Social Welfare

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Can People Be Addicted to Technology

Can People Be Addicted to Technology

From: About Face

The readings in the second section of the book discuss other forms of addictions that are not narcotics based. These include sex, video games, gambling and social media. The readings in this … 9 $0.90 Add
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Canadian Center for Addictions (CCFA)

Canadian Center for Addictions (CCFA)

From: About Face

The final section of the book discusses a variety of organizations that work to help people suffering from addictions. 7 $0.70 Add
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Community Perspective

Community Perspective

Angela Crockwell

From: Rock Paper Sex

This interview with Angela Crockwell, who works in St. John’s Newfoundland in community outreach, discusses systemic barriers to poverty and ideal services to alleviate poverty and increase … 12 $1.20 Add
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Community Perspective

Community Perspective

Safe Harbour Outreach Project

From: Rock Paper Sex

This chapter is an interview with Safe Harbour Outreach Project and it touches on the challenges sex workers face, including criminalization and stigma of it, and how those challenges can be … 8 $0.80 Add
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Community Perspective

Community Perspective

Government/Outreach Employee

From: Rock Paper Sex

This interview with an anonymous government worker discusses homelessness and its connection to sex workers and human trafficking. 4 $0.40 Add
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Community Resources

Community Resources

From: Rock Paper Sex

This chapter provides a list of services helpful to those connected to sex work. 4 $0.40 Add
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Concave Man

Concave Man

From: About Face

The readings in the third section of the book discuss food related mental illnesses including body dysmorphia and eating disorders. The readings in this section include firsthand accounts from … 9 $0.90 Add
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Connections Between Nature and Healing

Connections Between Nature and Healing

From: Field Excercises

Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. This reading explores the ways … 25 $2.50 Add
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Creating Crip-Centric Liberated Zones

Creating Crip-Centric Liberated Zones

From: Crip Kinship

Topics discussed include crip-centric approaches to activism and community, Crip-Centric Liberated Zones, Disability Justice, madness, decolonizing our bodyminds, institutionalisation of the … 15 $1.50 Add
Criminalizing Race, Criminalizing Poverty

Criminalizing Race, Criminalizing Poverty

Welfare 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 … ; 102 View
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Criminalizing Welfare Recipients of Color

Criminalizing Welfare Recipients of Color

From: Criminalizing Race, Criminalizing Poverty

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Crip Kinship

Crip Kinship

The 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 … 201 View
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Crip Kinship and Cyber Love

Crip Kinship and Cyber Love

From: Crip Kinship

Topics discussed include kinship networks, online community, online romance, “crip emotional intelligence,” microcultures, and digital crip kinship during Covid-19. 15 $1.50 Add
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Crip Sex as Transformative Pleasure Universe

Crip Sex as Transformative Pleasure Universe

From: Crip Kinship

Topics discussed include crip sex and sexuality, sexual liberation, historical sterilization of disabled and racialized populations, pleasure activism, and desirability. 19 $1.90 Add
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David is Candid

David is Candid

From: Rock Paper Sex

The firsthand account of a man named David who hires sex workers. A personal discussion about the ethical questions surrounding sex work. 5 $0.50 Add
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Dealing with PTSD, Anxiety, Chronic Pain and Harm Reduction

Dealing with PTSD, Anxiety, Chronic Pain and Harm Reduction

From: About Face

On 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 in these … 6 $0.60 Add