Sociology & Anthropology
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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"At the Barricades"A Memoir |
Best known as General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, a position he held for over 40 years, A. Alan Borovoy was at the centre of many of the most profound and difficult … | Alan Borovoy | 395 | 2014 | View |
“Too Asian”?Racism and Post-Secondary Education |
The now notorious Maclean’s article “Too Asian?” from the magazine’s 2010 campus issue has sparked a national furor about race in Canadian higher education. Since the … | Davina Bhandar; Jeet Heer; Michael C.K. Ma; RJ Gilmour | 224 | 2012 | View |
NEW! 1968 in CanadaA Year and Its Legacies |
The year 1968 in Canada was an extraordinary one, unlike any other in its frenetic pace of activities and their consequences for the development of a new national consciousness among Canadians. … | Andrew C. Holman; Christopher Kirkey; Michael K. Hawes | 400 | 2021 | View |
A Distinct Alien RaceThe Untold Story of Franco-Americans - Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife |
“The French number more than a million in the United States…. They are kept a distinct alien race, subject to the Pope in matters of religion and of politics. Soon…they will govern you, … | David Vermette | 394 | 2018 | View |
NEW! A Life Spent Listening |
A unique and engaging perspective of humanity – a journey to wisdom shared through stories of self-awareness, acceptance, and discovery, by acclaimed psychotherapist Dr. Hassan Khalili. In … | Hassan Khalili | 224 | 2022 | View |
A Matter of TasteA Farmers' Market Devotee's Semi-Reluctant Argument for Inviting Scientific Innovation to the Dinner Table |
How did farmer’s markets, nose-to-tail, locavorism, organic eating, CSAs, whole foods, and Whole Foods become synonymous with "good food"? And are these practices … | Rebecca Tucker | 137 | 2018 | View |
A Short History of ProgressFifteenth Anniversary Edition |
Now more relevant than ever, Ronald Wright’s #1 national bestseller, A Short History of Progress. The fifteenth anniversary edition includes a new introduction warning of the accelerating … | Ronald Wright | 226 | 2019 | View |
NEW! Abolitionist Intimacies |
In Abolitionist Intimacies, El Jones examines the movement to abolish prisons through the Black feminist principles of care and collectivity. Understanding the history of prisons in Canada in … | El Jones | 192 | 2022 | View |
NEW! Abortion to AbolitionReproductive Health and Justice in Canada |
The history of abortion decriminalization and critical advocacy efforts to improve access in Canada deserve to be better known. Ordinary people persevered to make Canada the most progressive … | Martha Paynter | 176 | 2022 | View |
About Canada: Animal Rights |
Adopting Mahatma Gandhi’s idea that “the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated,” this book considers the status of … | John Sorenson | 190 | 2010 | View |
About Canada: Childcare |
In Canada, early childhood education and care includes childcare programs, kindergartens and nursery schools. When these programs are well-designed, they support children’s development and … | Martha Friendly; Susan Prentice | 176 | 2009 | View |
About Canada: Children & Youth |
Canada is a signatory on the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which guarantees the protection and care of children and youth. About Canada: Children and Youth examines each … | Bernard Schissel | 122 | 2011 | View |
About Canada: Disability Rights |
Through a close examination of employment, education, transportation, telecommunications and health care, About Canada: Disability Rights explores the landscape of disability rights in Canada and … | Deborah Stienstra | 134 | 2012 | View |
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 Canada: Immigration |
Many Canadians believe that immigrants steal jobs away from qualified Canadians, abuse the healthcare system and refuse to participate in Canadian culture. In About Canada: Immigration, Gogia and … | Bonnie Slade; Nupur Gogia | 144 | 2011 | View |
Activism That Works |
Activism That Works shares the stories of eight diverse social justice movements, from Oxfam Canada, to the Calgary Raging Grannies, to the Youth Project of Halifax, as they contemplate their own … | Avery Calhoun; Elizabeth Whitmore; Maureen G. Wilson | 192 | 2011 | View |