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Leading Progess
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Leading Progess

The Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada, 1920–2020

On February 6, 1920, a small group of public service employees met for the first time to form a professional association. A century later, the Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada … 272 View
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Legal Perspective

Legal Perspective

Lawyer

From: Rock Paper Sex

This interview shares the perspective of an anonymous lawyer and touches on the current laws on prostitution and Bill C-36, detailing its contents and implications for both buyers and sellers. … 4 $0.40 Add
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Lessons and Linkages

Lessons and Linkages

Building a Framework for Analyzing the Relationships between Gender, Globalization and the Fisheries

From: Changing Tides

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Letting Her Own Light Shine

Letting Her Own Light Shine

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Laura Wells recounts the story of Elaine. The story discusses the desire to read to your children, anxiety, the impacts of poor experiences from the school system, her children, work aspirations, … 4 $0.40 Add
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Life Is Amazing

Life Is Amazing

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Judy Bowman recounts the story of Patricia. The story discusses surviving an abusive marriage, freedom, education, and her passion for helping others. 5 $0.50 Add
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Lighten Up

Lighten Up

From: Curing Affluenza

Chapter 3 explores productivity between the public and private sectors, discussing topics including wasted resources, ‘economic activity’, cycles of production, the ‘Washington … 41 $4.10 Add
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Lindsay
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Lindsay

The Saturation Site

From: The Case for Basic Income

In this chapter, Swift and Power outline the Basic Income pilot project that took place in Lindsay, Ontario, and the various groups of ativists who made the project possible. ; ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Living Together

Living Together

Family, Kinship, and Social Bonds

From: Making Sense of Society

In Chapter 5, Khasnabish examines the concept of the family– its structures and relations. Few other concepts carry as much weight in terms of signifying relations of mutual obligation, … 25 $2.50 Add
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Looking Forward - Why Reinvent the Movement?

Looking Forward – Why Reinvent the Movement?

From: Canadian Labour in Crisis

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Looking the dragon in the face

Looking the dragon in the face

From: Bent out of Shape

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Make it Clean Through Creative Work

Make it Clean Through Creative Work

From: Rock Paper Sex

The firsthand account of a sex worker in St. John’s named Megan. An account of a sex worker’s professional practices as well as a discussion about the potential positive impact that … 5 $0.50 Add
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Making a Living

Making a Living

Economies and Ecologies

From: Making Sense of Society

In Chapter 7, Khasnabish explores the diverse bundle of human activity that we often refer to as “economic activity,” which he refers to as “making a living.” The chapter focuses on exploring the … 34 $3.40 Add
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Making Immigrant Workers

Making Immigrant Workers

From: Fight Back

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Making Meaning, Making Sense

Making Meaning, Making Sense

Communication and Belief

From: Making Sense of Society

In Chapter 6, Khasnabish explores some of the critical elements in our collective capacity to make sense out of the world. The chapter focuses on the use of language, and discusses topics … 27 $2.70 Add
Making Sense of Society
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Making Sense of Society

Power and Possibility

Grounded in the sister disciplines of sociology and anthropology, this textbook is an accessible and critical introduction to contemporary social research. Alex Khasnabish eschews the common … 273 View
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Making Society

Making Society

Bringing the World into Being

From: Making Sense of Society

In Chapter 3, Khasnabish examines social order as a complex amalgamation of material practices, relationships, institutions, and ideologies which create a society. In a very real sense, each of … 26 $2.60 Add