Social Welfare
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() NEW! About Canada: Disability Rights2nd Edition |
Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some … | Deborah Stienstra | 168 | 2020 | View |
![]() About FaceEssays on Recovery, Therapies, and Controversies of Addiction in Canada |
About Face: Essays on Addictions, Recovery, Therapies, and Controversies seeks to broaden the conversation around addiction in Canada. Featuring essays by a diverse group of writers, About Face … | Douglas Gosse | 424 | 2019 | View |
![]() Africentric Social Work |
This edited collection focuses on Africentric social work practice, providing invaluable assistance to undergraduate students in developing foundational skills and knowledge to further their … | David Este; Delores V. Mullings; Jennifer Clarke; Sulaimon Giwa; Wanda Thomas Bernard | 272 | 2021 | View |
![]() Criminalizing Race, Criminalizing PovertyWelfare Fraud Enforcement in Canada |
The criminalization and penalization of poverty through increased surveillance and control of welfare recipients in recent years has led many poverty advocates to claim that “a war against … | Kiran Mirchandani; Wendy Chan | 102 | 2007 | View |
![]() Crip KinshipThe Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid |
The remarkable story of Sins Invalid, a performance project that centres queer disability justice. In recent years, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to … | Shayda Kafai | 201 | 2021 | View |
![]() Doing Anti-Oppressive PracticeSocial Justice Social Work |
This updated third edition of the immensely popular Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice introduces students to anti-oppressive social work, its historical and theoretical roots and the specific … | Donna Baines | 381 | 2017 | View |
![]() Field ExcercisesHow Veterans are Healing Themselves Through Farming and Outdoor Activities |
There are nearly 25 million veterans and active-duty soldiers in North America. Some experts estimate that more than one quarter of these men and women suffer from post-traumatic distress, and … | Stephanie Westlund | 242 | 2014 | View |
![]() Fight to WinInside Poor People’s Organizing |
AJ Withers draws on their own experiences as an organizer, extensive interviews with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) activists and Toronto bureaucrats, and freedom of information … | A. J. Withers | 305 | 2021 | View |
![]() NEW! Inside OutThe Equity Leader’s Guide to Undoing Institutional Racism |
Providing a roadmap to workplace and organizational change, Inside Out is packed with practical tools for working collectively towards racial justice and dismantling institutional racism. This … | Caprice D. Hollins | 282 | 2022 | View |
![]() NEW! Kaandossiwin, 2nd EditionHow We Come to Know Indigenous re-Search Methodologies |
Indigenous methodologies have been silenced and obscured by the Western scientific means of knowledge production. In a challenge to this colonialist rejection of Indigenous knowledge, Anishinaabe … | Kathleen Absolon (Minogiizhigokwe) | 369 | 2022 | 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 |
From ![]() Fighting to WinPower and Poor People’s Organizing From: Fight to Win |
This chapter introduces Ontario Coalition Against Poverty’s mass mobilization strategies and individual casework as organizing principles. The role of casework as a dual activist strategy … | A. J. Withers | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
From ![]() NEW! ForewordFrom: Inside Out |
Forward from Leticia Nieto, Psychotherapist, Anti-Oppression Trainer, Socionomist, and Professor at St. Martin’s University, Lacey, Washington. | Caprice D. Hollins | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
From ![]() Foreword by Patty BerneFrom: Crip Kinship |
Foreword by Patty Berne. | Shayda Kafai | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() Introduction |
- | Kiran Mirchandani; Wendy Chan | 4 | 2005 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: About Face |
The Introduction outlines the questions that this anthology seeks to answer: Who suffers from addictions in Canada, How can we better understand addictions, What are the steps forward in the … | Douglas Gosse | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |