Conflict & Peace

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From Bombs to Books

From Bombs to Books

The remarkable stories of refugee children and their families at two exceptional Canadian schools

The powerful role of schools in the experience of refugee children and teens and their parents in becoming part of Canadian society As Canada welcomes tens of thousands of Syrian refugees, as … 232 View
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The UN vs. Militarism

The UN vs. Militarism

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

This chapter looks at the obstacle that militarism presents to the UN. Most policies implimented by states are militaristic in nature. 10 $1.00 Add
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<p>From Roosevelt's Soft Line to Truman's Hard Line toward Stalin</p>

From Roosevelt’s Soft Line to Truman’s Hard Line toward Stalin

From: The Myth of the Good War

Looks at the difference of the presidential stance towards Stalin from Roosevelt to Truman. 8 $0.80 Add
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Futility at the Polls

Futility at the Polls

From: A Beauty that Hurts

This chapter discusses the call for violence in Guatemala to end and an exploration of Canada and the United States’ stance. 5 $0.50 Add
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Gender Inequality and Women’s Voices

Gender Inequality and Women’s Voices

From: Canada after Harper

Kate McInturff examines the struggle for gender equality, chiding the federal government for failing to advance or even protect women’s rights. 10 $1.00 Add
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Arzú (1996-2000) and the Peace Accord

Arzú (1996-2000) and the Peace Accord

From: A Beauty that Hurts

This chapter details shortcomings with The Peace Accord. 4 $0.40 Add
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Globalization and the end of an alternative
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Globalization and the end of an alternative

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter explores the neoliberal agenda of the 1990s and how Canadian military interests aligned with those of the US around the globe while SNC-Lavalin grew in influence. In Libya there were … 14 $1.40 Add
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Glossary & Introduction

Glossary & Introduction

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

This book introduces the S Questions Model, which focuses on the development and asking of questions for clarifying existing information, gathering new information and creating new insight in … 6 $0.60 Add
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Health Care

Health Care

A Public Right or a Private Option

From: Canada after Harper

Colleen Fuller first relates how underfunding, privatization, and other neoliberal health care policies have undermined medicare. 24 $2.40 Add
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Hope, A Horizon

Hope, A Horizon

From: The Memory We Could Be

We have become accustomed to too much: to a violently unequal world, to the systematic degradation of ecosystems and the constant theft of our future. Without the challenge of change, the … 8 $0.80 Add
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How Civil Wars End

How Civil Wars End

From: Disarming Conflict

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How International Wars End

How International Wars End

From: Disarming Conflict

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How We Process and Communicate Information

How We Process and Communicate Information

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

This chapter examines some of the factors that result in the deletion and distortion of the information absorbed by our brain at a conscious level, and how we also delete and distort information … 12 $1.20 Add
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Human Nature or Human Ignorance?

Human Nature or Human Ignorance?

From: The Memory We Could Be

The story of climate change is one of the rise to dominance of a particular human relationship with nature, defined by callousness. Today we are blinded by that relationship, locked in its logic … 37 $3.70 Add
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Climate Change

Climate Change

A choice for humanity

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

This chapter explores how the UN’s concern for environmental issues showcases how the organization has evolved to respond to the evolving needs of humanity 9 $0.90 Add
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I Do Not Have an Account in the Bank of Wars

I Do Not Have an Account in the Bank of Wars

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

In this chapter the author crosses into Israel to meet with Palestinian writers living there. 42 $4.20 Add