Labour Studies
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From ![]() NEW! At Your Service |
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 |
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From ![]() NEW! Backing the AttackWomen Workers at War From: Material Traces of War |
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 |
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 |
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From ![]() Basic Income and Population Health |
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 |
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From ![]() NEW! Basic Income Comes to Ontario – But Briefly |
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 CanadiansFrom 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 | ||
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From ![]() Becoming HumanDiversity and Evolution From: Making Sense of Society |
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 ShapeShame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work |
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 |
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From ![]() Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceMaking Occupational Health Compatible with Gender Equality From: Sick and Tired |
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 |
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From ![]() BibliographyFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
Norman Penner | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add | |
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From ![]() Boom, Bust, and a Double-Sided Bohemian RenaissanceFrom: Shift Change |
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 |
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From ![]() Boom, Bust and BlusterFrom: Boom, Bust and Crisis |
John Peters | 16 | 2012 | $2.40 Add | |
![]() Boom, Bust and CrisisLabour, Corporate Power and Politics in Canada |
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 |
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From ![]() Border Militarization, Internalization and Externalization |
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 |
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From ![]() NEW! BorderlandsFrom: Wanda’s War |
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 BarrierStories 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 |

















