Public Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
A Good War Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency ECW Press	Canada needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to prevent a catastrophic 1.5 degree increase in the earth’s average temperature — assumed by many scientists to be a …	Seth Klein	465	2020	View
A New Kind of Union Unifor and the birth of the modern Canadian union James Lorimer and Company	This book describes the unique process by which the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) decided not just to merge but to create …	Fred Wilson	256	2019	View
NEW! About Canada: Disability Rights 2nd Edition Fernwood Publishing	Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some …	Deborah Stienstra	168	2020	View
About Canada: Health & Illness 2nd Edition Fernwood Publishing	Most Canadians believe that their experiences of health and illness are shaped by genetics, medical care and lifestyle choices. Governments, the media and disease associations reinforce this …	Dennis Raphael	192	2016	View
Accounting for Culture Thinking Through Cultural Citizenship University of Ottawa Press	Many scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers in the cultural sector argue that Canadian cultural policy is at a crossroads: that the environment for cultural policy-making has evolved …	Caroline Andrew; M. Sharon Jeannotte; Monica Gattinger	286	2005	View
An Economy of Well-Being Common-sense tools for building genuine wealth and happiness New Society Publishers	In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it’s difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy. These things are within reach, but how can we go about …	Mark Anielski	242	2018	View
Anti-Terrorism Security and Insecurity after 9/11 Fernwood Publishing	This edited collection critically analyzes the concept of “terrorism,” the Canadian and American government responses to terrorist activity since the events of 9/11 and the problem of …	Sandra Rollings-Magnusson	221	2009	View
Back to the Well Rethinking the Future of Water Goose Lane Editions	Droughts. Floods. Contamination. Climate change. The perils to the global fresh-water supply have never been so clear or so numerous, as the crisis in Cape Town’s water supply in early 2018 …	Marq de Villiers	378	2018	View
NEW! Basic Income For Canadians From the Covid-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All James Lorimer and Company	Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it was already gaining broad support. Then, in response to a crisis that threatened to put …	Evelyn L. Forget	258	2020	View
Beyond Criminology Taking Harm Seriously Fernwood Publishing	Beyond Criminology is an innovative, groundbreaking critique of conventional criminological approaches to social issues. The contributors make a broad analysis of social harm by examining the …	Christina Pantazis; Dave Gordon; Paddy Hillyard	342	2004	View
Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes…Like We Do! James Lorimer and Company	Bill Gates and other wealthy individuals around the world do pay taxes–but usually at rates far below what most taxpayers pay. As Warren Buffet says, his secretary pays a higher tax rate …	Brigitte Alepin	184	2012	View
NEW! Border and Rule Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism Fernwood Publishing	In Border and Rule, one of North America’s foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered …	Harsha Walia	320	2021	View
Borderlands Comparing Border Security in North America and Europe University of Ottawa Press	Border security has been high on public-policy agendas in Europe and North America since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City and on the headquarters of the …	Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly	393	2007	View
Campus Confidential 100 startling things you don't know about Canadian universities (Second Edition) James Lorimer and Company	In 2011, the first edition of Campus Confidential sparked a lively debate about what is really going on inside our colleges and universities. The media and readers alike welcomed this readable, …	Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates	256	2013	View
NEW! Canadarm and Collaboration How Canada's Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds ECW Press	Canada is a small but mighty power in space exploration. After providing the Canadarm robotic arm for the space shuttle in 1981, Canada received an invitation to start an astronaut program …	Elizabeth Howell	249	2020	View
Canadian Culture in a Globalized World The impact of trade deals on Canada's cultural life James Lorimer and Company	Since the first trade deal with the US in 1984, Canada has insisted on a "cultural exemption" to ensure that governments were free to protect Canadian culture and to restrict foreign …	Garry Neil	256	2019	View