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Facilitation Training for Union Women

Facilitation Training for Union Women

The Saskatchewan Experience

From: Labour in Canada Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling

Chapter One discusses course facilitation at the Prairie School for Union Women. Adriane and Barb have both designed and led facilitation-training courses at the school, and their passion and … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Fair Trade and the Empire of Tea

Fair Trade and the Empire of Tea

From: Humanizing the Economy

Fair Trade and Co-operation The Fair Trade Network Tea The Small Organic Farmers Association Fair Trade on the Ground The Seductions of Success Beyond Commodities – Going Global The Future … 33 $3.30 Add
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Family Comes First

Family Comes First

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Laurie Glenn Norris recounts the story of Myrtle. The chapter discusses her upbringing, foster care, her Indigenous identity, being a mother, family, being illiterate and navigating a city, … 6 $0.60 Add
Farm the City

Farm the City

A Toolkit for Setting up a Successful Urban Farm

Urban farming has the power to change diets, economies, and lives. Yet starting an urban farm can seem daunting with skills and knowledge that extend beyond growing to include marketing, sales, … 130 View
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Farm Worker Exceptionalism

Farm Worker Exceptionalism

Past, Present, and the post-Fraser Future

From: Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada

Discusses farm worker exceptionalism, specifically considering how the Fraser case has effected this, as well as the history of farm worker exceptionalism, the role of the Charter and the future … 27 $2.70 Add
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February 2021: Workplace Spread

February 2021: Workplace Spread

From: Spin Doctors

This chapter explores the second wave of the pandemic in the winter of 2021, and the role that workplaces played in the spread of the virus. 26 $2.60 Add
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Feminism and the Politics of the Common in an Era of Primitive Accumulation

Feminism and the Politics of the Common in an Era of Primitive Accumulation

2010

From: Revolution at Point Zero

The essays in part 3 of the book explore the modern female experience from a variety of perspectives. These include individuals involved in elder care, migrant domestic workers and subsistence farmers. 11 $1.10 Add
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Feminism and Transformation

Feminism and Transformation

The Prairie School for Union Women

From: Labour in Canada Cracking Labour's Glass Ceiling

Cindy joins Adriane to descibe two community-based participatory action research projects they initiated with the Prairie School for Union Women’s Steering Committee. The first project … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Feminist ergonomic intervention with a feminist employer

Feminist ergonomic intervention with a feminist employer

From: Bent out of Shape

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Fierce Farming Women

Fierce Farming Women

From: The Color of Food

Portrait 1: Alabama Strong. Sandra Simone, Huckleberry Hill Farm Portrait 2: American Indian Mothers. Beverly Collins-Hall, American Indian Mother and Three Sisters Farm Portrait 3: Sisters. … 38 $3.80 Add
Fight Back

Fight Back

Workplace Justice for Immigrants

Displacement of people, migration, immigration and the demand for labour are connected to the fundamental restructuring of capitalism and to the reduction of working class power through … ; ; 128 View
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Financial Dimensions

Financial Dimensions

Origins and State Responses

From: Bankrupticies & Bailouts

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