Public Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Bargain Builders From: Sweethearts View James Lorimer and Company	1960s the development of new building techniques that maximized profits by decreasing the need for skilled labour and finding cheaper materials. There are also inter-union disagreements for control	Catherine Wismer	12	2014	$1.20 Add
From The Barriers to Good Jobs Dashed Hopes after Years on the Job From: Telling Tales View Fernwood Publishing		Kate Bezanson; Sheila Neysmith	25	2005	$2.50 Add
From The Battery of the North East From: Charging Ahead View Baraka Books	This chapter is about Hydro-Quebec and energy-trading.	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	19	2019	$1.90 Add
From The Best Strategies for Reducing Social Inequalities in Health From: Scandinavian Common Sense View Baraka Books	Social inequalities in health may now be clearly recognized, but this is not true of strategies for reducing them. This chapter describes two pioneering initiatives aimed at reducing social …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From The Big Lie Why and How BC Hydro Dismissed the Peace River Valley Microclimate From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Former B.C. Environment Minister Joan Sawicki sets out her analysis that BC Hydro “overlooked” the importance of microclimate in its agricultural impact assessment of the Site C dam …	Joan Sawicki	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From The Big Shift From: Getting to Zero View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses the urgent need to shift from carbon intensive activities in three sectors: energy (bitumen to be declared a "sunset" industry), transportation (to shift from private internal …	Tony Clarke	37	2018	$3.70 Add
The Big Stall How big oil and think tanks are blocking action on climate change in Canada	This book traces the origins of the Trudeau government’s climate change plan back to the energy sector itself — in particular Big Oil. It shows how, in the last fifteen years, Big Oil …		304		View
From NEW! The Birth of the Factory From: Being and Swine View Between The Lines	In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the rise of urbanization in the western world and the role that animals have played in this process. Included in the chapter are a discussion of …	Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes	37	2020	$3.70 Add
From The Boom Years The Classes of 1975-1986 From: Learning to Leave View Fernwood Publishing		Michael Corbett	45	2007	$4.50 Add
From The Camino de Santiago From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	Inspired by the pilgrimage to St. James’ tomb which draws young and old from around the world each year to walk across Spain, I decided to help kids toward lives as producers rather than …	John Taylor Gatto	8	2010	$0.80 Add
From The Canada Health Act: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow From: Medicare View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the Canada Health Act and what we need to be aware of now and in the future regarding it	Monique Bégin	6	2007	$0.60 Add
From End of an Era From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	1918-1948. The quest for a naval contract, the establishment of Bell-Baldwin Hydrodomes Ltd., other self-propelled hydrofoils are made. Thee legacy of the two men is briefly explored.	John Boileau	10	2004	$1.00 Add
The Care We Dream Of Liberatory & Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health Arsenal Pulp Press	What if you could trust in getting the health care you need in ways that felt good and helped you thrive? What if the health system honoured and valued queer and trans people’s lives, …	Zena Sharman	352	2021	View
From NEW! The Case Against Controlling Infrastructure From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Andrés Borthagaray writes that a combination of messy and orderly urbanism produces beneficial interaction, and uses examples of mobility infrastructure to illustrate their point.	Dylan Reid	5	2025	$0.50 Add
From The Chameleon-like Complexion of Cultural Policy Re-educating an Octogenarian From: Accounting for Culture View University of Ottawa Press	Cultural experiences have an impact on one’s general values, including diose related to politics. Thus culture affects, through one’s normative predilections, how one evaluates …	John Meisel	17	2005	$2.04 Add
From The Changing Environments of Cultural Policy and Citizenship in Canada From: Accounting for Culture View University of Ottawa Press	In this chapter, it is argued that both culture and citizenship, as well as the points where they intersect, can be shown to be heavily influenced by rapid and extensive change in their …	John A. Foote	13	2005	$1.56 Add