Public Policy

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The Future of Work

The Future of Work

From: Basic Income For Canadians

This chapter looks at our relationship with work as individuals and as a society and how basic income will fundamentally change that relationship. 16 $1.60 Add
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The Garden Invaded

The Garden Invaded

The Harper Years

From: The Tangled Garden

Developments in key Canadian creative industries (eg. television, film, newspapers) during Stephen Harper’s Conservative era (2006 to 2015); how the digital media produced a drastic decline … 37 $3.70 Add
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The Gig Is Up

The Gig Is Up

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter is a small love note to the iwc (Immigrant Workers Centre) for always being willing to experiment to find new ways to build leadership and solidarity. It’s difficult for unions … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Glaze Report: Control and Power to the Province (2017-2019)
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The Glaze Report: Control and Power to the Province (2017-2019)

From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools

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The Global Education Reform Movement (2000-2010)
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The Global Education Reform Movement (2000-2010)

From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools

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The Glorious Gate

The Glorious Gate

From: Overrun

This chapter discusses efforts by un United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct a barrier to prevent the Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. 30 $3.00 Add
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The Great Burning

The Great Burning

From: The Memory We Could Be

Humans have caused enough upheaval to heat the entire world — its seas and its skies — by over an entire degree Celsius. Just that one degree of temperature has been enough to trigger … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Great Free Trade Debate
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The Great Free Trade Debate

From: The Fire and the Ashes

This chapter concerns the authors’ work on the free trade debates in 1988, which culminated in the edited collection The Free Trade Deal. 4 $0.40 Add
The Great Greenwashing

The Great Greenwashing

How Brands, Governments, and Influencers Are Lying to You

Saving the planet is big business. Realising this, savvy companies are hopping on the sustainability bandwagon. Some may have altruistic ends in mind, but most want to make a quick buck. As … 298 View
The Happiness Policy Handbook

The Happiness Policy Handbook

How to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government

Thomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 270 years later, is the happiness of citizens … 226 View
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The Happiness-Sustainability Connection

The Happiness-Sustainability Connection

From: The Happiness Policy Handbook

Climate Change – The Local-Global Connection: Community Solutions to Sustainable Development – Connecting Sustainable Development to Happiness Through Indicators ; ; 5 $0.50 Add
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The Harbord Class of ’33

The Harbord Class of ’33

From: Sweethearts

Looks at the Harbord Class of 1933, comprised of Jews, and the discrimmination they faced from Hitler supporters 9 $0.90 Add
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The Hardest Thing I Ever Did

The Hardest Thing I Ever Did

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Dawn Watson recounts the story of Raymond. The chapter discusses his frustrations with being unable to help his daughter with her schoolwork, being unable to reproduce his signature, Polly … 4 $0.40 Add
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The Hatred of Democracy

The Hatred of Democracy

From: In Defiance

How well does democracy work when the issues become polarized? The student debate raises the issues of decision making: out in the open or only at the ballot box? What happens when the media … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Health Consequences of COVID-19

The Health Consequences of COVID-19

From: We Are Not Okay

In this chapter, Chin examines the long-term health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the United States from 2020 through 2023. 16 $1.60 Add
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“The hostility in the room”
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“The hostility in the room”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the charged atmosphere of late April and early May 1981, when the federal government clashed with Alberta over the National Energy Program (as told by the diary … 7 $0.70 Add