Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! At Your Service From: This Has Always Been a War View Arsenal Pulp Press	In “At Your Service ” author Lori Fox recounts their time in the service industry between 2003 -2020 to provide a case study of the culture of capitalism. Discussing culture under …	Lori Fox	26	2022	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Backing the Attack Women Workers at War From: Material Traces of War View University of Ottawa Press	Women pushed against many barriers during the world wars, breaking through some and weakening others, and the labour force was one of them. The women in this chapter came from a variety of …	Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker	66	2021	$6.60 Add
Bankrupticies & Bailouts Fernwood Publishing	Recession? Depression? Market adjustment? Billion-dollar bailouts? Just what is happening to the economy? Like the rest of the industrialized world, Canada is in the midst of an economic crisis …	Julie Guard; Wayne Antony	168	2009	View
From Basic Income and Population Health From: Basic Income For Canadians View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter looks at how basic income policies can be beneficial to the overall mental and physical health of communities.	Evelyn L. Forget	15	2020	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Basic Income Comes to Ontario – But Briefly From: The Case for Basic Income View Between The Lines	This chapter covers the short-lived basic income project in Ontario, from it’s inception to its cancellation by the newly-elected Ford government.	Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift	23	2021	$2.30 Add
Basic Income For Canadians From the Covid-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All	Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it was already gaining broad support. Then, in response to a crisis that threatened to put …		258		View
From Becoming Human Diversity and Evolution From: Making Sense of Society View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 1, Khasnabish and co-author Anthony Davis explore what it means to be human, teasing out the interconnected relationship between our biological and social evolutions. The chapter …	Alex Khasnabish	26	2022	$2.60 Add
Bent out of Shape Shame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work Between The Lines	Award-winning ergonomist Karen Messing is talking with women—women who wire circuit boards, sew clothes, clean toilets, drive forklifts, care for children, serve food, run labs. What she …	Karen Messing	276	2021	View
From Between a Rock and a Hard Place Making Occupational Health Compatible with Gender Equality From: Sick and Tired View Fernwood Publishing	Gender and Sex Segregation at Work Other Gendered Characteristics of Working Life Gendered Division of Occupational Health Effects Risks in Work Usually Assigned to Women Risks Associated with …	Karen Messing	13	2018	$1.30 Add
From Bibliography From: Winnipeg 1919 View James Lorimer and Company		Norman Penner	2	2019	$0.20 Add
From Boom, Bust, and a Double-Sided Bohemian Renaissance From: Shift Change View Between The Lines	This chapter surveys some of the attempts to develop and revitalize Hamilton’s downtown core. Although the initial efforts were unsuccessful, a few optimists valiantly plotted …	Stephen Dale	48	2021	$4.80 Add
From Boom, Bust and Bluster From: Boom, Bust and Crisis View Fernwood Publishing		John Peters	16	2012	$2.40 Add
Boom, Bust and Crisis Labour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada Fernwood Publishing	Informed by both critical animal studies and critical terrorism studies, John Sorenson analyzes ecoterrorism as a social construction. He examines how corporations that profit from animal …	John Peters	199	2012	View
From Border Militarization, Internalization and Externalization From: Essential Work Disposable Workers View Fernwood Publishing	Borders have become a means through which states can dispose of unwanted migrants through deportation and award those deemed legitimate with permanent residency. This has led to the increased …	Mostafa Henaway	10	2023	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Borderlands From: Wanda’s War View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 1 explores the turbulent history of Poland leading up to the Second World War, in particular, the borderland region of the Kresy that straddles the modern day borders of Poland, Belarus …	Marsha Faubert	15	2023	$1.50 Add
Breaking the Word Barrier Stories of Adults Learning to Read	In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading. These are …		128		View