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Out Loud

Essays on Mental Illness, Stigma & Recovery

 Out Loud is a collection of more than fifty essays by people affected by mental illness. There are essays by those who have experienced mental illness themselves, by family and friends, by … 240 View

Pilgrim Souls

Caring for a Loved One with Dementia

 This memoir focuses on an experience all of us dread. Pat Lotz was an accomplished author and editor, active in her community, and a loving wife and mother. She succumbed to dementia which was … 224 View

Secret Life of Your Microbiome

Why Nature and Biodiversity are Essential to Health and Happiness

 The Secret Life of Your Microbiome presents a revolutionary new paradigm, backed by vast science; we’re deeply connected to the biodiversity of nature through our microbiomes — the … ; 387 View
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Shadows and Light

A Physician's Lens on Covid

 When the pandemic began in March 2020, Calgary emergency physician Heather Patterson was already feeling burnt out. Photography had always been a way of unwinding for her, and as the pandemic … 176 View

Sick and Tired

Health and Safety Inequalities

 Bringing together a multidisciplinary group of experts from the fields of labour studies, public health, ergonomics, epidemiology, sociology and law, Sick and Tired examines the … 203 View
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The Socialist Register 2022

New Polarizations, Old Contradictions: The Crisis of Centrism

 The 58th annual volume of the Socialist Register takes up the challenge of exploring how the new polarizations relate to the contradictions that underlie them and how far ‘centrist’ … ; ; 352 View

The World After Covid

The Munk Dialogues on a Pandemic

 From the world-renowned Munk Debates comes a collection of dialogues by leading intellectuals envisioning our post-pandemic future. During this time of social distancing, the acclaimed Munk … 153 View
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An Introduction to Nature for Therapy

From: Nature-Based Therapy

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 Promoting a dose of nature clarifies the minimum time exposure people should be outdoors and seeks to highlight the socioecological benefits this natural, accessible, and free health remedy can … ; ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Foreword

From: Doctors in Denial

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 In this personal account Dr. Brian Goldman explains his relationship with Purdue Pharma Canada and how he played a major role as a promoter of OxyContin, for chronic pain, falsely claiming that … 8 $0.80 Add
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Foreword

From: Country of Poxes

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 Forward from Dr. Darlene Kitty. 3 $0.30 Add
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Forward

From: Shadows and Light

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 A forward from Dr. Katharine Smart. 2 $0.20 Add
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Forward

From: Out Loud

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Forward and On Basic Income by George Elliot Clark

From: The Case for Basic Income

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 In the forward, Dr. Martin links basic income to human health, and notes this link is more obvious than ever because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Health of the Population

From: Health and Wealth

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 A discussion of Canadian policies and pracices around the promotion of a healthy population in Canada in the 1990s, with context on activities elsewhere in the developed world in the same time period. 22 $2.20 Add
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Introduction

From: Pilgrim Souls

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 Outlines the purpose of the book, why he wrote it, important information about cargiving, the progress of Pat’s diagnosis, and talks about the hope of the book to inspire, help and give … 12 $1.20 Add
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Introduction

From: Losing me, While Losing You

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 This chapter contextualizes the book by providing historical and demographic details about dementia. ; ; 13 $1.30 Add