Public Policy

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How the Media Turned Nova Scotia Against Its Teachers (2010-2014)

From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools

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Human Nature or Human Ignorance?

From: The Memory We Could Be

The story of climate change is one of the rise to dominance of a particular human relationship with nature, defined by callousness. Today we are blinded by that relationship, locked in its logic … 37 $3.70 Add
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Inequality of Wealth

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

The inequality of wealth in Canada is far greater than the inequality of incomes — Canada’s top 40 families own more than the bottom 40% (6,186,000 households) do. For middle class … 23 $2.30 Add
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Inequality of wealth

From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

In this chapter, the author presents data on inequalities of wealth before the Covid-19 pandemic and outlines how the inequality of wealth and economic power increased in Canada throughout the … 30 $3.00 Add
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Just Transition

From: Getting to Zero

Discusses how the shift away from carbon-heavy industries should and could be done in a socially just way to ensure workers in sunset industries, Indigenous People, and immigrants will not be … 30 $3.00 Add
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Key opinion leaders, clinical practice guidelines and medical societies

getting the message out

From: Doctors in Denial

Examines the impact of the conflicts of interest that occur when Canadian researchers and Canadian medical societies rely on pharmaceutical companies for favours, trips, and research funding. 31 $3.10 Add
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Kick The Can

From: No Place To Go

This chapter considers public toilet use and needs from the perspective of homeless people, and the effects of anti-vandalism measures. 20 $2.00 Add
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Letting Her Own Light Shine

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Laura Wells recounts the story of Elaine. The story discusses the desire to read to your children, anxiety, the impacts of poor experiences from the school system, her children, work aspirations, … 4 $0.40 Add
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Locked down

Reimagining access for marginalized people

From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

Chapter six of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? considers the issue of access for marginalized people relating to the three automobility revolutions, and argues that these coming trends do not … 20 $2.00 Add
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Losing Me

From: Losing me, While Losing You

This chapter explores how caregivers lose some of themselves through the loss of their loved ones to dementia. ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Loving the World

From: Intrinsic Hope

When I think about what loving the world means to me, I feel a deep aspiration for the happiness, flourishing, and wellbeing of other people, other species, and the earth. This could be called … 20 $2.00 Add
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Martin Champoux: Getting Things Done

From: Canada Vs California

This profile highlights the acute observations made by Martin Champoux, a former radio host and the only member of the Bloc Quebecois party on the heritage committee. Howard Law highlights the … 3 $0.30 Add
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Mediating Diversity: Identity, Language, and Protest in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

From: Managing Diversity

Activists involved in campaigns for minority-language television services in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales regarded the creation of such services as mechanisms whereby a number of key processes … 28 $3.36 Add
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Methods

From: Making Shift Happen

This chapter focuses on the Method for doing research and provides advice on how to design your research effort. The chapter does this by focusing on how to develop research methods and do … ; ; ; 41 $4.10 Add
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Migrant Workers and the TPP

From: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada

Canada’s temporary entry commitments in the TPP cover a wider range of occupations and sectors than NAFTA, and for the first time the system would be extended to countries such as Australia … 28 $2.80 Add