Activism & Social Movements

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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
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
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
NEW! Fight to Win Inside Poor People’s Organizing Fernwood Publishing	AJ Withers draws on their own experiences as an organizer, extensive interviews with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) activists and Toronto bureaucrats, and freedom of information …	A. J. Withers	305	2021	View
NEW! Ineligble Single Mothers Under Welfare Surveillance Fernwood Publishing	While the poor have always been monitored and surveilled by the state when seeking financial support, the methods, techniques, and capacity for surveillance within and across government …	Krys Maki	224	2021	View
NEW! Living in Indigenous Sovereignty Fernwood Publishing	Living in Indigenous Sovereignty lifts up the wisdom of Indigenous scholars, activists and knowledge keepers who speak pointedly to what they are asking of non-Indigenous people. It also shares …	Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara; Gladys Rowe	264	2021	View
Mobilizations, Protests & Engagements Canadian Perspectives on Social Movements Fernwood Publishing	This book addresses many questions in evaluating social movements and is the first in a series being developed by The Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University. What lessons can we …	Marie Hammond-Callaghan; Matthew Hayday	263	2008	View
Resist! A Grassroots Collection of Stories, Poetry, Photos and Analyses from the Quebec City FTAA Protests and Beyond Fernwood Publishing	In late April, tens of thousands of people gathered to protest at the Second People’s Summit of the Americas (the FTAA Summit). RESIST! is a collection of young peoples’ experiences …	Bethany Or; Darryl Leroux; Eloginy Tharmendran; Emmie Tsumara; Jen Chang; Steve Daniels	191	2001	View
From Black Consciousness From: Black Cop Preview James Lorimer and Company	A brief overview of Calvin’s early life growing up in Yarmouth, N.S. Details his early experiences with racism and the 1960s black community in Nova Scotia.	Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe	28	2019	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Fighting to Win Power and Poor People’s Organizing From: Fight to Win Preview Fernwood Publishing	This chapter introduces Ontario Coalition Against Poverty’s mass mobilization strategies and individual casework as organizing principles. The role of casework as a dual activist strategy …	A. J. Withers	22	2021	$2.20 Add
From Introduction From: Resist! Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Bethany Or; Darryl Leroux; Eloginy Tharmendran; Emmie Tsumara; Jen Chang; Steve Daniels	3	2001	$0.30 Add
From Introduction From: Mobilizations, Protests & Engagements Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Marie Hammond-Callaghan; Matthew Hayday	6	2008	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Building Community Preview New Society Publishers	-	James S. Gruber	9	2020	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Introduction Welfare Surveillance, Regulation, and Mothering on the Margins From: Ineligble Preview Fernwood Publishing	In the introduction, Maki discusses their personal history as it relates to the topic of the book, and explores the feminization of poverty. They also define key concepts and terms, detail their …	Krys Maki	20	2021	$2.00 Add