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The Shift

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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Every era has an innovation that changes the face of society: the way we think, the way we act and interact as individuals, as a community, and as a culture. As the innovation is introduced, it … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Vimy Effect

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About War

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The author discusses militarism and nationalism in Canada, exploring Canadian military history, Vimy Ridge’s special role in Canadian culture, and perceptions of war and military culture. … 77 $7.70 Add
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Theories in Motion

Mapping the Roots and Routes of a Rebel Generation

From: Thinking While Black

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In this chapter the author introduced the work of Paul Gilroy, a British scholar of global African American Studies and Armond White, an American music and film critic. 18 $1.80 Add
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

From: Uncle

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This chapter explores Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, which was an explosive success in antebellum America. It also examines Uncle Tom himself, who in the novel was a devout and pious … 8 $0.80 Add
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Widow Kim

From: The Trauma Beat

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In this chapter, Cherry examines the media coverage surrounding the death of constable William Hancox. Cherry includes excerpts from her interview with the widow of the deceased, who describes … 14 $1.40 Add
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April 2020: Disaster in Residential Care

From: Spin Doctors

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This chapter examines how Covid-19 impacted aged care facilities and residential homes. Loreto explores how politicians contributed to the rising death tolls of Canada’s elderly population, … 27 $2.70 Add
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Black and British

A Lived Contradiction

From: Thinking While Black

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This chapter detailed Paul Gilroy’s life after 1968 and his interest in the rebel spirit of black American and Caribbean musicians. Topics include British immigration policy, political … 32 $3.20 Add
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Creating the Garden

From: The Tangled Garden

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Provides a history of Canadian legislation and policy which protected domestic television, radio and other media. Summarizes developments 1920s to 1980s. 19 $1.90 Add
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Disability

A Fairy Tale

From: Disfigured

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Chapter 2 focuses on concepts of disability through time, discussing topics including the social model of disability and the medical model of disability, disability as something to be cured, … 28 $2.80 Add
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Gregory Stewart’s Mother

From: The Trauma Beat

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In this chapter, Cherry examines the limited, and sometimes non-existent media coverage of homicides in neighborhoods with low income and high crime rates. Cherry analyzes homicides ignored by … 18 $1.80 Add
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Look at That Fucking Hipster

Chapter 1

From: Decolonize Hipsters

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In Look at That Fucking Hipster, Pierrot provides a history of modern subcultures and where the hipster phenomenon arose from to its peak to its eventual decline post-2016. The chapter explores … 25 $2.50 Add
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Making the Sausage: How Policies Become Laws

From: Fundamental Law for Journalists

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Chapter Two focuses on the process of policies becoming law. Topics addressed include the legislative process, the types of bills (Public and Private Bills), the timing of Bills, the … 12 $1.20 Add
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Sound Recording and Radio:

Intersections and Overlaps

From: Cultural Industries.ca

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The interrelationship between radio and sound recording is the overarching theme in Richard Sutherland’s article. 20 $2.00 Add
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Technological Integration Versus Technological Interference

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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At the onset of the i-tech phenomenon, most of us first noted surface changes. For example, what we perceived as an emergent shallowness of information, a subtle lack of depth and length of … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Dilemma

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

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Félix Séguin continues to recount his relationship with Scoppa, giving insights into Scoppa’s character. ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Fog of Journalism

From: The Next Big Thing

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"In the fall of 2003, we called in from the field Canada’s most senior foreign correspondent. Joe Schlesinger was nearing the end of a distinguished career covering the world for the … 18 $1.80 Add