Social Work
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![]() NEW! White BenevolenceRacism and Colonial Violence in the Helping Professions |
When working with Indigenous people, the helping professions —education, social work, health care and justice — reinforce the colonial lie that Indigenous people need saving. In White … | 289 | View | ||
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From ![]() White Birds and Machine GunsFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a woman from Kabul who’s first memories are of war, first with the Russian and then the Mujahedeen before escaping to a refugee camp in Pakistan. She was … | David Starr | 16 | 2016 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! White Entitlement in Antiracism and AnticolonialismFrom: White Benevolence |
In chapter 16, Jeff Halvorsen, Régine King, Liza Lorenzetti, Adrian Wolfleg and Lemlem Haile discuss social justice as a core value of Social Work. Social justice is an aspirational charter … | Adrian Wolfleg; Jeff Halvorsen; Liza Lorenzetti; Régine King | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Who Stays, Who Goes and WhereEducation and Migration on Digby Neck, 1963-1998 From: Learning to Leave |
Michael Corbett | 32 | 2007 | $3.20 Add | |
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From ![]() Who’s Protecting Whom?Child Welfare and Policing Black Families |
This chapter looks at the over-representation of Black children in the care of the Ontario child welfare system and the implications of this phenomenon, highlighting structural factors such as … | Doret Phillips; Gordon Pon; Idil Abdillahi; Jennifer Clarke | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Why Do Sports Even Matter?From: Rebound |
In the introductory chapter, the author suggests that at the best of times, sports – and the act of organizing and playing with others – is the lifeblood of a place. | Perry King | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Why Do the Courts Suck in a City in Love with Basketball?From: Rebound |
This chapter examines the Toronto Raptors NBA championship team, and how that franchise stimulated the re-development of Toronto’s public basketball courts. | Perry King | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Why Nature-based Therapy for Children, Youth, and Families?From: Nature-Based Therapy |
Classic and contemporary literature on nature has repeatedly described our connectedness to nature as a journey or expression of soul. If intentionally facilitated nature experiences might assist … | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Why Us? The Campaign Against Wage Controls in Saint John, New Brunswick, 1975-76 |
David Frank | 11 | 2008 | $1.10 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! WildernessFrom: Encampment |
This chapter explains the history of Toronto’s Kensington Market and the church, St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, that homes the encampment referred to throughout the book and for which Helwig is the priest. | Maggie Helwig | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! “Within This Architecture of Oppression, We Are a Vibrant Community”: Indigenous Prairie Prisoner Organizing During Covid-19From: White Benevolence |
Within an anti-colonial abolitionist framework, Nancy Van Styvendale examines the three hunger strikes that took place in Saskatchewan jails during 2020-2021. She uses two analytics— … | Nancy Van Styvendale | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Working With Diverse GroupsFrom: Catch the Fire |
Readings in section 4 of this titles provide additional tips on facilitation in community activities, with a particular emphasis on engaging with diverse and multigenerational groups. | Charlie Murphy; Peggy Taylor | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Working with Government BudgetsFrom: Five Good Ideas |
This chapter by Dan Burns focuses on having an early approach to introducing your organization to the government and developing relationships with them that you will often depend on. | Dan Burns | 6 | 2011 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() Working with VolunteersFrom: Five Good Ideas |
This chapter by Gail Nyberg focuses on how to communicate with volunteers, understand your need for them, and formally recognize their work. | Gail Nyberg | 5 | 2011 | $0.50 Add |













