Social Work
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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Mobilizations, Protests & EngagementsCanadian Perspectives on Social Movements |
This book addresses many questions in evaluating social movements and is the first in a series being developed by The Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University. What lessons can we … | Marie Hammond-Callaghan; Matthew Hayday | 263 | 2008 | View |
Nature-Based TherapyA Practitioner's Guide to Working Outdoors with Children, Youth, and Families |
The number of children, youth, and families seeking help for a wide range of mental health concerns is growing at an alarming rate, and many struggle to thrive despite well-intentioned … | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 304 | 2019 | View |
ohpikinâwasowin/Growing a ChildImplementing Indigenous Ways of Knowing With Indigenous Families |
Western theory and practice are over-represented in child welfare services for Indigenous peoples, not the other way around. Contributors to this collection invert the long-held, colonial … | Avery Calhoun; Leona Makokis; Ralph Bodor; Stephanie Tyler | 286 | 2020 | View |
NEW! On OpiumPain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance |
A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user. Her writing has been described as "measured," "sensuous," and … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 364 | 2021 | View |
Out LoudEssays on Mental Illness, Stigma & Recovery |
Out Loud is a collection of more than fifty essays by people affected by mental illness. There are essays by those who have experienced mental illness themselves, by family and friends, by … | Ramona Dearing | 240 | 2010 | View |
Pieces of a PuzzlePerspectives on Child Sexual Abuse |
This collection presents various “pieces” towards a comprehensive understanding of child sexual abuse and is intended for practitioners, researchers and students interested in … | Diane Hiebert-Murphy; Linda Burnside | 126 | 2001 | View |
Pursuing Justice Second EditionAn Introduction to Justice Studies |
Pursuing justice is daunting. It plays out in a variety of contexts — like the environment, employment, the criminal justice system — and raises tough issues like racism, gender … | Margot A. Hurlbert | 474 | 2018 | View |
NEW! ReboundSports, Community, and the Inclusive City |
“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 |
NEW! Reconciliation and Indigenous JusticeA Search for Ways Forward |
The horrors of the Indian residential schools are by now well-known historical facts, and they have certainly found purchase in the Canadian consciousness in recent years. The history of violence … | David Milward | 233 | 2022 | View |
Resist!A Grassroots Collection of Stories, Poetry, Photos and Analyses from the Quebec City FTAA Protests and Beyond |
In late April, tens of thousands of people gathered to protest at the Second People’s Summit of the Americas (the FTAA Summit). RESIST! is a collection of young peoples’ experiences … | Bethany Or; Darryl Leroux; Eloginy Tharmendran; Emmie Tsumara; Jen Chang; Steve Daniels | 191 | 2001 | View |
Rock Paper SexThe Oldest Profession in Canada’s Oldest City |
St. John’s is known as a flourishing port city, a cultural gem, and popular tourist destination: a picturesque city of pubs and restaurants, music and colourful houses. But a thriving sex … | Keri Cull | 232 | 2017 | View |
Scandinavian Common SensePolicies to Tackle Social Inequalities in Health |
When some claim austerity is the only answer to today’s economic woes, a close look at the best practices in Scandinavia and Finland gives pause for thought. Cited as models for their … | Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand | 192 | 2015 | View |
Seeking Mino-PimatisiwinAn Aboriginal Approach to Helping |
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 ChangeScenes from a Post-industrial Revolution |
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 |
Social Perspectives on Death and DyingThird Edition |
Death is inevitable, but our perspectives about death and dying are socially constructed. This updated third edition takes us through the maze of issues, both social and personal, which surround … | Jeanette A. Auger | 296 | 2019 | View |
Someone To Talk ToCare and Control of the Homeless |
Someone To Talk To is an empassioned account of life on the mean streets of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Homeless and near-homeless persons recount in agonizing detail their experiences … | Tom C. Allen | 135 | 2000 | View |