Activism & Social Movements
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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  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 In: Anti-Poverty Struggle ContinuesFrom: 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 |
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From The Social Dynamics of Canadian Protest Participation |
Nick Scott | 27 | 2008 | $2.70 Add | |
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From  NEW! The Spirit Lives On: Recognition, An Apology and SettlementFrom: The Spirit of Africville |
This chapter outlines the impacts of Halifax’s destruction of Africville in the 1960s, and how advocates went on to challenge municipal neglect, eventually earning official apologies. | The Africville Genealogy Society | 7 | 2026 | $0.70 Add |
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From This is Where Everyone BelongsFrom: Resist! |
Greg Younger-Lewis | 2 | 2001 | $0.20 Add | |
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From  Thoughts on an Anarchist Response to Hepatitis C and HIVFrom: The Care We Dream Of |
Written 5 years ago, and updated for this book, the authors detail how anarchist principles of self-organizing were central for HIV positive and Hepatitis C persons accessing health care, and … | Alexander McClelland | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Être et Noir – Being and BlacknessMemory and the Congress From: Fear of a Black Nation |
This chapter explores the experiences of Black individuals in 1960s Montreal, with a focus on the Congress of Black Writers. The author examines the role of gender and the lack of female … | David Austin | 39 | 2023 | $3.90 Add |
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From UnderFrom: Resist! |
Ladner Reet | 3 | 2001 | $0.30 Add | |
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From (Un)Reasonable Search and Seizure in Quebec City: Lessons from an Emerging FilmmakerFrom: Resist! |
Malcolm Rogge | 6 | 2001 | $0.60 Add | |
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From Victoria Freeman |
In this chapter, Freeman shares the details of her academic exploration of her ancestors’s participation in colonizing Canada, as well as her experience teaching a a university course on … | Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara; Victoria Freeman | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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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 |
