Community Development

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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
NEW! Alexa! Changing the Face of Canadian Politics Goose Lane Editions	Alexa McDonough’s impact on Canadian politics cannot be measured solely by election victories or seat tallies. As the first female leader of a mainstream Canadian political party, she …	Stephen Kimber	288	2021	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
NEW! Critical Social Work Praxis Fernwood Publishing	What we think must inform what we do, argue the editors and authors of this cutting-edge social work textbook. In this innovative, expansive and wide-ranging collection, leading social work …	Brenda Anne-Marie LeFrançois; Sobia Shaheen Shaikh; Teresa Macías	592	2022	View
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
Flying Fish in the Great White North The Autonomous Migration of Black Barbadians Fernwood Publishing	Canadians are proud of their multicultural image both at home and abroad. But that image isn’t grounded in historical facts. As recently as the 1960s, the Canadian government enforced …	Christopher Stuart Taylor	223	2016	View
Immigration and the Legalization of Racism Fernwood Publishing	“The chameleon-like nature of the law-the duplicitous ways in which the law is written, the equivocal way in which it is stated and, therefore, talked about, the hiding of the truth about …	Lisa Marie Jakubowski	103	1996	View
NEW! Rebound Sports, Community, and the Inclusive City Coach House Books	“The virus exposed how we live and work. It also revealed how we play, and what we lose when we have to stop. ” For every kid who makes it to the NBA, thousands more seek out the …	Perry King	169	2021	View
Seeking Mino-Pimatisiwin An Aboriginal Approach to Helping Fernwood Publishing	Historically, social work and psychology professions have pressured and coerced Aboriginal peoples to follow the euro-centric ways of society. The needs of Aboriginal peoples have not been …	Michael Anthony Hart	128	2002	View
Shift Change Scenes from a Post-industrial Revolution Between The Lines	Hamilton’s industrial age is over. In the steel capital of Canada, there are no more skies lit red by foundries at sunset, no more traffic jams at shift change. Instead, an urban …	Stephen Dale	252	2021	View
From Controlling Immigration: “Race” and Canadian Immigration Law and Policy Formation Introduction From: Immigration and the Legalization of Racism Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Lisa Marie Jakubowski	13	1996	$1.30 Add
From 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: Agrarian Change, Migration and Development Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Henry Veltmeyer; Raúl Delgado Wise	14	2016	$1.40 Add
From Introduction From: Learning to Leave Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Michael Corbett	34	2007	$3.40 Add
From Introduction From: Flying Fish in the Great White North Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Christopher Stuart Taylor	13	2016	$1.30 Add
From Introduction From: Catch the Fire Preview New Society Publishers	Readings in section 1 of this title explore the arts as an overlooked force for positive social change, and provides real-world examples of the application of a Creative Community Model. This …	Charlie Murphy; Peggy Taylor	8	2014	$0.80 Add