Recreation & Leisure Studies

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Chapter 8
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Chapter 8

An Ecocentric Ethic

From: Renewal

This chapter discusses how we can create a new ethical framework centered around the preservation of all life. 16 $1.60 Add
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Glen Stewart Ravine

Glen Stewart Ravine

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Glen Stewart Ravine in Toronto’s Beach neighbourhood and the genetically-valuable population of red oak (quercus rubra) it supports. He illustrates … 4 $0.40 Add
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L'Amoreaux North Park and Passmore Forest

L’Amoreaux North Park and Passmore Forest

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown uses L’Amoreaux North Park and Passmore Forest, located in Toronto’s Highland Creek watershed, to illustrate how the growth of the city has impacted both … 6 $0.60 Add
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Children at the Vanguard
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Children at the Vanguard

From: Rebound

In this chapter, the author writes about Lay-Up, a community sports organization that offers basketball and active lifestyle camps. 5 $0.50 Add
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Chocolate Rocket

Chocolate Rocket

From: They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

His years playing with the Maisonneuve Braves, his nickname "the chocolate rocket", the development of an illness, encounters with Maurice Richard ; 16 $1.60 Add
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City Parks on Occupied Land

City Parks on Occupied Land

From: On This Patch of Grass

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Coaching as If your Life Depended on It
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Coaching as If your Life Depended on It

From: Rebound

This chapter examines the role of coaches and coaching in community sport. 5 $0.50 Add
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Cricket Plays Here'
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Cricket Plays Here’

From: Rebound

In this chapter, King writes about cricket, the Caribbean-Canadian community, and Canadian immigration policy. 10 $1.00 Add
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Crossroads

Crossroads

From: They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

Meeting Whitney Houston, some career crossroads, further experiences with the knights ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Cycling to Emancipation

Cycling to Emancipation

From: Immodest and Sensational

1880-1899. Examines the history of cycling in Canada and how a woman riding a bicycle in the 1890s became the epitome of the New Woman 9 $0.90 Add
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Envisioning Educational Success

Envisioning Educational Success

From: The Skin I'm In

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Epilogue

Epilogue

From: Immodest and Sensational

Notes the problems with comparison of women’s sports to men’s sports and profiling the few to ignore the thousands of other athletes 4 $0.40 Add
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Experiences of Black People in Canadian Society

Experiences of Black People in Canadian Society

From: The Skin I'm In

In this chapter, the author provides a brief history of black people in Canada, and goes on to describe the continued prevalence of institutional racism in academic institutions and the workplace. 4 $0.40 Add
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Fall: The Cooling Season

Fall: The Cooling Season

From: The Big Book of Nature Activities

Of all the seasons, we might consider fall as the true start of the new year. It is a time of new beginnings and sad endings as we say goodbye to the warmth and freedom of summer. Cup your ears … ; 67 $6.70 Add
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Favourite Daughters and Competing Mothers

Favourite Daughters and Competing Mothers

From: Immodest and Sensational

Examines some of the most accomplished female athletes of the 1950s 12 $1.20 Add
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Fighting for Gender Equality

Fighting for Gender Equality

From: Immodest and Sensational

Examines feminist activism in women’s sports in canada from 1970 to 2008 10 $1.00 Add