Social Work

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! About Canada: Disability Rights 2nd Edition Fernwood Publishing	Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some …	Deborah Stienstra	168	2020	View
About Canada: Immigration Fernwood Publishing	Many Canadians believe that immigrants steal jobs away from qualified Canadians, abuse the healthcare system and refuse to participate in Canadian culture. In About Canada: Immigration, Gogia and …	Bonnie Slade; Nupur Gogia	144	2011	View
About Face Essays on Recovery, Therapies, and Controversies of Addiction in Canada Breakwater Books	About Face: Essays on Addictions, Recovery, Therapies, and Controversies seeks to broaden the conversation around addiction in Canada. Featuring essays by a diverse group of writers, About Face …	Douglass Gosse	424	2019	View
Agrarian Change, Migration and Development Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies Fernwood Publishing	The focus and concern of Agrarian Change, Migration and Development is the problem of labour migration. Veltmeyer and Wise explore the dynamics and development implications of the migration …	Henry Veltmeyer; Raúl Delgado Wise	160	2016	View
All Our Relations Finding the Path Forward House of Anansi Press	In this urgent and incisive work, bestselling and award-winning author Tanya Talaga explores the alarming rise of youth suicide in Indigenous communities in Canada and beyond. From Northern …	Tanya Talaga	290	2018	View
Beyond Shelters Solutions to Homelessness in Canada from the Front Lines	This book offers essays by experienced shelter managers who address the future of the homeless shelter in Canada. This diverse collection includes contributions by leaders in the homelessness …		256		View
Black Cop My 36 years in police work, and my career-ending experiences with official racism James Lorimer and Company	Calvin Lawrence became a cop at age twenty. He was recruited by the Halifax police department at a time of heightened racial tension in the city. From the start, some fellow African Canadians …	Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe	272	2019	View
NEW! Building Community Twelve Principles for a Healthy Future New Society Publishers	Strong local communities are the foundation of a healthy, participatory, and resilient society. Rather than looking to national governments, corporations, or new technologies to solve …	James S. Gruber	354	2020	View
Calculated Kindness Global Restructuring, Immigration and Settlement in Canada Fernwood Publishing	It has often been the perception that Northern states admit immigrants out of generosity, offering security and shelter to people forced from their own countries because of political and economic …	Rose Baaba Folson	166	2004	View
Catch the Fire An Art-Full Guide to Unleashing the Creative Power of Youth, Adults and Communities New Society Publishers	Community, youth, non-profit, education, entrepreneurial, and religious organizations all have exciting ambitions, but they often lack the creative skills to impact people on a deep level. Catch …	Charlie Murphy; Peggy Taylor	322	2014	View
Change a Life, Change Your Own Child Sponsorship, the Discourse of Development, and the Production of Ethical Subjects Fernwood Publishing	Peter Ove argues in Change a Life, Change Your Own, child sponsorship is successful not because it addresses the needs of poor children, but because it helps position what it means to live …	Peter Ove	188	2018	View
Conflict Is Not Abuse Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair Arsenal Pulp Press	From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated accusations of harm are used to avoid accountability. Illuminating the difference between …	Sarah Schulman	304	2016	View
Cracking the Boy Code How to Understand and Talk with Boys New Society Publishers	All too quickly, talkative, affectionate young boys seem to slip away. Adolescents may be transformed overnight into reclusive, seemingly impenetrable young people who open up only to their …	Adam Cox	163	2018	View
Disability and Social Change A Progressive Canadian Approach Fernwood Publishing	This edited collection uses a critical theory perspective and draws on expertise from a range of contemporary policy and practice areas. Contributors include people with disabilities, family …	Grant Larson; Jeanette Robertson		2016	View
Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice Social Justice Social Work Fernwood Publishing	This updated third edition of the immensely popular Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice introduces students to anti-oppressive social work, its historical and theoretical roots and the specific …	Donna Baines	381	2017	View
Field Excercises How Veterans are Healing Themselves Through Farming and Outdoor Activities New Society Publishers	There are nearly 25 million veterans and active-duty soldiers in North America. Some experts estimate that more than one quarter of these men and women suffer from post-traumatic distress, and …	Stephanie Westlund	242	2014	View