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The Great Wall of Montreal

The Great Wall of Montreal

The L'Acadie Fence

From: Walls

This chapter is about the l’Acadie Fence, a little-known barrier that separates the communities of Parc-Extension and the Town of Mount Royal (TMR) in downtown Montreal, Quebec. Parc-X is a … 25 $2.50 Add
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The Green Dimension

The Green Dimension

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

in the first three decades of its existence, with some noteworthy exceptions, the magazine approached the subject in a largely piecemeal fashion, focusing on polluting industries but not yet … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Hamilton Mob and the Politics of Organized Crime

The Hamilton Mob and the Politics of Organized Crime

From: Their Town

The study of organized crime in the city describes how a group of men have been able to develop a criminal empire that ruthlessly exploits the public while at the same time having politicians … 16 $1.60 Add
The Happiness Policy Handbook

The Happiness Policy Handbook

How to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government

Thomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 270 years later, is the happiness of citizens … 226 View
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The Happiness-Sustainability Connection

The Happiness-Sustainability Connection

From: The Happiness Policy Handbook

Climate Change – The Local-Global Connection: Community Solutions to Sustainable Development – Connecting Sustainable Development to Happiness Through Indicators ; ; 5 $0.50 Add
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The Happy Family Game
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The Happy Family Game

From: This Has Always Been a War

In “The Happy Family Game” the author reflects on their relationship with their family. Discussing the idea of a ‘happy family’, the nuclear family, family under … 21 $2.10 Add
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The hard limits of neoliberal feminism
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The hard limits of neoliberal feminism

The Trudeau record on gender politics

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter looks at the record of the Trudeau Liberal government on gender politics, including its policies on reproductive rights, affordable child care, parental leave and general issues of … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Hard Luck Shuswap Kid

The Hard Luck Shuswap Kid

1920-1932

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

The second chapter of George Manuel’s biography outlines his early childhood up to age 12, an only child to his mother, and his father, who died when he was a baby. He was eventually raised … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Hard Part

The Hard Part

The Erasure of Queer and Trans Experiences in an Online Debate about Male-Only Barbershops

From: Divided

This essay explores the controversy generated by the author’s attempt to get a men’s haircut at a barber shop in Regina. The author suggests that due to heteronormative conceptions of … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Hatred of Democracy

The Hatred of Democracy

From: In Defiance

How well does democracy work when the issues become polarized? The student debate raises the issues of decision making: out in the open or only at the ballot box? What happens when the media … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Heart of Dark Imaginations

The Heart of Dark Imaginations

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 8, Philpot offers a post-colonial critique of how Africa has been portrayed in the Western imagination. Using Dorothy Hammond’s and Alta Jablow’s in-depth study “The … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Hidden Books
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The Hidden Books

From: Bit Player on Big Stages

In this chapter, Turene recounts his experiences hiding French books from a school inspector, discussing the underground resistance to language suppression in Manitoba. 3 $0.30 Add
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The Higher the Fewer: Women’s Participation in Major Party Organizations

The Higher the Fewer: Women’s Participation in Major Party Organizations

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

Excerpt of a 1985 book by Sylvia Bashevkin, Toeing the Lines, in which she demonstrates that women continue to be underrepresented in federal and provincial legislatures in Canada. ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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The Historic Decision — 2015

The Historic Decision — 2015

From: The Right to Die

The ruling appeared on February 6, 2015. It was a historic vindication of Justice Smith and of the opinions of the many people who have felt that Section 241(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada was … 19 $1.90 Add
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The History

The History

From: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Comission of Canada Volume One: Summary

Details the history of the residential school system. Puts the history in context of imperialism, colonization, and assimilation. Describes the experience children would have had at the schools. 140 $14.00 Add
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The Holocaust

The Holocaust

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter details how Arendt came to learn about the Holocaust, and her focus on totalitarianism as the cause of the genocide. 6 $0.60 Add