Activism & Social Movements
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From ![]() Silvia Straka |
In this chapter, Straka shares personal journey as an Austrian-Canadian settler coming to terms with Canada’s colonial history. | Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara; Silvia Staka | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Social Movement LearningA Catalyst for Action |
Donna M. Chovanec; Elizabeth A. Lange; Lee C. Ellis | 17 | 2008 | $1.70 Add | |
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From ![]() Social Workers, Financial Advisors, or Authoritarian Overseers?Caseworkers Reflections on Welfare Surveillance From: Ineligble |
This chapter explores how caseworkers are situated in the welfare surveillance apparatus. Caseworkers embody surveillance, which is shaped by the sociocultural and political values of society and … | Krys Maki | 37 | 2021 | $3.70 Add |
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From ![]() Standing on the Fence of Division: Through the Eyes of a MinorityFrom: Resist! |
Laura Burrows | 2 | 2001 | $0.20 Add | |
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From ![]() Statement from Akwesasne Community OrganizersFrom: Resist! |
Akwesasne Community Organizer | 2 | 2001 | $0.20 Add | |
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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 |
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From ![]() Steve Heinrichs |
This chapter details the experiences of a White Russian Mennonite settler who came to decolonial work through his seminarian training. | Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara; Steve Heinrichs | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Still a ProblemFrom: Fear of a Black Nation |
The conclusion covers the complex and nuanced relationship between racism and classism in Canada, tracing the intersection of Black identity and labor, as well as the historical and contemporary … | David Austin | 18 | 2023 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() Still Searching for the Black AtlanticFrom: Fear of a Black Nation |
This chapter discusses the 1968 Congress of Black Writers in Montreal and it’s relationship to the global Black Power movement. The authors discuss the influence of Stokely Carmichael and … | David Austin | 28 | 2023 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() Surviving Toronto Drug SectionFrom: Black Cop |
Details Calvin’s experience in Toronto Drugs. Calvin shares stories of racist language and images posted on the walls of Toronto police stations, and the complicit attitude of his superiors … | Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Susanne McCrea McGovern |
In this chapter, a White settler woman from a upper-middle class background describes how she came to solidarity work through environmentalism. | Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara; McCrea McGovern | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() The Canadian Student Movement and the January 25,1995, “National Day of Strike and Action” |
Michael Temelini | 22 | 2008 | $2.20 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! The Co-operative CityFrom: Civilizing the State |
The Co-operative City begins by looking at Spain in the twentieth century, leading up to the financial crisis of 2009-2011. The chapter then focuses on the 15-M movement as an experiment in … | John Restakis | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() The Community of ScholarsThe English-Canadian Student Movement and University Governance |
Roberta Lexier | 20 | 2008 | $2.00 Add | |
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From ![]() The Media ArmyFrom: Resist! |
Max Spencer and Nox | 3 | 2001 | $0.30 Add | |
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From ![]() The River We are InAnti-Poverty Struggle Continues From: Fight to Win |
This chapter summarizes the activist value of the power of disruption as the Ontario Coatilition Against Poverty, with a staff of two, contended with Toronto’s resources and staff of … | A. J. Withers | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |














