Women
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From  NEW! The Wild PlaceFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 7 reflects on Wanda’s time as a displaced person in the Wildflecken displaced persons camp, which housed more than fifteen thousand displaced Poles. The chapter covers the living … | Marsha Faubert | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! The Winds of ChangeFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 9 explores Canada’s role in taking those displaced by the Second World War and the conclusion of the UNRRA project. The chapter discusses British and Canadian plans to exchange four … | Marsha Faubert | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From  There is No Such Thing as a Fifteen-Year-Old ProstituteFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The firsthand account of the experiences of a young abuse victim named Emily. She relays her experiences with sex slavery and the challenges that young women face trying to get justice in the … | Keri Cull | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From This is Not an Offer of ProstitutionFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The firsthand account of Jessica and Daniel, a professional couple in St. John’s Newfoundland who engage in sex work part-time. A discussion about the challenges and anxieties faced by sex … | Keri Cull | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
 Through the MillGirls and Women in the Quebec Cotton Textile Industry, 1881-1951 |
Girls and women were essential to industrialization in Canada, particularly in the cotton textile industry, which was concentrated in Quebec. In 1891, for example, more than 2000 girls and women … | Gail Cuthbert Brandt | 324 | 2018 | View |
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From  Understanding women’s painFrom: Bent out of Shape |
Karen Messing | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add | |
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From  Union Women on Turtle IslandA Conversation |
Chapter Three explores the voices of Indigenous women who facilitated the course Union Women on Turtle Island. Cindy conducts an interview with Sandra Ahenekew and Yvonne Hotzak, who describe how … | Cindy Hanson; Sandra Ahenekew; Yvonne Hotzak | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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NEW! Wanda’s WarAn Untold Story of Nazi Europe, Forced Labour, and a Canadian Immigration Scandal |
In 1943, Wanda Gizmunt was ripped from her family home in Poland and deported to a forced labour camp in Nazi Germany. At the end of the war, she became one of millions of displaced Europeans … | 256 | View | ||
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From NEW! War and AmnestyFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 3 details Wanda’s and Casey’s experiences following Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union launched on June 22, 1941. The chapter discusses the … | Marsha Faubert | 16 | 2023 | $1.60 Add |
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From We Are Recession ProofFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The experiences of a sex worker in St. John’s named Nancy. An exploration of an individual who balances parenthood with sex work as well as a discussion about sex work from an … | Keri Cull | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Why are Mothers Still the Default Parent? |
This chapter highlights and critiques the outdated social constructions and everyday sexism that continue to constrain mothers and fathers. It looks at the many challenges of parenthood typically … | Marilyse Hamelin | 33 | 2018 | $3.30 Add |
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From Wild in MassachusettsLeadership Development for a Changing Labour Movement |
Dale Melcher, Tess Ewing and Susan Winning, labour educators based at the University of Massachusetts, examine best practices and challenges of the Women’s Institute for Leadership … | Dale Melcher; Susan Winning; Tess Ewing | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From Women Breaking BarriersUsing Education to Develop Women's Leadership Inside Canada's Largest Union |
In Chapter 9, Morna Ballantyne and Jane Stinson, retired national staff with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, discuss Women Breaking Barriers, the leadership program for women activists … | Jane Stinson; Morna Ballantyne | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
