Public Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Everything You Know About Schools is Wrong From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	Forced schooling seduces the trapped into believing that inert knowledge, memorized fact bits and sequences is the gold standard of intellectual achievement. Learning to connect those bits into …	John Taylor Gatto	26	2010	$2.60 Add
From Excellence? From: In Defiance View Between The Lines	When neoliberals and orthodox conservatives talk about the need for excellence in universities, what kind of elitism are they thinking about? Their vision for universities, being similar to their …	Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	14	2015	$1.40 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 Expanding the Welfare Surveillance Apparatus The Family Responsibility Office and Child Welfare From: Ineligble View Fernwood Publishing	Indigenous and Black single mothers’ stories are centred in this chapter, as they faced some of the harshest investigations and treatment.	Krys Maki	22	2021	$2.20 Add
From Expansion of Free Trade and Investment Agreements From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World View James Lorimer and Company	How recent expansion of Canada’s free trade agreements and the implementation of investment agreements have affected Canadian cultural policy. Deals with the Multilateral Agreement on …	Garry Neil	15	2019	$1.50 Add
From Experiencing Social Policy Focusing on People, Not Policy Arenas From: Telling Tales View Fernwood Publishing		Kate Bezanson; Sheila Neysmith	16	2005	$1.60 Add
From Expressing Gratitude From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	When we are grateful, we naturally become more hopeful. By recognizing and appreciating the gifts we have been given, gratitude breeds hope. Gratitude doesn’t deny the mess we are in, but …	Kate Davies	16	2018	$1.60 Add
Facing the Climate Emergency, 2nd Edition How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth	Facing the Climate Emergency offers a cure to climate anxiety. With the skill of a psychologist and the passion of an activist, Salamon helps readers process fear and grief and find their place …		154		View
From Failing to Deliver From: The Doctors We Need View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Sanfilippo examines why Canada’s growing demand for family physicians has outpaced the supply, identifying medical school admissions as a critical bottleneck in the system.	Anthony Sanfilippo	13	2024	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Falling Off Your Bicycle Chapter 3 From: Every Cyclist’s Guide to Canadian Law View Irwin Law Inc.	In Falling Off Your Bicycle Waters examines what happens when a cyclist is injured and the laws governing these instances by outlining the criminal or civil liability issues that may arise from a …	Christopher Waters	44	2022	$4.40 Add
From Family and Work-Life Balancing Policies From: Scandinavian Common Sense View Baraka Books	This chapter examines the family policies of the Nordic countries, which emphasize financial support measures, allocation of parental leave, and work-life balance.	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	10	2015	$1.00 Add
From Family Comes First From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Laurie Glenn Norris recounts the story of Myrtle. The chapter discusses her upbringing, foster care, her Indigenous identity, being a mother, family, being illiterate and navigating a city, …	Laurie Glenn Norris	6	2009	$0.60 Add
From Fareed Zakaria in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths April 15, 2020 From: The World After Covid View House of Anansi Press	Fareed Zakara and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and its global impacts. Topics include the world’s transition into a post-American world and China’s current power and influence, …	Rudyard Griffiths	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Fashion and Design in the Age of Digital Surveillance From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter 12 explores the ways in which the public resists the implementation of smart city technologies	Car Martin	13	2020	$1.30 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 Fayuca Hormiga: The Cross-border Trade of Used Clothing between the United States and Mexico From: Borderlands View University of Ottawa Press	This chapter details the “unauthorized” flow of used clothing across the US-Mexico border in light of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the twin cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad …	Mélissa Gauthier	22	2007	$1.76 Add