Public Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
I’m Right and You’re an Idiot The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up	The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda and polarization stifles …		275		View
From Imagined Communities of Fandom From: Game Misconduct View Fernwood Publishing		Nathan Kalman-Lamb	22	2018	$2.20 Add
From NEW! Immigration and "Medical Manpower" 1968 and the Awkward Introduction of Medicare in Canada From: 1968 in Canada View University of Ottawa Press	The year 1968 witnessed the launch of medicare, a public program so important that 50 years later many Canadians identify universal health insurance as a defining feature of our national …	David Wright and Sasha Mullally	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From Immigration “Managing” Canadian Immigration Racism, Racialization, and the Law From: Gender, Race & Canadian Law View Fernwood Publishing		Elizabeth Comack; Lisa Marie Jakubowski	30	2016	$3.00 Add
From NEW! Transparency and Accountability in Decision Making Does the Impact Assessment Act Support Credible Decision Making? From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter considers the central decision points the Assessment Act (IAA) determines the extent to which the Act codifies mechanisms to provide for transparency and accountability in decisions. …	Jason Unger	31	2021	$3.10 Add
From Impact on the Broader Community From: Inner City Renovation View Fernwood Publishing		Marty Donkervoort	12	2013	$1.20 Add
From Implementation And Training From: Freedom To Learn View New Society Publishers	Establishing universal success in education cannot be attained by pressuring teachers to succeed. Too often the methods provided by administrators are the same ineffective methods they used when …	Art Willans; Cari Williams	22	2018	$2.20 Add
In Defiance Between The Lines	On February 7, 2012, as students in Quebec prepared to vote to go on strike, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois gave a rousing speech: “What you do today will be remembered. The decision you make will …	Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	186	2015	View
From In Defiance From: In Defiance View Between The Lines	The government moves against the strike. But students are joined by tens of thousands of citizens banging pots and pans in the streets night after night.	Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	14	2015	$1.40 Add
From In the Beginning From: Overrun View ECW Press	In this chapter, the author explores the history of the Asian carp in North America beginning with its introduction in the mid 20th century. The chapter explores aquaculture in the Mississippi …	Andrew Reeves	33	2019	$3.30 Add
In The Business of Change How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual New Society Publishers	Our communities are facing the fallout from the demise of vital industry, bankrupt economies, bad policy or policing, and political mismanagement. People are looking for answers, and the …	Elisa Birnbaum	195	2018	View
From In the Middle of the Atlantic From: Unicorn in the Woods View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter explores "the next big one," the hoped-for startup that will generate economic activity in the Maritimes.	Gordon Pitts	9	2020	$0.90 Add
From NEW! In the Space between Aboriginal Sovereignty and National Security Re-engaging Border Security and Mohawk Culture at Akwesasne From: Borders, Culture, and Globalization View University of Ottawa Press	This chapter considers the contributions of local leaders and communities to the ways that borderlands become “secured,” not only in the literal sense of security measures but also in …	Laetitia Rouvière	21	2021	$2.10 Add
From In the Streets, in the Parks and in the Courts Fighting Bulldozer Diplomacy From: Fight to Win View Fernwood Publishing	The impact of Covid-19 on homeless people is discussed, along with how defunding the police and decarceration entered public discourse. Issues with overcrowded and full shelters and shelter …	A. J. Withers	25	2021	$2.50 Add
From Incident at Highland High From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	Last January, a sixteen-year-old German girl — shy and well-behaved — was arrested in her home in Nuremberg, Germany, by fifteen armed policemen. Her crime was homeschooling. Reading …	John Taylor Gatto	16	2010	$1.60 Add
From Income, Education and Work From: About Canada: Health & Illness 2nd Edition View Fernwood Publishing		Dennis Raphael	25	2016	$2.50 Add