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Reflections on the Cultural and Political Implications of Cultural Citizenship

From: Accounting for Culture

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Reflections on the Socio-cultural and Socio-political Implications of Cultural Citizenship—Paradoxes and Contradictions. ; 6 $0.72 Add
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Strategic and Regional Environmental Assessments

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

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This chapter introduces the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)provisions of the Act, including an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of each provision. Their assessment is informed … ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Taking Stock:

Taxes and Opportunities

From: Equal as Citizens

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looks at comparable rates of taxation, income disparity, employment rates, regional development between the provinces concluding that Canada is not meeting the goal of equal citizenship 13 $1.30 Add
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The Mafia Is with Us

From: Sweethearts

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1970s. Setting up of a commision by the governemtn to examine the violence in the construction industry but not the industry itself 14 $1.40 Add
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Who Killed the Public Surgery Centre?

From: Divided

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This essay concerns the shift to private surgeries in Saskatchewan. This policy was meant to reduce the wait times for surgical procedures through a market-based approach, but wait times only … 12 $1.20 Add
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Back to the Future

The Colloquium in Context: The Democratization of Culture and Cultural Democracy

From: Accounting for Culture

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There is a worrisome amnesia confronting the cultural sector in Canada today, as though the collective "hard drive" of the sector has been wiped clean of past policy and research experience. 8 $0.96 Add
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Changing the Frame

From: Equal as Citizens

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Outlines the need for the framework of equalization to change. Goes through shifts in provincial power that occurred in 2012, outlines a building up of energy to discuss changing equalization … 19 $1.90 Add
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Changing the Landscape in the Health Care Affordability Debate

From: Medicare

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Looks at the Health Care affordability debate by exploring what is left out of the statistics used by the Government such as population growth, inflation and income growth. Looks at what it would … 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 13

Constructing a Complete Street Downtown

From: Local Government in Practice

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In chapter 13, the reader functions as a planner who must grapple with the internal politics relating to developing Complete Streets. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Impact Assessment for Projects on Federal Lands and Outside Canada

The “Federal Projects” Process

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

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This chapter explores the process set out in the Assessment Act (IAA) for the assessment of projects on federal lands and projects outside Canada; how this process differs from the rest of the … 24 $2.40 Add
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In the Middle of the Atlantic

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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This chapter explores "the next big one," the hoped-for startup that will generate economic activity in the Maritimes. 9 $0.90 Add
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Labour Empires

From: Sweethearts

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1970s the decline of specific trade unions (ie plasterers) and the building trades council wants to achieve labour unity in the city 8 $0.80 Add
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Public-Private Partnerships

What Counts as Evidence of Claimed Value?

From: Divided

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This chapter challenges a Saskatchewan government minister’s claims that those who question the value of the use of P3s are blinded by ideology and that available value-for-money reports … ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Teena’s Dream

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

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Janet Hammock imagines the future story of Teena, someone currently learning how to read and write. The chapter is different discusses reaching ones literary goals, motivations afterwards, … 8 $0.80 Add
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Afterword: Adventures in Literacy

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

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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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Chapter 14

Building a Professional Sports Stadium

From: Local Government in Practice

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In chapter 14, the reader is a political staffer who works with the mayor on the issue of building a new sports stadium. How does this decision affect a political legacy? ; ; 8 $0.80 Add