Public Policy
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From  NEW! Was Sidewalk Toronto a PR Experiment or a Development ProposalFrom: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 6 asks the question of whether Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project was a realistic urban development program or a PR stunt by Google to market their products on a large stage. | David Murakami Wood | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Water and Sewage: The Original Urban NetworksThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 3 explores the original urban networks, water and sewage systems. Topics discussed include the London Fire of 1666, water pumps, sewers and urban health. | John Lorinc | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Water ExportThe Site C End-Game From: Damming the Peace |
Investigative journalist Joyce Nelson links the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley to continental water-sharing plans. Her analysis is that the Site C dam is being … | Joyce Nelson | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Water Use in Commercial and Institutional BuildingsFrom: Dry Run |
Before turning to different ways to reduce urban water demand, in this chapter we’ll get better acquainted with patterns of water use in the commercial, industrial and institutional (CII) … | Jerry Yudelson | 26 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
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From Water Use in the HomeFrom: Dry Run |
Let’s take a look now at residential water use, something that most of us are quite familiar with. The sources of water use inside the home with almost 60 percent goes for shower, toilet … | Jerry Yudelson | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Watering the GardenThe Chretien Years From: The Tangled Garden |
A first‑hand account of the development of Canadian culture policy by the Brian Mulroney Conservative government (1984 to 1993). Focuses specifically on initiatives by former communications … | Richard Stursberg | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! We Are a Union, What Do We Do Now? 1970-79From: Leading Progess |
This chapter discusses who belonged to and led PIPSC in the 1970s, how collective bargaining took place, and what policy positions the Institute adopted. It also explores the collective … | Jason Russell | 33 | 2020 | $3.30 Add |
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From  NEW! We Can Live With ThatFrom: Messy Cities |
Leslie Woo writes about the plan to evolve the Greater Golden Horseshoe region within Canada in the early 2000’s, and how bureaucratic short-sightedness eroded the plan’s potential and original … | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Wealth versus CommonwealthFrom: Resilience Imperative |
For the last 200 years, the ideology of unregulated markets, free-flow-ing capital, and minimalist government has waxed and waned. The unbridled markets of the 1920s gave way to state investment … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 36 | 2012 | $3.60 Add |
 Weapons of Mass InstructionA Schoolteacher’s Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling |
John Taylor Gatto’s Weapons of Mass Instruction, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and … | 241 | View | ||
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From Weapons of Mass Instruction |
The trapped flea strategy; ugliness; the horse-in-box effect; the artificial extension of childhood; misdirection; the cauldron of broken time: these and more are some deadly Weapons of Mass … | John Taylor Gatto | 46 | 2010 | $4.60 Add |
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From  Welcome to the Clean Growth CenturyFrom: The Big Stall |
Analyzes Justin Trudeau’s environmental policies and his alliance with Rachel Notley. Liberal Party policies speak about capitalizing on the opportunities of a low carbon economy, but fail … | Donald Gutstein | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Welfare Fraud Legislation in British Columbia and Ontario |
Kiran Mirchandani; Wendy Chan | 10 | 2005 | $1.00 Add | |
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From  Well-Being for First NationsFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Measuring What Matters to Community Well-Being * Why a Community Asset Assessment? * Natural Capital Assessment * The Well-Being Community Planning Process * Benefits of a Well-Being-Based … | Mark Anielski | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From Well-Being Impact InvestingFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Virtuous Financial Leadership * Lintel Capital LLC: Investment for Good * Well-Being Impact Investment Funds * And the Times, They are a-Changin’ | Mark Anielski | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! We’ll Get Back to You on That |
Chapter 8 explores the world of government research, how information is collected and used and some of the challenges bureaucrats face when gathering or using research. | Angela Poirier; Jane Allt | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
