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Advice for Action
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Advice for Action

From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

In Chapter 5 Kaufman offers advice for understanding how social change happens. This chapter discusses topics including personal lifestyle changes, shifting community culture, protests, … 19 $1.90 Add
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Africville: An Historical Overview
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Africville: An Historical Overview

From: The Spirit of Africville

In this chapter, Donald Clairmont examines how Halifax’s discriminatory municipal policies severely impacted residents of Africville through years of administrative neglect and anti-Black bias. 22 $2.20 Add
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Aftermath

Aftermath

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Anaylzes the response to the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster by Transport Canada; Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, and the rail industry. Documents an accountability diversion to the last … 13 $1.30 Add
Crisis in Canada's Policing
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Afterword

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Afterword

Afterword

Invitation to an Open Conspiracy: The Bartleby Project

From: Weapons of Mass Instruction

The whole diseased empire of institutional schooling is, like the wonderful one-horse shay, extremely fragile. Its most vulnerable point, the glue that holds the thing together, is standardized … 14 $1.40 Add
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Afterword

Afterword

Looking Back on A Moment of Truth: An International Perspective

From: A New Kind of Union

Economist and union activist Jim Stanford looks back on Canada’s union movement since 2011 and how Canadian labour fares compared to other countries with the use of key graphs and statistics. ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Afterword: Adventures in Literacy

Afterword: Adventures in Literacy

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Greg Cook concludes the book with the afterword: Adventures in Literacy. The chapter reflects on the topics and stories discussed throughout the book including the empowerment of literacy, … 3 $0.30 Add
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Aging Well

Aging Well

Strategies for Wellbeing Among Older Women in a “Restructuring” Ontario.

From: Care and Consequences

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Ajahn Suchart's Olympic Ambitions
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Ajahn Suchart’s Olympic Ambitions

From: Rebound

This chapter ecamines the role of martial arts in communities, especially Muay Thai, or Thai boxing. 11 $1.10 Add
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All for What?

All for What?

From: In Defiance

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All the Same Problems and More

All the Same Problems and More

Are P3s the Answer to Africa’s Infrastructure Needs?

From: Ideology over Economics

The Infrastructure Gap in Africa Extent of Private Involvement in African Infrastructure Trends in P3s in Africa Legal and Infrastructural Provisions for P3s in Africa Claims Made for P3s … 11 $1.10 Add
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An Activist Perspective on the Sidewalk Project
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An Activist Perspective on the Sidewalk Project

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

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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An Afternoon of Aramaic

An Afternoon of Aramaic

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Carol Knepper recounts the story of Jason. The story discusses dyslexia, the school system and disability, helplessness, hiding his condition, living with dyslexia, and finding motivation to … 5 $0.50 Add
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An Argument Worth Having
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An Argument Worth Having

From: Messy Cities

Chiyi Tam explains how conflict within communities has the capacity to net positive and democratic results, using her role in the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust as a key example. 8 $0.80 Add
An Economy of Well-Being

An Economy of Well-Being

Common-sense tools for building genuine wealth and happiness

In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it’s difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy. These things are within reach, but how can we go about … 242 View
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An interview With Andreas Malm
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An interview With Andreas Malm

From: Crisis and Contagion

In this chapter, Ian McKay interviews Andreas Malm about issues relating to COVID-19. Andreas Malm is an associate professor of human ecology at Lund University in Sweden. He is the author of … 19 $1.90 Add