Mental Health
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From  A New Model of CareFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes how the Mustard Seed in Calgary is building its own capacity to move homeless people into the community at scale. Examines the organization’s Wellness Centre as emblematic of its … | 17 | $1.70 Add | ||
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From  NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsQuake From: On Opium |
As the author describes the upending of her life: the losses of the past months and years: her love, her family, her body, her work, her income, her freedom—treasured friendships, even. she … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Abandoning the PersonalThe State and the Production of Abuse From: Conflict Is Not Abuse |
The state, learning from the work of anti-violence advocate Catherine Hodes to understand the difference between Conflict and Abuse in relationship to social service providers. | Sarah Schulman | 29 | 2016 | $0.58 Add |
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From  Addiction, Withdrawal, Smoking Cessation, and Public Health Measures |
Chapter Seven includes the following topics: Addiction/Tobacco Use Disorder – Withdrawal/Smoking Cessation Measures – Public Health Measures | 57 | 2023 | $5.70 Add | |
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From Addressing CrisisFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes and analyzes how the Bloom Group in downtown Vancouver works closely with women to control and move on from crisis to confront and reduce homelessness, recognizing violence as a … | 15 | $1.50 Add | ||
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From Advocacy CentreFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Proposes that, while continuing to deliver essential services to men and women in states of emergency and providing assistance in finding and keeping housing, homeless shelters are well placed to … | 19 | $1.90 Add | ||
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From Agent of Social IntegrationFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes the history of Montreal’s Old Brewery Mission (an 125 year old shelter) and how it is working in concert with local psychiatric teams and housing agencies to create multiple and … | 19 | $1.90 Add | ||
 All Our RelationsFinding the Path Forward |
In this urgent and incisive work, bestselling and award-winning author Tanya Talaga explores the alarming rise of youth suicide in Indigenous communities in Canada and beyond. From Northern … | Tanya Talaga | 290 | 2018 | View |
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From  An Introduction to Nature for TherapyFrom: Nature-Based Therapy |
Promoting a dose of nature clarifies the minimum time exposure people should be outdoors and seeks to highlight the socioecological benefits this natural, accessible, and free health remedy can … | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
Beyond SheltersSolutions to Homelessness in Canada from the Front Lines |
This book offers essays by experienced shelter managers who address the future of the homeless shelter in Canada. This diverse collection includes contributions by leaders in the homelessness … | 256 | View | ||
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From  Borrowed WisdomUsing Lessons from Queer History and Community in Suicide Intervention From: The Care We Dream Of |
Drawing on twenty years doing suicide intervention in her communities, and five years teaching about it, the author outlines six lessons she hopes can guide the reader when supporting someone who … | Carly Boyce | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Preventing Homelessness among People with Mental Illness |
Chapter 5 tackles mental illness as it relates to homelessness. Examining the complex ways in which individuals with mental illness fall into homelessness and barriers that nonlinear or rational … | Eric Latimer | 113 | 2024 | $11.30 Add |
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From Chapter Five: We Are Not Going AnywhereFrom: All Our Relations |
In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … | Tanya Talaga | 43 | 2018 | $5.16 Add |
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From Chapter Four: “I Breathe for Them”From: All Our Relations |
In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … | Tanya Talaga | 56 | 2018 | $6.72 Add |
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From Chapter One: We Were Always HereFrom: All Our Relations |
In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … | Tanya Talaga | 41 | 2018 | $4.92 Add |
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From Chapter Three: The Third SpaceFrom: All Our Relations |
In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … | Tanya Talaga | 53 | 2018 | $6.36 Add |
