Public Policy

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Who Owns Water?

From: Back to the Well

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In this chapter, de Villiers discusses international law surrounding water use as well as legislation passed on a national level. 15 $1.50 Add
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Why Do the Courts Suck in a City in Love with Basketball?

From: Rebound

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This chapter examines the Toronto Raptors NBA championship team, and how that franchise stimulated the re-development of Toronto’s public basketball courts. 9 $0.90 Add
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Is a P3 the Best Way to Expand Edmonton’s LRT

From: Ideology over Economics

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Assessment of the Proposed P3 Approach for the Southeast Line Private Operation of the Southeast Line and VfM Risk Transfer in the VfM Edmonton’s LRT Should Have Been Fully Public … 26 $2.60 Add
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4. The Inequality Turnaround

“Sharing the Dividends”

From: Earth for All

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Chapter 4 explores the challenges of the growing inequality across the globe. Topics discussing include economic inequality, privatization,  the creation of progressive taxation for … ; ; ; ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
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A Crew of One

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Analyzes the safety practices of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the railway which ran through Lac-Mégantic: How the company pushed for single member crews and regularly ignored … 13 $1.30 Add
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A New Northern Security Agenda

From: Borderlands

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This chapter addresses the transformation of the security agenda, which has led to an integrating Arctic region where local agency influences broader issues and decisions. 47 $3.76 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Quake

From: On Opium

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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 … 15 $1.50 Add
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A Union for Everyone

From: A New Kind of Union

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Describes the continued efforts of the CEP and the CAW to negotiate the New Union Project from 2012-2013. Analyzes debates over how the new union can represent Canadians from a wide variety of … 38 $3.80 Add
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An Activist Perspective on the Sidewalk Project

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

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Chapter 5 explores the impact of Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project from the perspective of Labour organization and activism. 11 $1.10 Add
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Anti-Unionism in Professional Sport

The Case of Major Junior Hockey

From: Labour Under Attack

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Anti-Unionism in Niagara’s Casino Gaming Sector 15 $1.50 Add
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Australia and the Pacific Solution

From: Border and Rule

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This chapter details Australia’s method of detaining refugees and migrants on off-shore islands. 12 $1.20 Add
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Bhatia, Drake, and the Making of Basketball Culture in the 6ix

From: Rebound

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In this chapter, King profiles Nav Bhatia, a Toronto Raptors superfan who has attended every one of the team’s home games. He has also spearheaded charitable initiatives that focus on … 8 $0.80 Add
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Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

From: The Big Stall

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Examines the business led campaign to discredit the Kyoto Accord in the 1990s and 2000s. Big business lobbied for a "made in Canada" solution while funding a massive anti-Kyoto … 20 $2.00 Add
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Big Oil Wants to Talk About Your Carbon Footprint

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

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This chapter details the efforts of oil companies to cover up their own climate research, as well as how we can pressure these companies into doing more to protect the environment and move away … 17 $1.70 Add
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Bison, Blue Jays, Rainbow and Walleye

Peace River Biodiversity

From: Damming the Peace

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B.C. wildlife biologist Brian Churchill describes B.C.’s Peace River Valley’s unique biodiversity and what would be destroyed by the Site C dam under construction there. Adjacent to … 16 $1.60 Add