Social Policy & Services
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From  A Better Social Safety Net for CanadaFrom: Early Intervention |
The twin purposes of this final chapter are to sum up the early intervention approach, including how its different parts might fit together, and to offer some ideas on how such an approach might … | James Hughes | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
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From  A Breakthrough in the B.C. Courts — 2012From: The Right to Die |
By 2011 the public interest in a change in the law on assisted suicide again started to gain momentum. Parole Board slights to Robert Latimer continued to gain public attention. The experience of … | Gary Bauslaugh | 18 | 2016 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! A Brief History of Basic Income in Canada |
In this chapter, various basic income schemes in Canada are detailed, from William Aberhart’s Social Credit Party to the famous "Mincome" project in Dauphin, Manitoba. The chapter … | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 35 | 2021 | $3.50 Add |
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From NEW! A Good Idea Goes Viral |
This chapter highlights the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on low-wage "essential" workers, racialized populations, and women; the pandemic revealed that many Canadians suffer from … | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From  A New Generation’s Expanding MindsFrom: Peacemakers |
Looks at how we need to educate children about peace focusing on globalization and education endeavors. | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add | |
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From NEW! A Provocation to Freedom |
In the concluding chapter, the authors reconsider what counts as work, with an emphasis on the importance of care work. | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  A “Square Deal” DelayedFrom: Equal as Citizens |
Dominion-Provincial Conference on Reconstruction, August 6, 1945, Prime Minister and Canada’s Premiers meet to discuss the reconstruction of Canada, no agreements but paved the way for the … | Richard Starr | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! A User’s Guide toThe Case for Basic Income |
A glossary of important individuals and concepts | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Accessible Housing Is a Human RightFrom: Living Disability |
David Meyers writes about accessible housing as a human right. He explains that governments across Canada do not meet the needs of disabled people for accessible housing, and that disability-led … | David Meyers | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From Addressing AutismFrom: Early Intervention |
This chapter describes the disability known as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and details what researchers and parents say can be done about it. It also tells the story of how the policy-makers … | James Hughes | 28 | 2015 | $2.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Appendices |
Appendices include the Life Cycle of a Bureaucrat and a glossary of terms | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Basic Income Comes to Ontario – But Briefly |
This chapter covers the short-lived basic income project in Ontario, from it’s inception to its cancellation by the newly-elected Ford government. | Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From NEW! Best-Laid Plans |
Chapter 4 explores how plans are made, and unmade in government. It explores how plans are developed and approved and how success is measured, as well as the myriad pitfalls that can arise along … | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 34 | 2020 | $3.40 Add |
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From NEW! Breaking Barriers: My Journey as a Hard-of-Hearing Candidate in Toronto’s Municipal ElectionFrom: Living Disability |
Igor Samardzic writes about running for city council in Toronto in 2022 as a disabled person. He discusses his experience of hearing loss, his use of hearing aids, and how his relationship with … | Igor Samardzic | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Business as usual?Immigration policy in a tumultuous time From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter examines the Trudeau government’s immigration policy. | Christina Gabriel | 18 | 2024 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Business Control in a Working Class TownFrom: Their Town |
Examines how local government is structured and explains how business interests have managed to capture and hold political power in what is basically a working class town. | Bill Freeman | 10 | 2016 | $1.00 Add |
