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Who's Protecting Whom?: Child Welfare and Policing Black Families

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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Why Open the Wound if You Can’t Heal It?

Why Open the Wound if You Can’t Heal It?

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

In this chapter, Alh’jooj discusses her experiences at Soroka Hospital in Israel, where Bedouin children stayed months or years due to a lack of basic resources at home. 3 $0.30 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 … 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
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Works Cited

Works Cited

From: Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract

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Year One

Year One

From: About Face

On Alcohol and Narcotics. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors … 6 $0.60 Add
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You Are Never Alone

You Are Never Alone

From: About Face

On Alcohol and Narcotics. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors … 6 $0.60 Add
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Your Experiences and Perceptions of Death and Dying

Your Experiences and Perceptions of Death and Dying

From: Social Perspectives on Death and Dying

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