Public Policy

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Gunboat Ed
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Gunboat Ed

From: The Fire and the Ashes

In this chapter, Jackson discusses his time with the federal NDP caucus, then led by Ed Broadbent. 6 $0.60 Add
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Gus Simone, Organizer

Gus Simone, Organizer

From: Sweethearts

1960s. Unions and the switch to drywall, work in commercial construction 12 $1.20 Add
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Halfway to Impossible

Halfway to Impossible

From: Unicorn in the Woods

This chapter concerns Radian6, a social media monitoring platform founded by many of the players discussed in the book thus far. Radian6 was later purchased and folded into the Salesforce brand. 14 $1.40 Add
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Hamilton Harbour

Hamilton Harbour

Politics, Patronage and Cover-up

From: Their Town

Hamilton ON. 1970s, Hamilton Harbour, Politics = Business first mentality, cover ups. 19 $1.90 Add
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Harper and Harrison

Harper and Harrison

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Discusses the deregulating agenda of the Harper majority government. How Government abandoned the precautionary principle in favour of a business friendly approach to regulation. Discussses the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Harry Gairey's Enduring Lesson
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Harry Gairey’s Enduring Lesson

From: Rebound

This chapter explores the legacy of Harry Gainey, a Jamaican-born Canadian railway worker. It also examines racism in hockey. 7 $0.70 Add
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Haven for the Rich, Hell for the Rest of Us

Haven for the Rich, Hell for the Rest of Us

From: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do!

Chapter 3 examines tax havens. New means of communication and greater capital mobility help taxpayers easily get around the principle of tax residence by establishing (or pretending to establish) … 24 $2.40 Add
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Healing in Suburbia: A Black Woman’s Cancer Recovery through Cycling and the Diaspora
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Healing in Suburbia: A Black Woman’s Cancer Recovery through Cycling and the Diaspora

From: Living Disability

Nicole Hanson writes about where and how people bike in the Caribbean, as well as her experiences relating to Black biking culture across different regions. She explains the importance of … 11 $1.10 Add
Health and Wealth

Health and Wealth

How Social and Economic Factors Affect Our Well-Being

This book looks at the well-known link between social equality and the health and well-being of a country’s population, with a Canadian perspective and using Canadian data. As of 1999, when … 136 View
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Health Care Reform As If Women Mattered

Health Care Reform As If Women Mattered

From: Medicare

Examines Health Care Reform from the perspective of women. Concludes that planning for care means planning with women in mind, not only for the sake of the women, but also for the sake of the … 6 $0.60 Add
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Health Human Resources — A Nurse’s Perspective

Health Human Resources — A Nurse’s Perspective

From: Medicare

From a nurses perspective examines the findings of the 2005 National Survey on the Work and Health of Nurses, and what needs to be done to protect the health and safety of nurses 8 $0.80 Add
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Health of the Population

Health of the Population

From: Health and Wealth

A discussion of Canadian policies and pracices around the promotion of a healthy population in Canada in the 1990s, with context on activities elsewhere in the developed world in the same time period. 22 $2.20 Add
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Healthy Children First

Healthy Children First

From: Medicare

Looks at the cycle we have fallen into regarding treating illness rather than preventing it and what we must do to break free from this cycle specifically focusing on the needs of the young 8 $0.80 Add
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Hector Isn’t the Problem

Hector Isn’t the Problem

From: Weapons of Mass Instruction

I was the official New York State Teacher of the Year when I quit on the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal, because I couldn’t stand to hurt children any more. 7 $0.70 Add
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Here
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Here

From: Encampment

Helwig discusses the dehumanization of homeless people in the city of Toronto and the difficult circumstances under which they must survive, including the limitations of shelter and affordable … 18 $1.80 Add
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Here Come the Americans

Here Come the Americans

From: Unicorn in the Woods

In this chapter, Pitts describes Q1 Labs’ success in finding funding, and how they confronted concerns about their Canadian and Maritime location. 9 $0.90 Add