Sociology
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From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Patriarchy of the Wage |
Silvia Federici | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! IntroductionFrom: Decolonize Self-Care |
The authors contextualize modern self-care, its relation to corporate marketing, its individualization, and how the movement can be tied to intersecting systems of oppression including … | Alyson K. Spurgas; Zoë Meleo-Erwin | 49 | 2023 | $4.90 Add |
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From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Spin Doctors |
In the introduction to her book, Loreto describes where she was when the Covid-19 pandemic had hit Canada. Loreto briefly describes roles journalists and politicians played in feeding a specific … | Nora Loreto | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Introduction and a Note on LanguageFrom: Murder in Renfrew County |
Author Dean Beeby takes the reader through his thoughts while working at the CBC Parliamentary Bureau as the case broke. Dean reflects on the incompetence of the justice system and how it failed … | Dean Beeby | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() “It’s in the Past, Get over It!” Is It in the Past? |
This chapter examines the impact of colonial policies in the context of Indigenous childhood and education. | Vanessa Mitchell | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() January 2021: Disability Erased and DistortedFrom: Spin Doctors |
This chapter explores the impacts of Covid-19 on Canadians with disabilities. Loreto discusses the lack of Government aid for people with disabilities during this time. | Nora Loreto | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() July 2020: The Lie of Personal ResponsibilityFrom: Spin Doctors |
In this chapter, Loreto examines the neoliberal politics employed by politicians and the media to encourage a sense of individual responsibility to prevent further spread of the virus. Loreto … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() June 2020: Systemic Racism and COVID-19 SpreadFrom: Spin Doctors |
This chapter explores Covid-19 during June 2020 as well as the Black Lives Matter movement. The response of Canadian politicians and journalists is examined. Loreto discusses how Covid-19 … | Nora Loreto | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() KeystoneFrom: Finding Our Niche |
In Keystone, the third chapter of Finding Our Niche, Loring introduces the ecological concept of a keystone species, as well as what happens when keystone species are removed, called ecological … | Philip A. Loring | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter Two |
Letter to John A. MacDonald (First Prime Minister of Canada) | Chris Scribe | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
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From ![]() Listening to the Voices of WomenFrom: The Time Has Come |
In the second chapter, Kaufman uses the voices of women and their stories and experiences of living in a man’s world to better understand how issues such as male authority, male privilege, … | Michael Kaufman | 13 | 2019 | $1.56 Add |
![]() Living in Indigenous Sovereignty |
Living in Indigenous Sovereignty lifts up the wisdom of Indigenous scholars, activists and knowledge keepers who speak pointedly to what they are asking of non-Indigenous people. It also shares … | 264 | View | ||
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From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Decolonize Hipsters |
In the Introduction, author Grégory Pierrot reflects on how his time in Portland inspired this book. The chapter provides a brief history of Portland and the state of Oregon, a brief … | Grégory Pierrot | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Mad Epistemologies and Maddening the Ethics of Knowledge ProductionFrom: Unravelling Research |
In Chapter 6 authors Brenda A. LeFrançois and Jijian Voronka reflect on the politics of knowledge production concerning people historically labelled as mad, arguing for the maddening of both … | Brenda A. LeFrançois; Jijian Voronka | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() March 2020: The Pandemic EmergesFrom: Spin Doctors |
In this chapter, Loreto discusses the first Covid-19 cases in Canada and examines the way Covid-19 was portrayed by politicians and the media during this time. | Nora Loreto | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() March 2021: One Year in Media CutsFrom: Spin Doctors |
In this chapter, Loreto examine why the Canadian media had frequently reported on Covid-19 using the narrative being peddled by the government, without providing any investigative alternatives. … | Nora Loreto | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |














