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Gang Life

Gang Life

10 of the toughest tell their stories

For the first time, here’s a no-holds-barred inside account of life for criminal gang members in cities and towns across Canada. Mark Totten has slowly gained the confidence of gang members … 216 View
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Getting Back to Our Roots – Nathan Lewis and the Veteran's Sanctuary

Getting Back to Our Roots – Nathan Lewis and the Veteran’s Sanctuary

From: Field Excercises

Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. This reading discusses the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Girl Aggression

Girl Aggression

From: The Mean Girl Motive

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Global Capital, Migrant Labour and the Nation-State

Global Capital, Migrant Labour and the Nation-State

From: Agrarian Change, Migration and Development

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Go Green: The Big Circle Where Cricket, Ecology, and Gender Met
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Go Green: The Big Circle Where Cricket, Ecology, and Gender Met

From: Rebound

In this chapter, King details the construction of a ecologically-friendly cricket pitch at Valley Park, which is located in one of the most multicultural neighbourhoods in Canada. 8 $0.80 Add
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Engage, Connect, Protect

Going International

From: Engage, Connect, Protect

This chapter explains how the author met her husband and business partner, as well as the path that led them to their work in green career development, tree planting and carbon off-set work in Africa. 16 $1.60 Add
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Great Beginnings

Great Beginnings

From: Cracking the Boy Code

• Getting off to a good start “sets the table” for a constructive conversation. The approach you use should be guided by the situation at hand. • Respect always promotes … 10 $1.00 Add
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Group Applications in Nature-based Therapy

Group Applications in Nature-based Therapy

From: Nature-Based Therapy

The therapeutic factors of instillation of hope, universality, imparting information, altruism, development of socializing techniques, imitative behavior, group cohesiveness, and existential … ; ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Growing Up Radical

Growing Up Radical

From: Fighting For Space

This chapter introduces Ann Livingston. A single mother on welfare, Livingston moved to the Downtown Eastside with her three boys in 1993, and was moved to act by the sight of people shooting up … 20 $0.40 Add
Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract

Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract

A cultural planner's immodest proposal: change how we think about children and we just might change the world. We live in an 'adultitarian' state, where the rules are based on … 218 View
Happily Ever Older

Happily Ever Older

Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care

While Being Mortal (Atul Gawande) helped us understand disease and death, and Successful Aging (Daniel J. Levitin) showed us older years can be a time of joy and resilience, Happily Ever Older … 253 View
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Harry Gairey's Enduring Lesson
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Harry Gairey’s Enduring Lesson

From: Rebound

This chapter explores the legacy of Harry Gainey, a Jamaican-born Canadian railway worker. It also examines racism in hockey. 7 $0.70 Add
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He Has Multiple Addictions: Sex, Gambling, Video Games, Alcohol and Drugs

He Has Multiple Addictions: Sex, Gambling, Video Games, Alcohol and Drugs

From: About Face

The readings in the second section of the book discuss other forms of addictions that are not narcotics based. These include sex, video games, gambling and social media. The readings in this … 6 $0.60 Add