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From  A theory of the deep stateFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft introuces the concepts of institutional capture and deep state and links them together to outline a theory of the deep state, as background for a … | Kevin Taft | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From  A Thriveable Future |
Topics include: The SPIRALS Framework – Scalable – Place-making – Intergenerational – Resilient – Accessible – Life-affirming – Self-care – Moving … | Andrés R. Edwards | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From  A Tour de ForceFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores just how impressive Hydro-Quebec and its services are, considering H-Q have one of the biggest power systems on the continent with the "most reliable service." The … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From  A Triple CrisisFrom: Tar Sands Showdown |
This chapter discusses the convergence of three global and potentially deadly crises with implications for the development of the tar sands: (a) peak oil: the end of cheap, abundant supplies of … | Tony Clarke | 38 | 2008 | $3.80 Add |
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From  A Twelve-Vote MarginFrom: In Defiance |
How student organizations engaged students on various campuses and fostered mass meetings and voting on the strike. | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add |
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From  A Moment of TruthFrom: A New Kind of Union |
Documents Canadian labour and the issues that it faced from 2011 – 2012. Details the key events and discussions which led to the creation of Unifor and gives a history of the roles … | Fred Wilson | 31 | 2019 | $3.10 Add |
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From  NEW! A World to WinFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter examines the activities of the Canadian Labour Congress in a global context, where it worked with organizations from other countries to codify basic labour rights. | Andrew Jackson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Abbreviations and GlossaryFrom: Fastest in the World |
Abbreviations and Glossary | John Boileau | 1 | 2004 | $0.10 Add |
 About Canada: Health & Illness 2nd Edition |
Most Canadians believe that their experiences of health and illness are shaped by genetics, medical care and lifestyle choices. Governments, the media and disease associations reinforce this … | 192 | View | ||
 NEW! About Canada: Disability Rights2nd Edition |
Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some … | 168 | View | ||
 NEW! About Canada: Health and IllnessThird Edition |
The third edition of Health and Illness shows how inequitable distribution of the social determinants of health are determined by public policy decisions. Dennis Raphael updates … | Dennis Raphael | 288 | 2024 | View |
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From  NEW! About the Authors |
Author biographies. | Joseph Lyons; Kate Graham; Zachary Spicer | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! AbsenceFrom: Encampment |
Helwig describes the ever-changing environment of the encampment and details some hardships in her own personal life. She reiterates the importance of persevering and not losing faith. | Maggie Helwig | 20 | 2025 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Accepting What IsFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
Accepting the reality of the global eco-social crisis nurtures intrinsic hope because it gives us the possibility of doing something about it. By saying yes to our situation — even a … | Kate Davies | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Access to EnergyHow Form Overtook Substance and Disempowered the Poor in Nova Scotia |
Examination of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision in Boulter to illustrate the denial of equal access to energy to disadvantaged communities. | Claire McNeil; Vincent Calderhead | 28 | 2014 | $2.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Accessible Housing Is a Human RightFrom: Living Disability |
David Meyers writes about accessible housing as a human right. He explains that governments across Canada do not meet the needs of disabled people for accessible housing, and that disability-led … | David Meyers | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
