Activism & Social Movements
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Statement from Akwesasne Community OrganizersFrom: Resist! |
Akwesasne Community Organizer | 2 | 2001 | $0.20 Add | |
From Stay TightDirect-Action Casework From: Fight to Win |
This chapter details the two distinct arms of Ontario Coalition Against Poverty: mass mobilization and case work, advocating within the larger trend of neoliberal cuts and downsizing. Successful … | A. J. Withers | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
From The Social Dynamics of Canadian Protest Participation |
Nick Scott | 27 | 2008 | $2.70 Add | |
From Understanding the State: A Central Anti-Oppressive Social Work Skill |
This chapter describes the relationship between social work and the state: how social work can be used as a tool of oppression on behalf of the state and how social work can be harnessed to … | Donna Baines; Dylan Lambi-Raine | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
From Walking Black, White and Blue LInesFrom: Black Cop |
Calvin recalls being recruited to the police force and his experience as an office with Halifax City Police. Contextualizes the black community in Halifax at the time. | Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe | 28 | 2019 | $2.80 Add |
From NEW! When People With Disabilities Fall Through the Cracks |
Chapter three explores what happens when people with disabilities fall through the cracks of governmental and societal support through the use of several case studies. The chapter then unpacks … | Deborah Stienstra | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
From Can Movements “Move” Online?Online Activism, Canadian Women's Movements and the Case of Parl-L |
L. Pauline Rankin; Richard Nimijean | 19 | 2008 | $1.90 Add | |
From Caught in a Web of SurveillanceLife under the Watchful Eye of Ontario Works From: Ineligble |
This chapter centres the voices of welfare recipients. Their narratives emphasize the dehumanizing experiences of OW’s constant surveillance, inadequate benefits, and workfare demands as … | Krys Maki | 33 | 2021 | $3.30 Add |
From Declaration of the Second People’s SummitFrom: Resist! |
Delegates of the Second People's Summit | 6 | 2001 | $0.60 Add | |
From NEW! Disability Rights in Canada |
Chapter four thoroughly explains disability rights, particularly the rights to education, employment, transportation, telecommunications and healthcare. Each of these key aspects of inclusion … | Deborah Stienstra | 48 | 2020 | $4.80 Add |
From Fighting for Roofs and BedsHousing First From: Fight to Win |
In this chapter the author describes the efficacy and short-comings of a Housing First model for addressing homelessness. Given the background of neoliberalism, the author concludes that programs … | A. J. Withers | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
From Illusion of InclusionFrom: Black Cop |
Calvin details his career in competitive boxing, and reveals how the Halifax Police Department prevented him from attending the 1976 Olympics. Calvin discusses his decision to leave the Halifax … | Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe | 29 | 2019 | $2.90 Add |
From Monique Woroniak |
In this chapter, the author presents the experiences of a White settler woman who became involved in Indigenous solidarity work, and her attemps to decolonize her own attitudes and mindset. | Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara; Monique Woroniak | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
From NEW! Principle B – Work TogetherFrom: Building Community |
Collaborative Partnerships – Research Corner – Social Capital— The Social Glue That Holds the Community Together – Leveraging Resources and Supporting Implementation … | James S. Gruber | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
From Teaching and Learning Cultural Humility: Lessons in Knowing, Being, and Doing |
This chapter explores the benefits of social work that incorporates cultural humility in its practice. Cultural humility and cultural competence are described in the context of Australia’s … | Bindi Bennett; Trevor G. Gates | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
From A Bed for the NightThe Struggle for Shelter From: Fight to Win |
In 2017/2018 Ontario Coalition Against Poverty witnessed the greatest crisis in homelessness in 3 decades. This chapter describes a successful campaign to increase Toronto shelter beds by 1,000 … | A. J. Withers | 53 | 2021 | $5.30 Add |