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The Housing Crisis That Isn’t
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The Housing Crisis That Isn’t

From: The Tenant Class

Ricardo introduces his argument that there is no "housing crisis" in Canada but instead a housing market that functions exactly how it was built to. He describes this book as being a … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Impact of Canadian Health Care Reform on recent Women Immigrants and Refugees

The Impact of Canadian Health Care Reform on recent Women Immigrants and Refugees

From: Care and Consequences

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The Independent Union

The Independent Union

From: Sweethearts

1960s Zanini and his independent Canadian Union in Concrete Forming, acqusations of it being a front for the mob 10 $1.00 Add
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The Integrative Seminar as a Pedagogical Tool for Anti-oppressive Social Work Field Education

The Integrative Seminar as a Pedagogical Tool for Anti-oppressive Social Work Field Education

From: Transforming the Field

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The Investigation That Lost Heart

The Investigation That Lost Heart

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Analyzes the Transportation Safety Board investigation report on the Lac-Mégantic disaster focusing on the discrepancies between the original investigation team draft and the public report, … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

From: No Place To Go

The chapter explores the experiences of women in public places and argues access is primarily an issue of equity. 21 $2.10 Add
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The Kafala System in the Gulf States

The Kafala System in the Gulf States

From: Border and Rule

This chapter examines the Gulf Cooperation Council, the main destination for labour migration in the Global South. 9 $0.90 Add
The Killer's Henchman
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The Killer’s Henchman

Capitalism and the Covid-19 Disaster

Summer 2021, the novel coronavirus is scything through populations worldwide. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announces the Covid-19 pandemic will end “when the world … 280 View
The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Public Betrayal, Justice Denied

This book explores the circumstances leading up to the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, describes the events themselves, and recounts the aftermath including the outcome of criminal trials … 216 View
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The Large-Scale Solutions
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The Large-Scale Solutions

From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

In Chapter 4 Kaufman provides an overview of the large-scale societal changes that need to happen to build a just and sustainable world. This chapter discusses topics such as transforming the … 25 $2.50 Add
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The Liberators

The Liberators

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Introduces the concept of neoliberalism and its prioritization of deregulation and privatization. Analyzes the process of privatization and deregulation in the Canadian rail industry. Introduces … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Limits of Force

The Limits of Force

From: Disarming Conflict

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The Long, Narrow Path

The Long, Narrow Path

From: The Doctors We Need

In this chapter, Sanfilippo examines the evolution of Canadian medical education and the growing shortage of community-based family physicians. 6 $0.60 Add
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The Long Reach of Oil’s Deep State

The Long Reach of Oil’s Deep State

From: Oi's Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the extended reach of oil’s deep state in Alberta including oil’s relationship with the World Health Organization and universities … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Long Struggle for Status

The Long Struggle for Status

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

This chapter is an effort to convey the urgency of permanent status for migrants. The chapter examines the campaigns of self-organized migrants who have constructed communities of struggle that … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Mafia Is with Us

The Mafia Is with Us

From: Sweethearts

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