Public Policy

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Rio to Kyoto

Rio to Kyoto

The Road Not Taken

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes the tactic of "greenwashing" and the use of terms like "sustainable development" allowing big business to adopt the language of environmentalism but none of the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Rivers and Lakes in Trouble

Rivers and Lakes in Trouble

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers explores how surface water – lakes and rivers – are some of the most vulnerable to contamination and destruction as a result of human action. 27 $2.70 Add
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Roots of Canadian Cultural Policies

Roots of Canadian Cultural Policies

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

Brief history of Canadian cultural policy in the 20th century, background to the period from 1984 to 2019. 18 $1.80 Add
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Running on empty

Running on empty

Climate and environment

From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

The third chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? asserts that deeply recommitting to public transit is a requirement for slowing climate catastrophe. The author demonstrates how each of … 20 $2.00 Add
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Running Your Bicycle Club
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Running Your Bicycle Club

Chapter 6

From: Every Cyclist’s Guide to Canadian Law

In Running Your Bicycle Club Waters examines the legal issues associated with creating and operating a club or organization. The chapter addresses topics including laws for not-for-profit … 36 $3.60 Add
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Sacrificing the Self

Sacrificing the Self

From: Game Misconduct

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Samantha Power in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

Samantha Power in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

April 30, 2020

From: The World After Covid

Samantha Power and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and international affairs and global politics. Topics include global social and economics inequalities, different countries’ responses … 11 $1.10 Add
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Same, different, or understudied?

Same, different, or understudied?

From: Bent out of Shape

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Same Time, Same Place

Same Time, Same Place

Bocce Ball Park in 2015

From: On This Patch of Grass

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Sami and Lou
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Sami and Lou

From: Rebound

This chapter focuses on basketball, and the impact that school sports can have on young people and communities. 8 $0.80 Add
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Satisfying Our Thirst for Agency
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Satisfying Our Thirst for Agency

From: Messy Cities

Colin Ellard argues that our desire for messy cities is connected to the desire human beings feel towards the complexity of the natural world. 6 $0.60 Add
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Saturn Devouring His Children: A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts
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Saturn Devouring His Children: A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Death

From: On Opium

This chapter describes the War on Drugs, and the illegal use of fentanyl by a person living precariously. It also includes an interview with the founder of Mothers Stop the Harm (MSTH) and … 51 $5.10 Add
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Saving Ecosystems

Saving Ecosystems

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Topics include: Continental Conservation – Species Protection – Protecting the Land – Conservation Philanthropy – What is Nature Worth? – Conservation Finance … 16 $1.60 Add
Scandinavian Common Sense

Scandinavian Common Sense

Policies to Tackle Social Inequalities in Health

When some claim austerity is the only answer to today’s economic woes, a close look at the best practices in Scandinavia and Finland gives pause for thought. Cited as models for their … ; ; 192 View
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Scarcity, Yes; Conflicts, Maybe

Scarcity, Yes; Conflicts, Maybe

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers asks whether water shortages lead to war, under what circumstances these conflicts occur, and where in the world they are most likely to spark. 35 $3.50 Add
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A Learning-Focused Analysis of Canada’s Impact Assessment Act
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A Learning-Focused Analysis of Canada’s Impact Assessment Act

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter analyzes the learning potential presented by the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) by examining opportunities for learning at multiple levels of social organization; that is, by employ … 20 $2.00 Add