Public Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Parachute for Ralph From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Richard Doiron recounts the story of Ralph. The chapter discusses his functional illiteracy, difficulties in school, foster care, the Moncton Boys & Girls Club, and his active journey to literacy.	Richard Doiron	5	2009	$0.50 Add
From A Plausable Future: Approaching Apocalypse From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	Climate change represents the extinction of predictability, a demolition of certainties. By the end of the 21st century, the environmental conditions on up to a third of the Earth’s surface …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	24	2018	$2.40 Add
From A Political Agenda for Building Medicare’s Next Stage From: Medicare View James Lorimer and Company	Examines how we must broaden the intellectual and institutional spaces for joint social activism — the kind of activism that will advance both medicare and Social Determinents of Health …	Doris Grinspun	12	2007	$1.20 Add
From A Possible Future: The World We Can Win From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	From a climatic perspective, our transformation requires two axes: a massive reduction of emissions and a massive reduction of injustice. We must diminish vulnerabilities, reduce the drivers of …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	23	2018	$2.30 Add
From A Professor’s Life From: Campus Confidential View James Lorimer and Company	An insider’s look at the life of a professor including: 60 Too Much Research? 61 A Teacher’s Lament 62 It’s Almost Impossible to Fire Profs 63 It’s Hard to Get a Faculty …	Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates	35	2013	$3.50 Add
From A Quarter Century of Failed Warfare From: Disarming Conflict View Between The Lines		Ernie Regehr	21	2015	$2.10 Add
From A Roadmap to Well-Being From: An Economy of Well-Being View New Society Publishers	* Can Well-Being Be Measured? * The Science of Well-Being: What We Measure Affects What We Do * Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and an Indigenous Model of Well-Being * The Util: Measuring Real …	Mark Anielski	26	2018	$2.60 Add
From A Short History of Water From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	In this chapter you’ll learn a little of the fascinating history of water and civilization and how politics, economics and water have been part of the history of the US, especially of the …	Jerry Yudelson	11	2010	$1.10 Add
From A Strategy for Mental Health From: Medicare View James Lorimer and Company	Proposes a strategy for Mental Health in Canada	Patricia J. Martens	8	2007	$0.80 Add
From A Student’s Guide to University From: Campus Confidential View James Lorimer and Company	Focuses on what it means to be a student in university divided into the following: 1 University Isn’t for Everyone 2 Should Tuition Be Free? 3 Consider the Skilled Trades 4 University …	Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates	22	2013	$2.20 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Limits From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	The author describes her writing life in relation to the chronic pain and stiffness of her disease and how, no longer depressed, she has stretched her own limits with opiods, and asks if she can …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	23	2021	$2.30 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Vertigo From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	Through the metaphor and the physical condition of vertigo, the author describes a benign temporary condition of incapacitiating vertigo, an artist’s residency in Venice, and the experience …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Quake From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	As the author describes the upending of her life: the losses of the past months and years: her love, her family, her body, her work, her income, her freedom—treasured friendships, even. she …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	15	2021	$1.50 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Monsters From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	The author describes what suffering does to her body and mind and how the effort required to transcend it makes her feel like a monster. While her condition allows her to walk and run but not …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Dross From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, dross, the undesirable scum that rises to the top of molten metal and also the residue from previously smoked opium is applied as metaphor to junkies: the unwanted product of …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From A Theory of Moral Indifference Understanding the Production of Harm by Capitalist Society From: Beyond Criminology View Fernwood Publishing		Simon Pemberton	19	2004	$1.90 Add