Public Policy
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From ![]() NEW! The Quagmire of Mobility TechThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 6 explores urban mobility. Topics discussed include electrification, transportation, bike-share programs, walkability, the use of public space, autonomous … | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellDependence From: On Opium |
This chapter describes the author’s dependance on the (taken as prescribed) opiods, and how these allow her to work and enjoy life in three chunks of five hours throughout the day. The … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 36 | 2021 | $3.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellIndependence From: On Opium |
The author explores her relationship with her chronic pain and the tension between independence and dependence on prescription opiods, at first rationing relief. She parses the moral … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellInterdependence From: On Opium |
This chapter explores community, including various methods of harm reduction and a conference in Portugal, where all drugs have been decriminalized. The author describes online support systems … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 58 | 2021 | $5.80 Add |
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From ![]() The Racial Logics of PropertyFrom: Resisting Eviction |
In this chapter, Crosby begins by examining the origins and historical evolution of property relations in Canada’s national capital region, outlining some of the colonial tools deployed to … | Andrew Crosby | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() The Reactive CustomerFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter looks at Hydro-Quebec’s customers and their perception of H-Q. | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Readable CityFrom: Messy Cities |
Shawn Micallef explores how visually messy cities are easily understood by walking the streets themselves, and draws on examples from Berlin, Toronto, and other major cities across the world. | Dylan Reid | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() The Regions and the Provinces |
1945-1963. looks at the important regional variations in terms of economic development, political developments, and the degree of social change. Separates the analysis into Quebec, Ontario, West … | Alvin Finkel | 21 | 2012 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() The Revolt of the RichFrom: In Defiance |
A discussion of the financing of universities and class tensions over who controls the financing and how it affects access to education. The relationship between education and social change, … | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 13 | 2015 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() The River We are InAnti-Poverty Struggle Continues From: Fight to Win |
This chapter summarizes the activist value of the power of disruption as the Ontario Coatilition Against Poverty, with a staff of two, contended with Toronto’s resources and staff of … | A. J. Withers | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() The road to TrumpFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader analyzes the ties between the fossil fuel industry and the hard right political movement that carried Donald Trump to the White House in 2016. | Kevin Taft | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Roots of Educational Reform |
Grant Frost | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add | |
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From ![]() The SaleFrom: Sweethearts |
1960s. Looks at the Forming Council vs the labourers | Catherine Wismer | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The SalesmanFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Three of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on the session on Nova Scotia’s development agency. The expert panel … | Robert Ashe | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() The Salience of Class |
1963-1980. With a focus on the trade union movement of the 60s/70s analyzes the disparity between classes in the economy and the factor of race and gender in your economic standing | Alvin Finkel | 20 | 2012 | $2.00 Add |
![]() NEW! The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada |
There are more billionaires than ever in Canada – and they are capturing an ever-growing share of the country’s wealth. Meanwhile 90% of Canadians are steadily losing ground. … | 288 | View |
















