza |
Chapter 1 focuses on defining or diagnosing ‘affluenza’, discussing topics including environmental destruction, global inequality, culture of wasteful materialism, technological … | Richard Denniss | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Digging Holes |
Marilyn Lerch recounts the story of Joe. The story discusses dropping out of high school, helplessness, shame, abuse, self-doubt, and his journey to receiving his GED (General Educational Development). | Marilyn Lerch | 5 | 2009 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Discovering Left PoliticsFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter details Jackson’s political awakening, the radicalism of the NDP in the 1960s, and his time at the LSE, where he studied with the Marxist theorist Ralph Miliband. | Andrew Jackson | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! DisplacedFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 5 explores Wanda’s experiences during the ensuing chaos at the end of the war in Germany from a forced labourer’s perspective. The chapter discusses topics including the abuse … | Marsha Faubert | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! DIY Defunding the PoliceHow Winnipeg Sex Workers Stopped the Police from Taking Drivers’ Money |
In DIY Defunding the Police the Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition (SWWAC) a volunteer collective made up of sex workers, activists, and other allies, advocates for the decriminalization … | Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
















