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Working Harder Is Hardly Working

Working Harder Is Hardly Working

From: Persistent Poverty

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Working With Others

Working With Others

Participation and Democracy

From: Educating for Action

In the following pages I will examine how democracy works, breaking down the process from voting to lobbying. I will explore the role that social movements and demonstrations play in creating … 28 $2.80 Add
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Working with the Brain in Mediation

Working with the Brain in Mediation

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

This chapter presents an outline of how we are biologically hardwired, and the implications of this learning for working safely with parties in mediation. It outlines the basic functions of each … 17 $1.70 Add
Worth Fighting For

Worth Fighting For

Canada’s Tradition of War Resistance from 1812 to the War on Terror

Historians, veterans, museums, and public education campaigns have all documented and commemorated the experience of Canadians in times of war. But Canada also has a long, rich, and important … ; ; 336 View
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Writing a New Song

Writing a New Song

Creating Conversations through Theatre

From: Divided

This chapter includes excerpts and, in the words of Joel Bernbaum and Yvette Nolan, the process behind the play Reasonable Doubt, which is about the killing of Coulten Boushie. The script is … ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Wrong Turn: Is a P3 the Best Way to Expand Edmonton’s LRT

Wrong Turn: Is a P3 the Best Way to Expand Edmonton’s LRT

From: Ideology over Economics

From Ideology over Economics: P3s in an Age of Austerity 26 $2.60 Add
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Xi has a Dream

Xi has a Dream

From: The Two Michaels

In this chapter, Blanchfield and Osler Hampson examine Canada’s troubled relationship with China from 2006 onward. ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Years of Crisis 1929-1939

Years of Crisis 1929-1939

From: Einstein on Israel and Zionism

In this chapter, Jerome traces the 1929 to 1939 crisis in British Mandate Palestine, and Albert Einstein’s unwavering advocacy for Jewish-Arab reconciliation. 60 $6.00 Add
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Yes, I Will Wait: In Praise of Long Journeys, Long Interviews, and Longer Stays

Yes, I Will Wait: In Praise of Long Journeys, Long Interviews, and Longer Stays

From: The Next Big Thing

"In the fall of 2012, Nahlah Ayed was based in London and covering the world for the CBC. Her stories were filed from Riyadh and Tehran, Beirut and Baghdad, India, Pakistan, Kenya, and … 18 $1.80 Add
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You cannot fix it all on your own

You cannot fix it all on your own

Why our milieu and institutions must change

From: Too Dumb for Democracy?

Chapter Nine focuses on the personal effort to make better political decisions. The author argues that individuals cannot and should not be expected to do the work of making rational, autonomous … 19 $1.90 Add
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You Have to be Decisive, and Act Quickly

You Have to be Decisive, and Act Quickly

From: Let's Move On

Okalik speaks about the difficulties of finding balance during his early days in office and expands on some of his and his government’s decisions surrounding decentralization, education, … 8 $0.80 Add
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“You should be in politics”
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“You should be in politics”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the final weeks of August 1978, as the Trudeau government struggled to craft an anti-inflation and social security package ahead of the 1979 election (as told by … 6 $0.60 Add
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Young Hannah

Young Hannah

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter describes Hannah Arendt’s birth of a middle-class Jewish family, her parents’ interest in society and politics, and the early loss of her father to syphilis. It also … 11 $1.10 Add
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Your Country Needs You (to work less, if you want to

Your Country Needs You (to work less, if you want to

From: Curing Affluenza

Chapter 4 focuses on employment and unemployment, discussing topics including dignified work, job creation and loss, the coal industry, and labour markets. It includes an excerpt from Jim Stanford. 31 $3.10 Add