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Health of the Population

Health of the Population

From: Health and Wealth

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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Healthy Children First

Healthy Children First

From: Medicare

Looks at the cycle we have fallen into regarding treating illness rather than preventing it and what we must do to break free from this cycle specifically focusing on the needs of the young 8 $0.80 Add
Holden After & Before
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Holden After & Before

Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose

With poignant honesty and a heart laid bare, Holden After and Before is a beautiful and moving elegy to a son lost to overdose. Holden After and Before is a moving meditation on grief in the same … 356 View
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Home and Community Care in Canada:

Home and Community Care in Canada:

The Unfinished Policy

From: Medicare

Argues for more of an integration of Home and Community Care into our established Health Care System 8 $0.80 Add
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Hotel of Last Resort

Hotel of Last Resort

From: Fighting For Space

In 1993, Liz Evans and Mark Townsend were trying to secure housing for some of the neighbourhood’s most difficult tenants. A community ravaged by drug abuse and disease that every level of … 34 $1.02 Add
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How Basic Income Affects Different People

How Basic Income Affects Different People

From: Basic Income For Canadians

This chapter explores the impact of basic income on different populations including indigenous people, racialized people, and people with disabilities. 19 $1.90 Add
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How Soon is Now

How Soon is Now

From: About Face

The readings in the second section of the book discuss other forms of addictions that are not narcotics based. These include sex, video games, gambling and social media. The readings in this … 12 $1.20 Add
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How to Protect a Public Health Care System

How to Protect a Public Health Care System

From: Medicare

Examines the two competeing ideologies in the debate about the roles of government and the private sector in the financing and delivery of health care. The two competing ideologies are the … 8 $0.80 Add
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Hundred Block Rock

Hundred Block Rock

From: Fighting For Space

In the 1990s and early 2000s, Bud Osborn was part of a grassroots group of addicts who transformed how the City of Vancouver treats people addicted to drugs. He helped pioneer North … 25 $0.50 Add
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I Wanna Be Well
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I Wanna Be Well

the pain scale and other lies

From: Bleed

In this chapter, Lindeman discusses how male dominant medical trials, a universal pain scale, and the chronic but non-fatal nature of pelvic disorders contribute to a disregard for the pain … 33 $3.30 Add
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Ian Bremmer in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

Ian Bremmer in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

June 3, 2020

From: The World After Covid

Ian Bremmer and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and Black American experiences, future international impacts of the pandemic, technology and authoritarianism, economic futures, globalization, … 11 $1.10 Add
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Implementation of a Two-Eyed Seeing Treatment Model in an Indigenous Residential Treatment Program

Implementation of a Two-Eyed Seeing Treatment Model in an Indigenous Residential Treatment Program

From: About Face

The final section of the book discusses a variety of organizations that work to help people suffering from addictions. ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Imprisoned Broken Minds

Imprisoned Broken Minds

Unseen, Unheard, and Forgotten Men

From: About Face

The readings in the fourth section of the book covers the contemporary discourse surrounding addiction in Canada, and outlines a variety of possible paths forward for combatting addiction. 7 $0.70 Add
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In All Reality, Everything in Life is a Gamble

In All Reality, Everything in Life is a Gamble

From: About Face

The readings in the second section of the book discuss other forms of addictions that are not narcotics based. These include sex, video games, gambling and social media. The readings in this … 3 $0.30 Add
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Income, Work and Education
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Income, Work and Education

From: About Canada: Health and Illness

Chapter Three discusses the relationship between income, employment, education, and health outcomes in Canada, highlighting the significant impact of economic factors on health and the growing … 36 $3.60 Add
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Inequalities in Health

Inequalities in Health

From: Health and Wealth

An overview of the health of the Canadian population in the late 1990s, and the impact on health of income, education, poverty, race, housing conditions, and unemployment. Aboriginal health … 56 $5.60 Add