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White Benevolence
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White Benevolence

Racism 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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White Birds and Machine Guns

White Birds and Machine Guns

From: 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 … 16 $1.60 Add
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White Entitlement in Antiracism and Anticolonialism
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White Entitlement in Antiracism and Anticolonialism

From: 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 … ; ; ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Who Stays, Who Goes and Where

Who Stays, Who Goes and Where

Education and Migration on Digby Neck, 1963-1998

From: Learning to Leave

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Who's Protecting Whom?

Who’s Protecting Whom?

Child Welfare and Policing Black Families

From: Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice

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 … ; ; ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Why Do Sports Even Matter?
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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. 9 $0.90 Add
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Why Do the Courts Suck in a City in Love with Basketball?
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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. 9 $0.90 Add
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Why Nature-based Therapy for Children, Youth, and Families?

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 … ; ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Wilderness
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Wilderness

From: 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. 12 $1.20 Add
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“Within This Architecture of Oppression, We Are a Vibrant Community”: Indigenous Prairie Prisoner Organizing During Covid-19
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“Within This Architecture of Oppression, We Are a Vibrant Community”: Indigenous Prairie Prisoner Organizing During Covid-19

From: 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— … 17 $1.70 Add
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Working With Diverse Groups

Working With Diverse Groups

From: 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. ; 10 $1.00 Add