Public Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Chapter 3 How Is Incarceration Generating Homelessness and What Can Be Done? From: Ending Homelessness in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Art Campbell examines how incarceration leads to homelessness. By speaking with experts, using case studies and studying solutions he offers strategies to prevent this.	Art Campbell	15	2024	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Chapter 3: Quiet From: Mass Murder, Police Mayhem View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Beeby summarizes what occurred overnight in Portapique between April 18th and 19th 2020 as described by the Mass Casualty Commission in its final report. These hours marked the …	Dean Beeby	10	2023	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 3: The Capitalists’ State From: The Killer's Henchman View bar	This chapter asks who it is that made the decisions on how to respond to the pandemic (if to respond at all) and what their interests are. The author explores the domination of governments around …	Stephen Gowans	35	2022	$3.50 Add
From Chapter 4 The Hunger for Recognition From: Somebodies and Nobodies View New Society Publishers	Humanity’s relentless pursuit to answer the question "who am I?" The constant drive to be Somebody and the fear of being Nobody are used to address the inner tumult of craving …	Robert W. Fuller	15	2004	$1.50 Add
From Chapter Three The Pacific's deadly echo From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	Looks at the inextricable connection between earthquakes and tsunamis. Studies the devestation of historical tsunamis and the challenge to low-lying communities.	Gregor Craigie	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From Cultural Participation A Fuzzy Cultural Policy Paradigm From: Accounting for Culture View University of Ottawa Press	Argues that "cultural participation" should be a basic building block of cultural citizenship, suggesting that the term is better thought of as a means but not an end of citizenship and …	Catherine Murray	23	2005	$2.76 Add
From Digging Holes From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Marilyn Lerch recounts the story of Joe. The story discusses dropping out of high school, helplessness, shame, abuse, self-doubt, and his journey to receiving his GED (General Educational Development).	Marilyn Lerch	5	2009	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Disability Rights in Canada From: About Canada: Disability Rights View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter four thoroughly explains disability rights, particularly the rights to education, employment, transportation, telecommunications and healthcare. Each of these key aspects of inclusion …	Deborah Stienstra	48	2020	$4.80 Add
From Early Child Development, Food Security and Housing From: About Canada: Health & Illness 2nd Edition View Fernwood Publishing	-	Dennis Raphael	20	2016	$2.00 Add
From Energy Superpower From: Tar Sands Showdown View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter concerns the promotion of Canada as “the world’s next energy superpower,” largely because of the development of the tar sands, with these themes: (a) corporate …	Tony Clarke	41	2008	$4.10 Add
From NEW! Enough Already From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	This chapter explores the disconnect between the reality of the environmental crisis, and the rhetoric of events such as Earth Day, which typically focuses on individual actions rather than …	Sami Grover	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From Expanding the Garden The Mulroney Years From: The Tangled Garden View James Lorimer and Company	A first‑hand account of the development of Canadian culture policy by the Brian Mulroney’s Conservative government (1984 to 1993). Focuses specifically on initiatives by former …	Richard Stursberg	38	2019	$3.80 Add
From Fat Stanley and the Lancaster Amish From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	Fat Stanley told me he had to cut school almost every day because he didn’t want to end up like me, working for someone else. He was 13 when he said that to me. An Amish man in Ohio told me …	John Taylor Gatto	9	2010	$0.90 Add
From Fighting for Roofs and Beds Housing First From: Fight to Win View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter the author describes the efficacy and short-comings of a Housing First model for addressing homelessness. Given the background of neoliberalism, the author concludes that programs …	A. J. Withers	30	2021	$3.00 Add
From From Beaver to Pond A History From: Unicorn in the Woods View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter links the entrepreneurial activities of Flood and Newton with another businessman from New Brunswick: Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook. It also touches on the historic and current …	Gordon Pitts	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From From Corporate Honcho to Social Justice Worker From: Inner City Renovation View Fernwood Publishing	-	Marty Donkervoort	11	2013	$1.10 Add